On 15 December 2015, Ms. Francesca Bocchino, Program Development Officer for the MENA Africa Region at the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), paid an official visit to Amb. Sergio Piazzi, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM), at its Headquarters in Malta.
IDLO has expressed a strong interest in the activities of PAM, particularly in the field of the promotion of Human Rights, namely the recent programme by PAM which, in cooperation with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, prepared a number of MPs to operate as members of the PAM Rapid Deployment Teams in emergency situations in the region.
Of interest to IDLO are also the recent PAM Electoral Observation Mission in Egypt, as well as the cooperation with Libyan MPs and UNDP in various areas.
A meeting at the IDLO Office in The Hague will take place in early 2016 in order to follow up and explore options for a structured cooperation.