MED BLUE ECONOMY

Gaeta | 24 April 2019
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The Fondazione Mediterraneo has collaborated in this edition of the "Med Blue Economy" which takes place in Gaeta from 24^th April to 1 May 2019.
This event, conceived by the Italian Confederation for Economic Development (CISE) together with Eurispes and Universitas Mercatorum and sponsored - among others - by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, by the Ministry of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies and by the Fondazione Mediterraneo it is a great laboratory and a great showcase for the economy of the sea.
Over 100 exhibitors present in the stands.
The demonstration was inaugurated in the presence of numerous authorities including the President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani and the President of the Council of State, Filippo Patroni Griffi.
"This project of ours is conceived on the basis of a 'Glocal' philosophy - highlighted the President of CISE Giosy Romano - that starting from the territories and their excellence wants to acquire an international dimension. We are convinced that our South has all the necessary resources, in terms of ideas and entrepreneurial qualities, to compete on an equal footing with the North, without having to take lessons from anyone”.

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THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO FOR THE LAND OF THE EARTH

Rome | 19 April 2019
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

Rome like London and Paris. Thousands of kids, but not only, took to the streets in Rome for the #FridaysforFuture event. The big global protest against climate change. All united with the cry of "Save the planet".
The young and now famous Swedish activist Greta Thunberg set the crowd on fire. The 16 year old recalled once again that time is running out. In 11 years we will see a breakdown of the irreversible climate. "The problem is the same everywhere: nothing has been done to reverse the situation. We have been on strike for the last six months, but nothing has changed, "said Greta." Emissions are increasing, there is no change in sight. We will have to keep fighting, it will take not weeks or months, but years. We don't sacrifice ourselves for nothing. We are changing the world. When we are old we will know that we have struggled to change the world and will continue to fight to the end ", he continued.
On the road or riding dozens of bicycles to produce the energy needed to run Greta's microphone. The important thing is to be aware that "Climate change means human extinction", and that the world is not a bank. The protest was aimed not only against incinerators, bad waste disposal and pollution. It was also a warning to politicians, who according to activists do nothing to stop this "ecological catastrophe".
2019 ranks third among the hottest years on the planet, with an average first quarter temperature on the surface of the Earth and oceans higher by 0.90 degrees than the average of the twentieth century (according to data from the National Climatic Data Center).
President Capasso intervened by finding the sharing of dear friends, such as Don Giadio De Biasio, parish priest of Roccamonfina, among the few religious present.

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PRESENTATION OF ISPI REPORT 2019

Naples | 04 April 2019
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The Fondazione Mediterraneo participated in the presentation of the "ISPI Report 2019" entitled "The end of a world. The drift of the liberal order" held at the University of Naples" L’Orientale "(Palazzo Corigliano).

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POPE FRANCIS IN MOROCCO: THE HOLY MASS AND THE CATHEDRAL MEETING WITH THE CLERGY

Rabat | 31 March 2019
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

In a city bathed in rain, Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass in the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex. An exciting moment characterized by the presence and sharing of the Moroccan Catholic community - less than 1% of the population - who wanted to greet and pay tribute to the Holy Father.
"Be a Church in dialogue, not worried about the number, but of your authenticity", this is the invitation that Pope Francis addressed to the clerous, men and women religious and the Ecumenical Council of the Churches reborn in the cathedral of Rabat.

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