The Italian government is listening to youth, women and the business community ahead of the Forum MED - Mediterranean Dialogues summit taking place in Rome next week, foreign minister Angelino Alfano said on Wednesday.
"There are preparatory meetings on young people, women, business, overseas aid, religion, sport, media... all help set the agenda for the Mediterranean," Alfano stated.
"They create a kind of community made up of leaders and experts from civil society who discuss and reflect on the opportunities in the wider Mediterranean area," he said.
Italian foreign ministry strategy to stabilise the current crises in the Mediterranean is putting an emphasis on building a positive agenda for the region, Alfano said.
"There is a shared lexicon made up of ten keywords - commitment, responsibility, inclusion, opportunity, development, partnership, culture, rights, resilience and order," Alfano told journalists.
He was presenting the Forum MED summit taking place from 30 November to 2 December at Italy's foreign ministry.
Over 400 heads of state and government are due to attend the summit, which is being promoted by the foreign ministry and by the Italian Istitute for International Political Studies (ISPI) think-tank.
