All Events and Initiatives || Year by Year

The "Mediterranean Culture Award 2011" and the title of "Ambassador of the United States of the World" was attributed to Prof. Bichara Khader (Palestine) for his action in favour of dialogue and peace.
The awarding ceremony was held in Barcelona on October 7th 2011 at Pedralbes Palace – seat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UpM) – in the presence of UpM Secretary General Youssef Amrani.
The award was given by Pia Molinari – member of the Fondazione Mediterraneo – and by the Moroccan ambassador to Italy Hassan Abouyoub.

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The Euromesco annual conference entitled A new Mediterranean political landscape? was held in Barcelona, in the seat of the Union for the Mediterranean.
The Arab Spring and Euro-Mediterranean relations
The Fondazione Mediterraneo, member of Euromesco since 2006, participated in the Assembly with President Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari, member of the board: in their interventions they stressed the urgency to give space to young people through a less academic language so that they may easily understand the analyses and strategies wished by the Countries of the Southern Shore protagonists of “Arab Spring”.

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The General and Extraordinary Assembly of “Euromesco”, the network of International Policy Institutes was held in Barcelona, in the seat of the Union for the Mediterranean.
On that occasion there was the ratification of “Euromesco” Charter as well as the analysis of the activities planned for 2012, taking into account the events occurred on the Southern shore of the Mediterranean.
The Fondazione Mediterraneo, member of Euromesco since 2006, participated in the Assembly with President Michele Capasso and Pia Molinari, member of the board.

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The President of Fondazione Mediterraneo Michele Capasso and the responsible for institutional relations Claudio Azzolini participated in the international conference “Diplomacy and Globalisation” co-organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and by the Foundation Mezzogiorno-Europa, in the presence of the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano.

Many speakers - Joseph Maila, Cristopher Hill, Fabio Petito, Franco Mazzei and others – took part, as members of the scientific committee of Fondazione Mediterraneo, in the three-year programme (2005-2007) “Mediterranean, Europe and Islam: dialoguing actors” recalling the importance of this action “forerunner in the analysis and research of international policy for the Mediterranean and the Middle East”.

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The Fondazione Mediterraneo supports the mission of doctor Francesco Paolo Iaccarino in Tanzania, which made it possible to discover a natural remedy to be used against malaria, giving immunization: thousands of people have been saved and high gratitude is felt by local inhabitants.
Other activities carried out include: realisation of wells, rural aqueducts and construction of a laboratory for the production of herbal remedies on the site.
President Capasso met father Arnold: a missionary who devotes entirely his time to follow projects and actions of solidarity and aid. Father Arnold and other missionaries were awarded the titles of "Standard Bearers of the United States of the World".

 

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