Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue

About Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue:

• IPRD is an apex level international annual conference of the Indian Navy.
• The idea of an annual IPRD was first conceptualised and conducted in 2018, as the apex level conference of the Indian Navy.
• The National Maritime Foundation is Navy’s knowledge partner and chief organizer of each edition of the event.
• The theme of IPRD-2022 is the 'Operationalising the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative'.
• Objective: To provide a platform to focus attention on the Indo-Pacific, as a maritime geographical-entity, while deliberating aspects of great relevance to regional geopolitics.
• Previous sessions:
  • The first two editions of IPRD were held in 2018 and 2019 respectively in New Delhi, however, IPRD 2020 was cancelled due to Covid-19.
  • The third edition of IPRD was held in 2021 in online mode.
• Permanent theme: Review of India’s opportunities and challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.
• It is focused on seven interconnected spokes or pillars:
  • Maritime Security,
  • Maritime Ecology,
  • Maritime Resources,
  • Disaster Risk-reduction and Management,
  • Trade-Connectivity and Maritime Transport,
  • Capacity-building and Resource sharing, and
  • Science, Technology and Academic Cooperation.
• The six sessions of the IPRD-2022 are:
  • Weaving the Fabric of Holistic Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific: Multilateral Options,
  • Constructing Holistic-Security Bridges across the Western and Eastern Maritime Expanse of the Indo-Pacific,
  • Building maritime Connectivity: Ports, Trade, and Transport,
  • Capacity-building and Capability Enhancement Leveraging the Physical and Social Sciences,
  • Practical approaches to a Regional Blue Economy,
  • Disaster Risk-reduction and Management, Solutions for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Vulnerable Littoral States.

Source : All India Radio