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14 December 2017
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Category: Anno 2017
The juries made up of members of the 42 National Networks of the Anna Lindh Foundation awarded the "Euromed Award 2017" to the association "INTERNATIONAL BAND", an organisation based in Germany.
The ceremony was held in Tallinn (Estonia) at the “Estonian Film Museum “ with the support of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Award was given by the Executive Director of the Anna Lindh Foundation, Hatem Atallah, and the President of the Mediterranean Foundation, Michele Capasso. The Award is representative of the action of the Anna Lindh Foundation and the Fondazione Mediterraneo in promoting an alternative to extremism and terrorism in the societies of the North and South of the Mediterranean.
During the ceremony, the President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo recalled the importance of the commitment to migrants and gave to the winners the work of Mario Molinari “TOTEM OF PEACE”.
This year's Euromed Award recognized the best initiatives aimed at encouraging refugees to be welcome as actors for intercultural dialogue.
The Jury of the prize is composed of representatives of ALF networks and famous personalities in the field of migration: among them Giusy Nicolini, former mayor of Lampedusa and UNESCO Peace Prize.
Launched in 2006 by the Fondazione Mediterraneo as part of the "Mediterranean Award", the Euro-Med Dialogue Award has reached its eleventh edition. Organizations working in the cultural and artistic field have been rewarded in the past, as well as initiatives that address the challenges of interculturality by pathways such as peaceful conflict resolution and sustainable environment. Among the people who received the Prize, Father Paolo Dall'Oglio of the Syrian Monastery Mar Musa, winner of the first Anna Lindh Euro-Med Award, kidnapped in Syria since 2013 and whose murder is announced these days: President Capasso has turned a thought for his great friend.
On this occasion, the 10 years of the Prize were retraced and its conception was remembered during the "Euromed Civil Forum" in Naples.
President Michele Capasso, at the conclusion of the award ceremony of the "Euromed Award 2017", announced that - as already happened in other editions - the Fondazione Mediterraneo will host an event on migrants and refugees in 2018, with the participation of the 3 finalists of the Award and the winner "International Band".
“Totem of peace" of Molinari symbol of refugees and human rights. Together with the "Euromed Award", the winner of the 2017 edition - the "International Band" association - a copy of the "Totem of Peace", which represents migrants from all over the world, has been consigned. President Capasso recalled the monumental work present in the port of Naples and inaugurated on March 21, 2015 with the visit of Pope Francis. Big party to the winner by the leaders of the national networks of the FAL of Spain, France, Mauritania and other countries, of prof. Caterina Arcidiacono and Giusy Nicolini (former mayor of Lampedusa and member of the Euromed Award jury).