On 21st June 2022 UNIDO ITPO Italy Head Ms. Diana Battaggia joined as panelist the Session 3 “Crimes that affect the Environment” on the second day of the conference “The Palermo Convention: the future of the fight against transnational organized crime” organised by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM).

PAM is the international organization which brings together 34 member parliaments from the Euro-Mediterranean and Gulf regions to discuss the most pressing common challenges, such as regional conflicts, security and counterterrorism, humanitarian crises, economic integration, climate change, mass migrations, education, human rights and inter-faith dialogue.

“UNIDO has contributed and can play an increasingly important role in the fight against transnational organized crime, especially for the environmental ones, leveraging on technology, good policies, best practices, knowledge transfer and capacity-building”, commented Diana Battaggia.