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ROTARY CLUBS VISIT THE MUSEUM OF PEACE - MAMT
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23 October 2021
Welcomed by the president Michele Capasso and the director Pia Molinari, the members of the Rotary Clubs of "Herculaneum centenary", "Torre del Greco Vesuvian municipalities", "Torre Annunziata Oplonti" and "Sorrento" visited the Museum of Peace - MAMT and the main routes emotional: from "THE CAMPANIA OF THE MOTIONS" to "PINO DANIELE ALIVE", from "MEMORIES" to "CHURCHILL", from "MOSQUE" to "DON BOSCO WORLD SALESIAN ORATORY", from "MOLINARI SCULPTOR OF COLOUR" to "THE MEDITERRANEAN OF EMOTIONS ".
At the end of the visit there was a light lunch in the Museum restaurant, in full compliance with the COVID 19 rules. The participants expressed their heartfelt thanks for a "unique and unrepeatable experience".
THE FOUNDATION WISHES THE MANFREDI COUNCIL WELL IN THEIR WORK
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22 October 2021
"At the centre is the collective interest," said Manfredi at the presentation of the council.
"All united we will sing" was the phrase uttered by Raffaele Capasso when he was appointed Mayor of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio for the first time immediately after the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed the Vesuvian town.
President Michele Capasso recalled this during the joint meeting of the Governing Council and the Scientific Committee of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, wishing Mayor Manfredi and his Council every success in their work.
"Hope is strong - said Capasso - because Manfredi has demonstrated concrete skills for the Common Good". President Capasso also illustrated the personalities in the junta chosen by Mayor Gaetano Manfredi, starting with his right-hand woman, 67-year-old Mia Filippone, a retired Latin and Greek teacher and former headmistress of the well-known Neapolitan high schools Genovesi (attended by President Capasso) and Sannazaro: she is delegated to Education and Family. The most delicate delegation, Budget, goes to a technical-political Pier Paolo Baretta, 62 years old, professor of Economic History at the Pontifical Antonianum University in Rome. Another lecturer in Infrastructure and Mobility is Edoardo Cosenza, president of the Order of Engineers of Naples and former councillor for Public Works of the Campania Region. Cosenza was chosen by Manfredi, as was Laura Lieto, 55, holder of the chair of Urbanisation Theory at the Federico II University and now delegated to Urban Planning.
Teresa Armato, 66, journalist, former senator and regional councillor, but also vice-president of the Province of Naples, will be in charge of Tourism. The 44-year-old Chiara Marciani, an expert in the programming of European Funds, former councillor for Training of the Campania Region, will be in charge of Youth and Labour Policies. Social Policies will go to Luca Trapanese, 44 years old, founder of the non-profit organization "A Ruota Libera". Antonio De Iesu, 66, former police chief of Naples and deputy chief of police, will be in charge of security and legality. The provincial president of the PD, 63-year-old Paolo Mancuso, former chief prosecutor in Nola, will be in charge of the environment and the sea. Health and the environment are the responsibilities of Vincenzo Santagada, 63, professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry at the Federico II University, and president of the Order of Pharmacists of Naples. The 49-year-old Emanuela Ferrante, a lawyer and official at the Agenzia delle Entrate, will be in charge of sport and equal opportunities.
"I would like to wish everyone - concluded President Capasso - good work and the total availability of the Foundation (whose headquarters, with the "Totem for Peace" symbol of the UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD, is in front of the City of Naples) to strengthen and enhance the role of the city of Naples in the Euro-Mediterranean area.
POPE FRANCIS VISITING THE DAUGHTERS OF MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS - SALESIANS OF DON BOSCO
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22 October 2021
A surprise visit by Pope Francis to the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA). To them the encouragement to be "generative communities" and "women of hope" in this "fragile and uncertain time" of the pandemic that "has made so many massacres" and "multiplied poverty." Then the recommendation to stay "next to the poor and the young" and to always be faithful to the original charism of Don Bosco.
The Pope was welcomed with a blue and white flag of Argentina, a glass of Mate and an Indian neck rosary by the 200 Daughters of Mary Help of Christians - better known as the "Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco" - from all over the world. He met them at the General Curia in Rome, where the 24th General Chapter on the theme "Generative Communities of Life in the Heart of the Contemporary World" is being held from October 17-24.
After greetings and applause, the Pontiff sat in his "cathedra" before a large audience, and in his speech, interspersed with wide-ranging passages, he encouraged the service of Salesian women throughout the world, especially in today's "multicultural social context, marked by tensions and challenges that are at times even dramatic, such as those caused by the pandemic". A "fragile and uncertain" time, wounded by numerous "forms of poverty that the current crisis has produced and multiplied," the Pope said. "This is terrible. Poverty is multiplied, even hidden poverty." The thought went particularly to the "many well-off families or at least in the middle class" who now "do not have the necessities of life." "The pandemic has made so many massacres," the Pope said and then recommended that the sisters immerse themselves in this complex scenario always "rooted in Christ" and, above all, without ever giving in to the temptations of "worldliness, in its different forms and disguises."
Pope Francis wanted to go personally to the "House" of the religious, for decades dedicated to the apostolate among the poor and to the formation of young people, to greet them and wish "good work" to the newly elected superior general, Mother Chiara Cazzuola, and to thank the outgoing superior, Mother Yvonne Reungoat, to whom he jokingly said, "I hope that Mother will return to Africa and if there is no place in Africa, in Patagonia!"
The president of the Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso, in expressing his most affectionate wishes to Mother Chiara Cazzuola, reiterated his affection for the FMA and his deep fraternal friendship with Mother Yvonne, recalling her words when - on a visit to the Museum of Peace in November 2017 - he inaugurated the Salesian World Oratory by donating the relics of Saint Mary Mazzarello, founder of the FMA, to the Museum of Peace.
EUROMESCO ORGANISES THE AUTUMN EDITION OF THE WORKOUT 2021
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18 October 2021
The EuroMeSCo Workout courses target think tankers and researchers who are eager to improve their skills in a particular area.
In this fall edition, the three following EuroMeSCo Workout courses will be held online:
- Infographics and data visualization for beginners. Eli Vivas & Laura Navarro, StoryData.
- Foresight Techniques for Research and Think Tank Work. Florence Gaub, European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS).
- Policy Recommendations: The Key to Influence. Georgeta Auktor, German Development Institute (DIE) & Daniela Marzavan, Team Marzavan
The IEMed will issue a Certificate of Completion upon the satisfactory completion of each course.
This is part of the project EuroMeSCo: Connecting the Dots, co-funded by the European Union and the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed).
The Fondazione Mediterraneo, co-founder of the network, and the Anna Lindh Italia Federation participated in the work.
THE FOUNDATION IN TURIN ON THE OCCASION OF THE BOOK FAIR
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14 October 2021
On the occasion of the Turin Book Fair, the Fondazione Mediterraneo organized various events. Among the speakers were President Michele Capasso, Pia Molinari and other members of the Fondazione.
On this occasion, President Capasso recalled the longstanding relationship with the Book Fair since 1995, when the then Director Guido Accornero, accompanied by the Mayor of Turin Valentino Castellani, participated in the presentation of the multi-year programs of the Fondazione.
In the following years, the Fondazione Mediterraneo participated with its own stand at various editions of the Salone de Libro, presenting the main titles of its publishing series and organizing events with the main members of the Fondazione's scientific committee: from Predrag Matvejevic to Tahar Ben Jelloun, from Claudio Magris to Vincenzo Consolo, from Baltasar Porcel to Khaled Fouad Allam, from Igor Man to Umberto Eco and so on.
In this edition, the Foundation presented the emotional videos "La Campania delle Emozioni" and, in particular, "Pino è Terra mia", "Procida L'isola delle Emozioni" and "Napoli Città Metropolitana".
A significant moment was the presentation of the video of the thirtieth anniversary of the Foundation with the participation of men of culture, politicians and representatives of the networks with which the Foundation has collaborated in the last thirty years.
PRESENTATION OF THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM "GLOBALISATION AND PANDEMICS"
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13 October 2021
President Michele Capasso spoke in Milan at the presentation of the 7th International Colloquium on "GLOBALISATION AND PANDEMIA" organised by the Forum de l'Académie Politique (Tunisia), the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Germany) and the Fondazione Mediterraneo (Italy).
The representatives of the institutions and the press present unanimously appreciated the initiative.
THE FOUNDATION PRESENTS THE VIDEO "NAPLES METROPOLITAN CITY"
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12 October 2021
President Michele Capasso presented a preview of the video "Naples Metropolitan City" in Rome.
This video is a summary of the book "Towards Naples Metropolitan City" and was made by Michele Capasso for the Fondazione Mediterraneo. The objective is to demonstrate the importance of moving rapidly from the "Metropolitan City of Naples" to "Naples Metropolitan City".
Edited by "Civilizing the Urban - ETS" (with Patrizia Bottaro and Massimo Pica Ciamarra) and "NA.ME. - Institute for the Transformations of Naples Metropolitan City" (with Pasquale Belfiore, Alessandro Castagnaro, Ottorino Celano, Massimo Clemente, Annalola Geirola, Massimo Pica Ciamarra, Riccardo Rosi) with contributions from Valerio Barone (institutional aspects), Michele Capasso, Livio De Santoli (energy and sustainability), Paolo Frascani (economic history), Claudio Troisi (infrastructure and mobility) and Gennaro Russo and Claudio Voto (Italian Institute for the Future / Center for Near Space).
ANTI-VACCINE: HOW TO DO IT SAFELY
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06 October 2021
On the eve of the international meeting on "PANDEMIA AND GLOBALISATION" organised by the Fondazione Mediterraneo with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Forum de l'Academie politique in Tunis, a text on how to vaccinate safely has been circulated.
INTERNATIONAL PRAYER MEETING FOR PEACE PROMOTED BY THE COMMUNITY OF SANT'EGIDIO: "PEOPLES BROTHERS - FUTURE EARTH"
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06 October 2021
The Fondazione Mediterraneo and the Anna Lindh Federation Italy participated in the International Prayer Meeting for Peace on the theme "Peoples Brothers - Future Earth", promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio.
On this occasion, the participants signed the "Appeal for Peace".
President Michele Capasso underlined "the importance of the meeting because in this difficult moment, due to the pandemic, it is essential to reaffirm the spirit of brotherhood and union, considering us all together as "Brotherly Peoples" in order to build a "Future Earth". On this occasion, the program "UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD" for the safeguard of creation was re-proposed and - during a meeting with members of the Anna Lindh Federation - the video of the thirtieth anniversary of the Fondazione Mediterraneo was presented.
The Community of Sant'Egidio commented on the event as follows:
"A wind of peace is blowing in the shadow of the Colosseum. Religious and political leaders, united by the meeting "Brothers all, future land" attended the final ceremony and the delivery of the appeal for peace by the children, symbol of the new generations called to build a world of peace.
Believers of all faiths prayed for peace, in different places, and then met again at the Colosseum: it is the "spirit of Assisi" that continues to inspire the interreligious meetings since 1986, when John Paul II brought together the world religions in the city of St. Francis. It is not a ritual, but a reminder that, said the Pope quoting the words of his predecessor Karol Woytila, "peace awaits its makers." Our world, in fact is "forgetting the lessons of World War II" - argues the founder of Sant'Egidio, Andrea Riccardi - and war is "no longer a ghost of the past, but a constant threat."
"We need to "demilitarize the heart of man," sell fewer guns and better distribute vaccines, Pope Francis said forcefully, also recalled by the great Imam Al Tayyeb. Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the head of a country that, after the horrors of World War II, has made "respect for human dignity" the foundation of its constitution, hoped that "this spirit of communion will be reflected far beyond Rome and today's day."
"People are of two kinds: they are either your brothers in faith or your fellow human beings," the pope recalled. It is then necessary to seek peace with "religious and national narratives" as Rabbi Goldschmidt echoed him. The final appeal, read by Afghan refugee Sabera Ahmadi, states that "brotherly peoples and future earth" are in fact "indissolubly linked" and the pandemic "has shown how human beings are in the same boat, bound by deep threads. Hope, then, is in those festive children who today, in the half-light of the Colosseum, greeted the religious leaders. As Andrea Riccardi concluded, in fact, "we are at the appointment of a new world, determined to treasure the painful lesson of the history of women and men, determined to build it with everyone, especially the poor and the young".
THE FOUNDATION PRESENTS THE EMOTIONAL VIDEO "PROCIDA THE ISLAND OF PEACE"
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29 September 2021
This video has been realized on the eve of the year 2022 to support the island of Procida designated ITALIAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE for 2022 with the motto "CULTURE IS NOT AN ISLAND". The emotional video is part of the heritage of the "UNITED STATES OF THE WORLD" and of the collection "THE CAMPANIA OF EMOTIONS", recognized as "emotional" heritage of humanity.
Directed by Michele Capasso, it is a story that unfolds through inspirations, mysteries, cinema and peace: themes that have characterised Procida and constituted its distinctive feature.
The video was made with the contribution of the Campania Region (UOD 01 - Promotion and enhancement of Museums and Libraries - E.F. 2021).