II FORUM ABOUT EUROPEAN CIVIL SOCIETY – SOUTHERN NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Bruxelles | 28 May 2015
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Co-hosted by the Committee of the Regions (CoR), the European External Action Service (EEAS), the European Commission (DG DEVCO and DG NEAR) and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the "Second Southern Neighbourhood Civil Society Forum" will take place in Brussels on 28-29 May 2015.

The Forum is part of a larger initiative launched by the Commission in 2013 to create a mechanism for sustained dialogue between civil society, the EU and authorities – including regional and local authorities – in the Middle East and North Africa region, and the main topics on the agenda of this second edition will be the review of the European Neighbourhood Policy and civil society's role in de-radicalisation efforts. High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini, European Parliament President Martin Schulz and Commissioner Johannes Hahn, together with the co-Presidents of ARLEM, will be among the high level speakers addressing the Forum.

The Fondazione Mediterraneo joined the Forum as a sign of the twentyfive years dedicated to the dialogue about Civil Society since the Barcellona Forum of 1995 until that one of Naples 2014.

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THE JURY OF PREMIO GRIMALDI IN NAPLES

Napoli | 28 May 2015
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The Jury of "Grimaldi Mare Nostrum Award" took place, as usual, in Naples. The international jury, lead by the writer and director Folco Quilici, rewarded the poems about the sea written by Piero Ottone, the compositions of Cesar Urrutia who forecasts the modification of the road transport which will use alternative ways and the sustainable proposals made by Carlo Alessandro Argenzio and Giuseppe Speranza, and rewarded also Rossend Domenech and Alessandro Sansoni which analyzed the geopolitical role of Italy in Mare Nostrum, becoming aware of the necessity of a plan of investments, mostly in the portual sphere.

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BAKU 2015 – FIRST EDITION OF EUROPEAN GAMES

Baku | 25 May 2015
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The first edition of the European Games will take place in Baku from 12 to 18 June 2015, with the presence of athletes from various European countries.
The United States of the World supports this event, aware that sport is an essential pillar in intercultural and interreligious dialogue and contributes to supporting and strengthening peace among peoples.
Secretary General Michele Capasso, who was present in Baku with other members of the international institution, presented the title of "Standard Bearers of the United States of the World" to all the young people from Azerbaijan who are involved in organising the event and promoting the values of sport and human brotherhood.

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MUNICIPIO SQUARE: TWO ARCHITECTS, TWO STORIES

Napoli | 23 May 2015
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In the occasion of the opening ceremony of Metropolitan Station of Municipio Square, after 15 years of works, two architects and friends met up: Alvaro Siza e Michele Capasso. The first has the occasion to see finished (almost) his artwork: a complex and interesting challenge between past and future. The second, after 25 years of struggle for peace and dialogue, can attend to the work for multimedia reallocation of MAMT, which has its entrance in Municipio Square and which from this square will tell and moved the audience in a travel to the Mediterranean. Two stories, two friends linked by mutual respect and the belief that only a serious engagement and real knowledge could be the antidote for lack of morals and the banality of our days.

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