SECTION PUBLISHER

To the Egyptian publisher Afaq for its efforts, without any public support, in the field of translation and promotion of the book, thus contributing to the knowledge of Arabic culture and to the valorisation of the different identities in a process of real social and cultural integration.

To the Italian publisher Jouvence for its cultural action in favour of translation and for the highlevel scientific and cultural specialized publications for Universities, Academies and for experts of historical subjects. Its promotion and specialization in texts of authors from the Arab world contributes to the valorisation of the different cultures in a process of real social and cultural integration in the global scene.

SECTION TRANSLATORS

Khalil Kalfat for her estimable work of translation from different languages – English, French and Russian – into Arabic, with which she contributed diffusing knowledge of the different cultures and promoting feelings of mutual comprehension and respect.

Adel El-Siwi for his worthy labour of translation from Italian – especially Ungaretti’s work – into Arabic, with which he contributed diffusing knowledge of the different cultures and promoting feelings of mutual comprehension and respect.

Beshir Al Sibai for her admirable work of translation from different languages – English, French and Russian – into Arabic, with which she contributed diffusing knowledge of the different cultures and promoting feelings of mutual comprehension and respect.

SECTION PROMOTION

To the literary artistic circle Atelier du Caire (an award given in cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo) for its cultural work in favour of the intellectuals. Its activities, expositions, meetings, seminars, show that the lay culture illuminating Egypt will not pass away.

To the international book fair Galassia Gutenberg for its contribution, through the section “Mediterranea” to the promotion of the cultures and the identities of the Greater Mediterranean countries.

SECTION AUTHORS

To the work “Un ebreo al Cairo”, by the Egyptian writer Shehata Haroun (published by Dar El Alam El-thaleth). This book promotes the co-existence among religions in a geographic area of ancient history. This essay shows that religion belongs to God, while the Country belongs to all the people. The author expressed – with all his personal experience, as a Jewish Egyptian – the value of religious tolerance which brought him to join the Egyptian Democratic Movement. Haroun understood the difference between Hebraism and Zionism and he fought against the confusion of these two different definitions, which is widely exploited by the old and the contemporary colonization.

To the work “Togliete le maschere”, by the Egyptian writer Lenin Al Ramly (published by Dar Misr Mahroussa). A popular story which develops in an imaginary city of the Middle Age. The work is presented in an eloquent Arabic style with some colloquial words. The theatrical text is about the idea of disguise oneself to stimulate debate on this theme in society and its consequences. The narration reflects aspects of the modern society and it is a very courageous work for its intense technique reminding us of the author’s previous works which combine together amusement and reflection.

To the work “La fine è il mio inizio”, by the Italian writer Tiziano Terzani (published by Longanesi), Terzani’s book is an extraordinary example showing how an autobiographical novel, addressed to his son and written as a sharp and amusing dialogue, can be, at the same time, also a document and a historical-anthropological essay about the sense and the roots of the existence. By this book, Tiziano Terzani gives us an authentic handbook on the road towards mutual comprehension among the peoples and the cultures giving a cultural and civil contribution to our age afflicted by the sinister “ghosts” of the clash of civilizations. Terzani is an antidote to the spreading of falsehood.

To the work “La casa delle onde”, by the Italian writer Giuseppe Conte (published by Longanesi). Giuseppe Conte is one of the best representatives of contemporary poetry. He published various collections of poems, mythic and narrative texts. In this historical novel, the author proposes a literary evocation of the great poet Shelley’s poetry and ideals, building an unforgettable portrait of one of the most fascinating figures of the european romanticism. The result of this evocation and research is a novel combining the poetical-literary and historical vision of the author.

To the memory of Pier Giovanni Donini for devoting his life to an intense study of the Arabic-Islamic world carried out without prejudice. He gave a great contribution to the knowledge of Arabic culture, thus valorising its different identities in a process of cultural and social integration aiming to found shared development and peace.

LAMPA CU CACIULA / THE TUBE WITH A HAT - 2007
Best short‑filmby Romanian director Radu Jude

For the sincere way everyday life is portrayed in a country which has become part of the European Union but it has just started to struggle for the European way of living. It is a small story about small characters whose names will not be remembered but the mature direction of the film is something not to forget.

Awarding Ceremony
Trieste, 25 January 2007

SLAVEK THE SHIT - 2006
Best short‑filmby director Grimur Hakonarson

For the originality and the bitter irony in dealing with such a harsh and difficult subject and for the remarkable performance of the actors, particularly the male leading one, who since the very beginning manages to arouse our interest to his character and involves us into whole story.

Awarding Ceremony
Trieste, 26 January 2006

DVER - 2005
Best short‑filmby Russian director Vladimir Kott

The jury of the “short film competition” composed by Jana Cisar, Mauro Santini, Joseph Togneri has granted the International Award Laboratorio Mediterraneo to DVER´ for the poetic simplicity by which the director has been able to show life on the screen. The film tells a number of small stories in a surprising and humoristic way.

Awarding Ceremony
Trieste, 27 January 2005

AM SEE - 2004
Best short‑filmGerman director Ulrike von Ribbeck

Little Jacob is travelling with his parents and sister. The four stop on the banks of a lake, in which father and son decide to go for a swim. At a certain point, the man leaves the water and Jacob remains alone in the middle of the lake. One can survive infancy even in an absent‑minded family.

Awarding Ceremony
Trieste, 22 January 2004

MY ZIVJOM NA KRAJU - 2003
Best short‑filmthe Bielorussian director Viktor Asliuk
 

Because, directed in a superb way, this film shows the rude life of Bielorussian farmers on the background of magnificent landscapes. A sober comment offscreen about pictures of women and men showing their hard living conditions. Wonderful shots, beautiful lights and sequences like a tragic classic painting.

Awarding Ceremony
Trieste, 23 January 2003

INT. HOTEL NUIT - 2002
Best short‑filmby Swiss director Elena Hazanov 

A film offering several interpretations in its short running time. From the reversal of man‑woman role to the confrontation between two cultures, to the conflict between language and body. The narration has a light touch and a deep irony.

Awarding Ceremony
Trieste, 24 January 2002

PAD / LA CADUTA - 2001
Best short‑filmby Czech director Aurel Klimt

The Fondazione Mediterraneo attributed the International Award Laboratorio Mediterraneo 2001 to Aurel Klimt for his remarkable animation work containing a dramatical subject in a funny and folkloristic frame.

Awarding Ceremony
Trieste, 24 January 2001

LENDULET / MOMENTO - 2000
Best short‑filmby Hungarian director Imre Juhàsz
 

The Prize was awarded to “Lendulet” because among the different heterogeneous competing works, the film stood out for the quality of sound, photography and the narrative technique chosen.

Awarding Ceremony
Trieste, 22 January 2000

UN ACCENTO PERFETTO - 1999
Best short‑filmby Italian director Nicola Sornaga

Extremely high and interesting short‑film which, through its manipulations, its blending of arts and genres, tries to express what cannot be expressed. This work draws an unknown reality and wises up to original rips of the present world.

Awarding Ceremony
Trieste, 24 January 1999

MOJA DOMOVMA - 1998
Miglior cortometraggio by Yugoslavian director Milos Radovic'

Moja Domovma by Milos Radovic (Federal Republic of Jugoslavia) represents an ironical and grotesque picture of the present reality of ex-Jugoslavia.

Awarding Ceremony
Trieste, 18 January 1998

Lampedusa Island - 2020
represented by the MayorSalvatore Martello, ITALY

The Island of Lampedusa represents an example of integration and coexistence between men and women of different faiths, cultures, origins. The phenomenon of migration has made the inhabitants of Lampedusa protagonists of a "New Humanism" that Pope Francis himself, in his historic visit to Lampedusa on July 8, 2013, indicated as the only way to counter the "Globalization of indifference".
The Mayor Salvatore Martello represents the example of this humanism: in the meeting with Pope Francis on 10 September 2020 he gave the pontiff a cross made by a Lampedusan craftsman with the wood of the migrant boats and a t-shirt with the words "I am fisherman ".
Pope Francis recalled on this occasion the importance of remaining human by remaining united: “When even in an ocean two ideas that survive the waves meet, something extraordinary can be born”.
In recognition of the capacity of reception, help and integration of the Lampedusans towards migrants, which always manifested itself and even in tragic situations, the juries of the "Mediterranean Prize", symbolically met on 3 October 2020 - anniversary of the Lampedusa massacre in which hundreds of migrants - awarded to the Island of Lampedusa, represented by the Mayor Salvatore Martello, the "MEDITERRANEAN AWARD 2020 INSTITUTIONS".

Dario Franceschini - 2018
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, ITALY

The award was assigned to Dario Franceschini for his forward-looking political and institutional vision aimed at enhancing the cultural heritage of the Italian Republic, among the most important in the world.
Its revolutionary action of transforming cultural sites into places of fruition with multidisciplinary activities has enabled the best enhancement by multiplying visitors from all parts of the world. In its four years of government, "significant results" have been obtained in the culture and tourism sector, thanks to a continuous and silent commitment made possible by the passion and competence that daily animate personnel and professionalism of Mibact.

Commissione Intermediterranea (CIM) della CRPM - 2017
Conferenza delle Regioni Periferiche Marittime

La Commissione Intermediterranea è una delle 6 commissioni geografiche della Conferenza delle Regioni Periferiche Marittime che, nella sua globalità, riunisce circa 160 regioni provenienti da 25 paesi dell’UE e paesi terzi (del Vicinato merionale e orientale). La CRPM, assieme alle sue commissioni geografiche, rappresenta quasi 200 milioni di cittadini ed opera assiduamente per uno sviluppo più armonioso del territorio europeo e dei suoi bacini di riferimento. Ha inoltre un ruolo di think tank ed è portatrice, fin dal 1973, della voce delle regioni di fronte alle Istituzioni Europee, Internazionali ed Euro-Mediterranee.
La sua Commissione Intermediterranea, creata nel 1990, esprime gli interessi e i bisogni condivisi da più di 40 regioni di una decina di paesi appartenenti ad entrambe le sponde del Mediterraneo, e li traduce in azioni di cooperazione politica e tecnica in favore della coesione economica, sociale e territoriale e pertanto dello sviluppo regionale, a scala di bacino.
La CIM porta inoltre la voce del Mediterraneo nell’ambito globale della CRPM contribuendo alle sue riflessioni in favore di una politica di coesione europea rafforzata, da consolidare come principale politica di investimento per l’Europa di domani, ma anche da utilizzare come ispirazione per plasmare delle relazioni con i paesi del Vicinato sud che possano avere un vero impatto sul territorio.

Elisabeth Guigou - 2016
President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of the French Republic and of the Anna Lindh Foundation

Da oltre 25 anni impegnata per il dialogo e la pace nel Mediterraneo e nel Mondo, l’on. Guigou ha assunto ruoli di prestigio ed è stata anche la prima donna Ministro della Giustizia con il presidente Mitterrand nel 1997. Ed è ancora la prima donna ad essere eletta presidente della commissione per gli affari esteri dell'Assemblea Nazionale, nel 2012.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 9 september 2016

Mustapha Ben Jaafar - 2014
President of the Parliamentary Assembly, TUNISIA

The prize is awarded to President Mustapha Ben Jaafar for his contribution to the construction of the Tunisian Constitutional Assembly and the new Tunisian Constitution, which legitimate social justice and public as well as individual liberty as paramount rights of the newly born Tunisian Democracy.

José Mujica - 2013
President of Uruguay, URUGUAY

The President of Uruguay, José Mujica, is a virtuous example of dedication to the “Common Good” helping the most vulnerable and needy members of society. In a world that is increasingly mobbed by self–interest where every social, political and religious space abounds with “Love for Power”, he has been able to give a voice, sense and strength to the “Power of Love”. This means living humbly and showing through his acts that power need not change people, but can even reveal their deeper essence.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 28 May 2013

Michel Vauzelle - 2012
Presidente della Région Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur
FRANCIA

Awarding Ceremony
Marsiglia, 05 april 2013

Scuola Militare Nunziatella - 2012
ITALIA

Per aver preparato da 225 anni generazioni di Giovani alla "Vita e alle Armi", costituendo un patrimonio immateriale dell'Umanità radicato nella storia e nella vita della Città di Napoli e dell'Italia.

La Scuola Militare Nunziatella rappresenta un'eccellenza educativa nel Mediterraneo e nel Mondo che pone l'Etica ed un sistema di Valori al centro della formazione di giovani, destinati ad assumere un ruolo essenziale nella vita sociale del futuro.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 25 May 2012

Già Ministro degli Affari Esteri della Tunisia, è stato uno dei protagonisti del Processo di Barcellona del 1995. Sotto la sua guida, l’Unione Maghreb Arabo è impegnata nella risoluzione delle tensioni nella sezione del Maghreb per pervenire ad un clima di cooperazione e intesa necessario per lo sviluppo condiviso.

Awarding Ceremony
Napoli, 20 May 2011

BENITA FERRERO-WALDNER - 2011

Si è impegnata fin dal 1995 nel processo di dialogo e di pace nella regione euromediterranea. Tra le artefici del “Processo di Barcellona” ha profuso ogni sforzo in iniziative concrete di partenariato tra l’Unione Europea e i Paesi del Mediterraneo, sviluppando programmi operativi che – nonostante tutte le difficoltà – hanno inciso sulla fiducia, sulla reciproca comprensione e sugli scambi tra i popoli delle due rive.

Awarding Ceremony
Napoli, 20 May 2011

GORGE ABELA - 2011
Presidente della Repubblica di MALTA

Per aver promosso la cooperazione tra Europa e Mediterraneo assegnando alla Repubblica di Malta un ruolo di cerniera ed uno spazio per le sedi di organismi internazionali costituiti per rafforzare il dialogo politico, cultura e sociale tra le due rive.

Awarding Ceremony
Napoli, 20 May 2011

Angela Merkel - 2010
German Chancellor, GERMANY

Expression of a democratic, pluralist vision in defence of human rights – matured through a long journey up to the fall of Berlin Wall – she has been able to put into practice juridical and political conditions of European standard, thus facilitating the unification of the two Germanies and taking a first rank role in the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation.

Awarding Ceremony

Naples, 13 June 2010

Anibal Cavaco Silva - 2009
President of the Republic of Portugal, PORTUGAL

Continuing the great tradition of his Country, the President Aníbal Cavaco Silva always committed himself to reinforce solidarity and a proactive co-operation among all the Countries of the Mediterranean, to pursue development and to promote peace in the region.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 12 June 2009

Nicolas Sarkozy - 2008
President of the French Republic, FRANCE

For his project of the Union for the Mediterranean. This action, pertaining to all the Countries converging on the Mediterranean and equally settled like the European Union, could be an initiative able to transform in a radical manner the inter-Mediterranean relationships. If politically there are not sufficient precedents, this idea has behind a thousand-year history of convergence expressed by the wide synthesis that succeeded in the Mediterranean. To give to this history a political conclusion is a big vision to which we cannot renounce.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 28 June 2010

René Van Der Linden - 2007
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

René van der Linden contributed with his political action to the spreading of the values of dialogue in the Greater Mediterranean area. At first as President of European Popular Party, then as President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, he encouraged the Euro Mediterranean Politics, especially in order to defend human rights, democracy and gender equality.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 30 March 2007

Amr Moussa - 2006
Secretary General of the League of Arab States, EGYPT

This award is granted for his contribution in promoting dialogue between the Western and Arab-Islamic worlds, first as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and then as Secretary General of the League of Arab States. His merit was that to get transformation process of the League of Arab States in a Pan-Arab Parliamentary Assembly democratically representative of those States.

Awarding Ceremony
Tunisi, 31 January 2006

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan - 2005
Prime Minister of Republic of Turkey, TURKEY

A personality unanimously respected for his integrity and commitment to democracy and pluralism with a vision of politics matured through a long journey and reflection. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as Mayor of Istanbul, was able to introduce modern criteria in the administration of the town. Then, as Prime Minister, he has consistently promoted the political and cultural dialogue between Turkey and Europe. This award, meant to recognize the great progress of a Country whose culture is deeply rooted in the East with a long and profound relationship with the West, wishes that Europe be willing to testify, by a new enlargement, the end of a century-old confrontation between States of Christian tradition and States of Muslim tradition.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 2 September 2005

Gianni Letta - 2004
Undersecretary of State at the Italian Prime Ministry, ITALY

His “good policy” founded on respect of Constitution and consideration of the adversary allows to include Gianni Letta in the list of Statesmen. His commitment in favour of solidarity, youth and valorisation of cultural, artistic, architectural, environmental, archaeological heritage of the Mediterranean is unanimously recognized and is an example for those who want to be involved in partnership actions.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 5 November 2004

Pat Cox e Abdelwahed Radi - 2003
Co-Presidents of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA), MOROCCO

The President of the European Parliament Pat Cox and the President of the Moroccan Parliament Abdelwahed Radi were the authors of the patient work that led to the creation in Naples, on 2nd December 2003, of the Euro‑Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, transforming the Forum instituted after the Barcelona Process. In acknowledgement of their essential action for democratic development in the Euro-Mediterranean area, the ad hoc Commission of Fondazione Mediterraneo granted the Mediterranean Award for Institutions 2003 to Presidents Cox and Radi.

Awarding Ceremony
Atene, 23 March 2004

Antonio Bassolino - 2002
President of the Regione Campania, ITALY

As Governor of the Region, he instituted a Department for the Relations with the Mediterranean Countries. Symbol and warning of a policy that, being aware of the turn of the millennium, has realized that Naples, Campania and Italy itself have no future outside the tissue where along centuries has been constructed, among clashes and encounters, exchanges and unions, a great and specific Euro- Mediterranean unity, to which the whole Europe should turn again so as to reinforce and develop the values on which it has constructed its own identity and resulting from the syntheses occurred in the Mediterranean.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 4 January 2002

AL ARABIYA - 2015
Emittente televisiva, EMIRATI ARABI UNITI

Per aver contribuito con la sua rete in tutto il mondo – attraverso i canali in varie lingue – a diffondere gli eventi più significativi della regione euromediterranea, affidando alla tempestività dell’informazione ed alla sintesi delle notizie un ruolo essenziale per testimoniare accadimenti importanti, specialmente quelli concernenti la "Primavera Araba".

War.
Tangle of wrongs and passions, of infamy and greatness. A tear in which, in the struggle of a force
against another, the tragically constructed civilization becomes somehow uncertain and sometimes wavering.
And Simone was there at Gaza, a strip of land-prison, without hatred or partisanship, to witness courage and cowardice, examples of compassion or abuses, of generosity and baseness, without prejudice in search of the truth that each fighter distorts. There, to found on that truth a better understanding of both parts, of the suffering of both, to challenge the opposing beliefs
and lay the foundations of a new agreement so as to put an end to hostilities and establish a new, possibly fairer, peace. For this understanding, for this better and more human future, he was there: determined, sparing no pains, without escaping risk.
Without any support, except for the distant support from the newspapers which had entrusted him with a mission more difficult than fighting, almost always more obscure.
There, unarmed among armed people, serene among passions, courageous without boldness, more determined than fighters.
There, always ahead where the battle is raging, convinced and determined.
Until the sacrifice we gather here: a message of Peace we repeat here in his name.

Awarding Ceremnoy
Naples, 29 october 2014

ALESSIO ROMENZI - 2013
War photographer – Reporte, ITALY

For having contributed to the dissemination through his images of the truth of events in the tormented Mediterranean region. In particular, his reports from Syria have allowed us to comprehend the extent of the civil war which had become a crime against humanity.
His concise reports represent a historic testimony, in order that we may “Never Forget” such great human tragedies and they serve as an example for those who wish to promote dialogue and peace.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 04 January 2013

MIKA YAMAMOTO - 2012
Journalist, GIAPPONE

“Per aver sacrificato, a 45 anni, la propria vita – colpita a morte durante uno scontro ad Aleppo tra ribelli e soldati dell’esercito siriano – con lo spirito di informare il mondo sui crimini contro l’umanità affinché queste barbarie vengano impedite in un mondo che si considera civile e sostenitore dei diritti umani e della pace”.

Presentation
Naples, 3 september 2012

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 28 september 2012

PINO BLASI - 2012
Journalist, ITALY

Dieci anni al "Mattino", quasi trent'anni alla Rai. Nell'azienda di Stato, per quattordici anni, ha diretto il telegiornale regionale della Campania e, sempre sulla terza rete della Rai, ha curato la vita di cinque settimanali televisivi. Dal 2006, presso l'Università di Salerno, ha la responsabilità dei Corsi della Scuola di Giornalismo che, nei bienni 2006-2008 e 2008-2010, si sono attestati ai primi posti della graduatoria italiana dell'Ordine nazionale dei Giornalisti.

Onestà della notizia, coerenza professionale, limpida etica personale: queste sono in sintesi le direttrici e i segni lungo i quali Blasi cerca di fare crescere i giovani che amano il mondo dell'informazione.

Con la sua azione coniuga professionalità, rigore, competenza e valori etici e umani affinché siano vissuti con gioia dai giovani praticanti, che decisamente aspirano a svolgere, per un possibile migliore futuro, la qualificante e delicata avventura di un moderno e valido giornalismo.

Per aver contribuito a diffondere i valori della cultura e delle religioni dello spazio euromediterraneo quali capisaldi per la libertà di religione e per i diritti umani. In tale contesto si è battuto per un’etica dell’informazione capace di assicurare obiettività di giudizio ed quilibrio nella comunicazione.

Awarding Ceremony

Per aver contribuito con la sua rete in tutto il mondo a diffondere gli eventi più significativi della regione euromediterranea, affidando alla tempestività dell’informazione un ruolo essenziale per testimoniare la verità degli accadimenti.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 20 may 2011

AL-JAZEERA - 2010
TV Channel, QATAR

It is one of the most important means of communication and information in the world, mainly aiming at promoting fair information between the Arab and Western Worlds. By news and comments not subject to particular interests, in the global complexity of the events, it has always tried to find their causes, with the aim to give rise to an independent and mature reflection.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 13 June 2010

LA VANGUARDIA - 2010
Newspaper, SPAIN

For spreading, with balance and precision, information about the main issues and problems of the Euro-Mediterranean area and for supporting the project of the Union for the Mediterranean contributing, by an accurate and objective analysis, to the designation of Barcelona as headquarters of the Coordination Secretariat.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 13 June 2010

El Pais - 2009
Newspaper, SPAIN

El Pais is a newspaper animated by political, human and social passions and it is involved, since its birth, in reporting global news. Spreading information and comments, especially on the Euro‑Mediterranean region, El Pais goes beyond the facts, searching for their causes and effects.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 13 June 2010

IL DENARO - 2008
Newspaper, ITALY

For its role of constant involvement in economic political and cultural information in the Euro-Mediterranean context. Media partner of the association Europa Mediterranea, through special pages and in collaboration with the main press agencies – such as Ansamed – Il Denaro has become a leader as to the events occurring in the Greater Mediterranean, embodying the values of discussion, dialogue and interaction among cultures. By its action, it contributed to make Naples a nodal Euro-Mediterranean reference centre, by disseminating – with objectivity and precision – news and through reportages about the Countries of the Euro-Mediterranean region.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 19 February 2009

IBRAHIM EL MOALLEM - 2007
Publisher, EGYPT

He has a role of constant guide in the Arab World spreading the principles of freedom and equality through the publishing of thousands of writings which gave visibility to a thousand voices of the South Shore. From Naguib Mahfouz to Alaa Al-Aswani, the more significant writers of the Arab World found in Ibrahim El Moallem a channel of information through which it was possible to diffuse in the Arab World and all around the World frescos of lives which emphasized affinities among different cultures, contributing to a real knowledge and a mutual respect.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 19 February 2009

AL-HAYAT - 2006
Newspaper, LEBANON

This Pan‑Arab newspaper deals with current problems and underlines the importance of dialogue and mutual understanding. It deeply analyzes and spreads news witnessing how the Arab-Muslim world changes. It also considers culture to be an important and indispensable instrument to bring societies together.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 3 April 2006

LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUE - 2005
Newspaper, FRANCE

Monthly magazine motivated by human and social emotions, yet with an open mind, “Le Monde Diplomatique” has for half a century, by news and comments not subject to partisan interests, sought to report the causes and forces that direct and drive political events. Its action has provoked an independent reflection, making it a leader in mutual understanding, justice and peace.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 24 October 2005

ANSAMED - 2005
Press Agency, ITALY

It is playing an essential role – with timeliness, completeness and reliability – in the field of Euro-Mediterranean information with the aim of re-launching and spreading a positive image of the Mediterranean, an area of opportunities and development with roots in a millenary history of relationships and exchanges, as well as with the aim of combating the stereotype of a region characterized by political and social tensions and constantly threatened by terrorism. Moreover, it has undertaken an initiative which, starting from the heritage of experiences and relations of the most important Italian Press Agency, wishes to be the point of encounter and reference for all those who work, at the political, economic, social and cultural level, believing in the possibility to develop a dialogue and a mutual knowledge among the Countries of the region in view of an increasingly close and profitable Integration.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 24 October 2005

AL-BAYANE - 2004
Newspaper, MOROCCO

Journalism is a constant, difficult and quite often risky commitment but it is an essential instrument for the development of a democratic society. The Award to “Al Bayane” is meant to emphasize the activity of this great journal in a moment of transition involving all Islamic societies, among which Moroccan society represents one of the most delicate points of passage. In the alternation of Governments – wanted by H.M. Hassan II as an essential mark of the democratisation process – “Al Bayane”, with its political director Ismail Alaoui, has contributed and still contributes to spread the values of dialogue and peace.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 25 October 2004

"MEDITERRANEO" - 2003
Weekly TV Programme TG3-RAI, ITALY

Manifold instruments are needed to support the dialogue among Mediterranean peoples, among which communication is undoubtedly one of the most important. The prize awarded to the weekly TV programme Mediteranneo produced by the RAI editorial office of Palermo, is a symbol of the acknowledgment for a press group that has been trying to meet this need for more than ten years, acting in favour of dialogue and Euro-Mediterranean communication and answering to the appeal for peace in former Yugoslavia launched by the Fondazione Laboratorio Mediterraneo since 1994. Today it is the only weekly TV programme, not just Italian, allowing to watch simultaneously, in a cost-effective and creative way, the RAI, France 3 and, since last February, the Spanish TV RTve. It is broadcast in 11 countries of the Mediterranean Basin and Latin America. Its editorial staff started to produce news services and reports almost two years ago for Rai Med, the only satellite channel, both in Italian and Arabic, watched in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Giancarlo Licata is responsible for both initiatives originated and developed within the Testata Giornalistica Regionale, which has been capable of seizing the importance of dialogue among peoples and the different press teams better than any other national media.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 14 March 2003

VITTORIO NISTICÒ - 2002
Journalist, ITALY

Journalism follows and tells everyday and historical events. It is rare for a newspaper to enter history becoming an Integral part of It. This is the case of “L’Ora”, prestigious newspaper of Palermo and Italy, during the long season when it was directed by Vittorio Nisticò. It is an example in the history of Italian and Mediterranean journalism. By his recent book “It happened in Sicily: the roaring years of Palermo newspaper ‘L’Ora’“, published by Sellerio, Nisticò reports on crucial events in Sicily as well as on the story of the newspaper and of its extraordinary community of journalists trained with Integrity and courage and with a hunger for the truth.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 4 January 2002

EL MUNDO - 2002
Newspaper, SPAIN

Journalism has become an essential need to us. It involves, among other things, effort and sacrifice. Sometimes sacrifice goes to the extreme and deserves our deepest appreciation. This Award to “El Mundo” is the expression of our acknowledgment to a newspaper which, through the recent sacrifice of Julio Fuentes, has demonstrated how difficult it is to satisfy a priority need of our world: to be informed, which means above all awareness in transparency.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 4 January 2002

CORRIERE DELLA SERA - 2002
Newspaper, ITALY

Following the tradition of journalists like Albertini, the Corriere della Sera has been able to maintain a balanced stance among opposing passions and ideologies so as to represent the events in a more objective light which not only helps to better understand such events but also to make a constructive reflection on them. To achieve this aim, correspondents have travelled across the world, sometimes without coming back, and a great contribution has also been given by the editorial staff with its constant, patient, unanimous and anonymous work.

Awarding Ceremony
Naples, 4 January 2002

IGOR MAN - 2000
Journalist, ITALY

During the solemn "rentrée" of the United States of the World, a ceremony was held to present the "Mediterranean Information Award" to journalist Igor Man, one of the most important experts on the Arab world. On this occasion, the decree of appointment as "Ambassador of the United States of the World" was handed over.

Awarding Ceremony
Marseille, 5 July 2000