Raise awareness of editors of regional medical journals of key issues relating to development and quality of medical journals in the Region and to develop skills in that regard;

Review the situation of medical journals in the Region and discuss ways to take regional journals forward, including finalizing a voluntary code of publishing ethics for regional medical journals;

Promote collaboration and networking among editors of regional medical journals, and the role of the Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors (EMAME) in this regard;

Review the trends of medical journals publishing based on bibliometric studies of subjects, authorship, geographic distribution, etc.

Review status of electronic publishing and open access of medical journals in the Region