IN STREET SALUZZO A PLAQUE IN MEMORY OF MARIO MOLINARI

Torino | 03 March 2012
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

[…] The red seeks the green, the sunsets take on the role of aurora and, seen from the other side, the suns regenerate the suns that give you the twentytwo thousand rays of their calorific knowledge.. […].

Mario Molinari

On the morning of Friday, March 9th, the plaque commemorating Mario Molinari, a surrealist painter and cultor, was discovered in street Saluzzo 56, who had his own studio and home in this street. To remember him, with his wife Pia and his sons Jacopo and William, the Councilor for Culture of the City of Turin, Maurizio Braccialarga, the President of the City Council, Giovanni Maria Ferraris, representing the mayor Piero Fassino, the president of the Circumscription 8 Mario Cornelio Levi and above all many friends. In his speech, Levi expressed the desire to see one of the works of the great master who died in 2000 set in the San Salvario district.

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Euro-Mediterranean dialogue is relaunched from Rome: north and south shores are more united in the face of new challenges

Roma | 20 February 2012
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

Euro-Mediterranean dialogue was relaunched in Rome thanks to the impetus injected by Italy. The meeting of took place in Villa Madama bringing together the 5+5 dialogue Forum , comprising France, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain, on one side, and Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, on the other, Later in the day, the meeting was extended to include Egypt, Greece and Turkey taking the form of the Foromed forum. “The diplomatic representatives focused in a concrete and practical way on regional security, migratory flows, energy and protection of the environment”, commented Minister Giulio Terzi. The 3+5 dialogue meeting was presided by Minister Terzi together with Tunisian Minister, Rafik Abdessalem.

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The Mayor of the City of Naples entrusts relations with Mediterranean countries to the Fondazione: Protocol of Understanding signed by President Michele Capasso

Napoli | 13 February 2012
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

Today, the Mayor of Naples, Luigi de Magistris, and the President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, Michele Capasso, signed a Protocol of Understanding. By doing so, the Municipality of Naples will be able to take advantage of the international experience of the Fondazione Mediterraneo and its President, Michele Capasso, in promoting social, cultural, artistic and scientific relations with Mediterranean countries. In fact, this cooperation will come into play at important events such as the World Urban Forum and the Universal Forum of Cultures. Mayor de Magistris stated that, “it is a further objective for the City of Naples to become the Capital of Peace for the Mediterranean”. President Capasso concluded that, “the collaboration of our Fondazione with the City of Naples is inspired by the same sensitivity shared by those people who want to redesign Europe based on  the values and cultures of the Mediterranean, in particular those matured by urban centres such as Naples”. The Municipality of Naples recognize the Fondazione Mediterraneo as the reference point  for its  activities with  Mediterranean countries and accordingly the Mayor of Naples has delegated the responsibility of representing him throughout the Mediterranean to President Capasso. Michele Capasso stated that, “The Fondazione Mediterraneo is  a unique instrument in restoring Naples to the heart of relations and cooperation in the Mediterranean. These are pre-requisites both for co-development and peace-making in the region”.

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International Conference - Sustainable Environment in the Mediterranean Area: from housing to urban and land scale construction

Napoli | 12 February 2012
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The International Conference on Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean Area took place at the seat of the Fondazione Mediterraneo. The Conference was organized by CITTAM (Università Federico II) in collaboration, among others, with the Fondazione Mediterraneo. President Michele Capasso, Professors Dora Francese and  Virginia Gangemi were among the international guests who spoke at the inaugural session.

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