The ceremony to present the Mediterranean Media Award to Ansamed took place on 24 October 2005 in the Sala Vesuvio at the Maison de la Méditerranée in Naples. The award was delivered to the Director Carlo Gambalonga.
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03 December 2010
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) -
Category: Mediterranean Awards
ECOPEACE Friends of the Earth Middle East, winner of the Euro-Med Award for Dialogue 2010, received the award on December the 3rd during a prestigious Bestowing Ceremony held in Brussels.
The ceremony was attended by André Azoulay, President of the Anna Lindh Foundation and Michele Capasso, President of Fondazione Mediterraneo, in addition to representatives of the European Commission, European Parliament, International Environmental and Peace Organizations including WWF Europe, Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace International, European Environment Bureau, European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, the coordinators of the 43 Civil Society Networks of the Anna Lindh Foundation and diplomatic figures.
The ceremony was followed by a debate on the theme “Can Intercultural Dialogue Prepare Social Change to Address the Ecological Challenge” .The debate was moderated by Olaf Gerlach-Hansen, Director of Culture|Futures (Denmark).
ECOPEACE Friends of the Earth Middle East, is jointly established by environmentalists from Palestine, Jordan and Israel and member of Friends of the Earth International, the largest grassroots environmental organization in the world. FoEME is a civil society organization, conducting trans-boundary research projects and promoting cross border dialogue for ecological sustainability in the region, a fair share of natural resources of the Jordan Valley, and a just peace.
On October 25th was held the ceremony for the Mediterranean Media Award 2004 to the Moroccan daily Al Bayane, aiming at “emphasising the action of this newspaper in a transition moment involving all Islamic societies, which is particularly delicate for Moroccan society”.
Umberto Ranieri, President of the Commission for Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies, awarded H.E. Abdelwahad Radi, President of the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of Morocco the Mediterranean Award "Silver Dolphin" 2007 and the title of "Ambassador of the United States of the World" with the following grounds: “Guardian of Democracy, he devoted all his life to the creation of a new humanism with the aim of changing the Mediterranean, through the promotion of dialogue, into a democratic area of mutual respect".