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NAPLES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN
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06 March 2013
| The Fondazione Mediterraneo, through its president Michele Capasso, board member Pia Molinari and other members , participated in a meeting organized by the Municipality of Naples (the Work Committee) on the question of “Naples in the Mediterranean for the Mediterranean”. The aim of the convention was to bring together the various players active in Naples on euro-Mediterranean issues to promote the city as a concrete actor for the region. The objectives area those of “building” relations especially among cities and to avoid duplication. In his speech, President Capasso summarized the 20 year history of the Fondazione’s work referring to the important role it has had for the city of Naples and hoping that this initiative would lead to acknowledgment of the work carried out based on the criteria of “competence” and “inclusion”. In this regard, President Capasso spoke of the existence of the “Euromedcity” network that has been bringing together people from Naples and the surrounding area for more than 15 years. He also referred to the Protocol signed by the Municipality of Naples on 13 February 2012 by which the Fondazione was delegated the responsibility for relation with Mediterranean countries on a non-exclusive basis. The Moroccan Ambassador, Hassan Abouyoub , a long-standing supporter of the Fondazione and the “Casa del Maghreb Arabo” – inaugurated on 26 July 2012 in the presence of Mayor Magistris – called for a new language to be developed and the question of “Euro-Mediterranean” to be dealt with not only as a “Mediterranean” question. He used the expression coined by Pia Molinari that “we are all in the same boat together, and difficult issues can only be solved by common actions”. |
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THE MEDITERRANEAN AWARD FOR ART AND CREATIVITY GOES TO LUCIO DALLA
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04 March 2013
| During the evening dedicated to the seventieth anniversary of the birth of the great singer, the “MEDITERRANEAN AWARD FOR ART AND CREATIVITY” was awarded posthumously to Lucio Dalla”. |  |
THE DISTANCE SUPPORT NETWORK AS A CONTRIBUTORY FACTOR OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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02 March 2013
| The Fondazione Mediterraneo played host to the forum of associations of the Regions of Campania, Basilicata and Sardinia committed to the programme known as “The distance support network as a contributory factor of social development” promoted Forumsad. President Michele Capasso in his welcoming greeting emphasized the Fondazione’s twenty year history of commitment to social issues through wide-ranging activities especially those connected with legality, young people and the rights of children and women. |
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10TH EDITION OF THE ALF ITALIAN NETWORK NEWSLETTER HAS BEEN PUBLISHED
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25 February 2013
The 10th edition of the ALF Italian Network Newsletter has been published.
THE PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR SABRI ATEYEH VISITS THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO
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22 February 2013
| The Palestinian Ambassador to Rome, Sabri Ateyeh, visited the Headquarters of the Fondazione Mediterraneo-Maison de la Méditerranée approving of the 20 years of activities carried out to promote dialogue and peace. During his visit, President Michele Capasso gave Ambassador Ateyeh the letter with which the international jury of the Mediterranean Award conferred the “Special Edition of the Mediterranean Award” to President Abu Mazen. |
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE EUROMED NGO PLATFORM
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21 February 2013
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The Euromed NGO Platform General Assembly took place in Amman from 21-24 February 2013. |
“MALTANAPOLI” COMMEMORATES MICHELE DI GIANNI
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21 February 2013
| A special edition of the magazine “Maltanapoli” to commemorate the lawyer Michele Di Gianni, who was the Secretary General of the UCOI and Maltese Consul in Naples. In an article, President Michele Capasso reminisces about his friend and diplomat who was a builder of dialogue and peace. |
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ELECTIONS: AN OPEN LETTER FROM THE ANNA LINDH NETWORK TO CANDIDATES
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19 February 2013
| Reform education and the way communications are used, as well as make society more civil and pay more attention to questions linked to the Mediterranean. In other words, completely rethink the way of seeing and interacting with the other side of the Mediterranean Basin. This, in brief, was the message sent by the Italian Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) through its open letter to all candidates for the Italian general election to be held on 24-25 February. |  |
CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT CAPASSO AT THE ROTARY CLUB CENTENARY ON YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE ARAB SPRING HELD IN ERCOLANO
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19 February 2013
| President Michele Capasso gave a speech on the theme of “Young people and the Arab Spring for peace” at the Rotary Club meeting of the’ “Interclub Ercolano Centenario”, opened to the “Torre del Greco Comuni Vesuviani” Club. At the event, President Capasso illustrated the actions undertaken by the Fondazione to promote dialogue and peace, which places emphasis on the centrality of young people to its initiatives, as they are the “makers of our future”. |
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FRAGILE FRIEND: A TRIBUTE TO FABRIZIO DE ANDRÈ
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17 February 2013
| The President fo the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso and Caterina Arcidiacono, member of the Fondazione, participated in a tribute to Fabrizio De André which took place at the “Koiné soul food” festival in Dugenta. |  |