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FIVE DAYS FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN COMMUNITIES
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25 March 2013
Dear Members and Friends,
As you undoubtedly already know, from 21-25 May, in the splendid location of “Forte Marghera”, positioned between earth and water, where the lagoon bathes the Venetian peninsula:http://www.fortemarghera.org/fortemarghera/ the initiative known as “the five days for the Mediterranean Communities” will take place. This is an ideal setting in which we can hold our General Meeting.
In addition to our General Meeting, we have decided to offer two technical seminars dedicated to European funds for culture and fund-raising tools in a virtuous public-private partnership to relaunch culture in our country and for Mediterranean partnership actions (attached an updated draft programme).
In order to organise this important commitment in the best possible way, we have launched a crowdfunding initiative by opening two internet spaces where donations can be made. We have asked Municipalities, Provinces, Regions and Universities to donate significant amounts taking into consideration the economic problems affecting all of us. However, we believe and hope that our joint General Meeting and the 5 days all together will be worth a small investment in the future.
We are asking all members of the network to donate at least Euro 100 to organize and disseminate among our own shareholders and friend the attached text (crowdfunding files) and to insert it in their own web pages and on social networks the are members of. This is urgent, important and significant.
THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO RECEIVES THE GOOD HEALTH AWARD
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20 March 2013
| During a ceremony that took place at the Città della Scienza, the Fondazione Mediterraneo – together with other civic institutions such as the Prefecture, the Fire Brigade, the Civil Protection, the Carabinieri Force, the Police Force, the Fiscal Police, etc. - were all awarded the NATIONAL AWARD FOR GOOD HEALTH, for their unswerving commitment to social solidarity in Italy and throughout the Mediterranean. The Award was handed over to President Michele Capasso by Prof. Annamaria Colao, consort of the Governor of the Campania Region Stefano Caldoro. Prof. Caterina Arcidiacono, Vice President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo also attended the ceremony. |  |
MESSAGE TO POPE FRANCIS
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19 March 2013
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The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso, sent his well wishes to Pope Francis I at the start of his Pontificate. “The esteem we feel towards his Holiness can be translated as a sentiment of “maternity””: it is the Highest Expression of Human Sentiment, which is communicated through esteem, friendship and brotherhood”, as President Capasso wrote in his letter to the Pope. He continued, “His words of kindness and tenderness and his emotion, as he incited young people to turn to Christ, are elements of pride and should fill people the with knowledge of all his current and future teachings, which will flourish and bear fruit!. And this, henceforth, “for when I’m weak, I’m strong”, to quote Saint Paul. The deeds you have done, Your Holiness, in recent years, and those you will continue to do, will bear fruit: and nothing you have done or will do will be lost on us. “His seed” is simply waiting for the soil to be prepared for it. Each in its own time! To prevent precious seeds falling on poor soil, which do not bear fruit or fall by the way side, or mature out of season… Holiness, with your help we can transform "the Love of Power”, which has poisoned and continues to poison every element of our society, including religion, into “the Power of Love”. This means dedication in silence with humility, simplicity, rigour and acting competently for the poor, disinherited and socially excluded from society”. |
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PRESIDENT MICHELE CAPASSO EXPRESSES HIS PERSONAL SUPPORT FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE PIETRO GRASSO
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18 March 2013
| In a message sent on the occasion of the election of the Senator Pietro Grasso to the Italian Senate, President Capasso expressed his own satisfaction and sent his well wishes for the work ahead. President Grasso expressed his gratitude recalling the Mediterranean Award recently given to him by the Fondazione and guaranteed his total commitment for justice and solidarity. |
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PIETRO GRASSO IS AWARDED MOLINARI’S TOTEM FOR PEACE
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18 March 2013
| The newly-elected President of the Italian Senate Pietro Grasso was recently awarded the sculptor Molinari’s “Tricolour Totem for Peace” by the Fondazione Mediterraneo and Fondazione Caponnetto. The Totem is a symbol of legality for the nascent OMCOM (The Mediterranean Observatory on Mafias and Organized Crime), which the two foundations will constitute this forthcoming May. |  |
THE FONDAZIONE SUPPORTS THE CYCLE OF SEMINARS ENTITLES “URGENT PERSPECTIVE AND MULTICULTURAL CONFRONTATION ON THE QUESTION ITALY IN DECLINE”
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08 March 2013
In a phase of obvious and dramatic decline that is not only limited to the economic sphere but extends deeply into social and cultural areas, Italy has for too long been faced with the manifest inability of politics and politicians to produce and implement complex solutions that are sensible, shared and efficient. This initial cycle of meetings attempts to set up a framework for analysis of some of the urgent problems we are faced with and provide constructive answers to them.
CONFERENCE TO PRESENT THE GOOD HEALTH AWARD
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07 March 2013
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A press conference was held in Naples at the Agnano Springs for the presentation of the “Good Health Award” which the Fondazione Mediterraneo is sponsoring. President Michele Capasso spoke together with Board Member Pia Molinari. |
MASSIMO RANIERI CALLS FOR THE REBIRTH OF THE CITY
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07 March 2013
| The actor-singer Massimo Ranieri, called on Neapolitans to launch the re birth of their city at a performance at the Teatro Augusteo, and to break free from the pessimism that invades our everyday life, despite the tragic events of the 4 March in which the City of Science was destroyed as the historic building on the Riviera di Chiaia burnt down. |  |
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”. |  |