THE FONDAZIONE MEDITERRANEO PARTICIPATES IN THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL INTERVIEW "THE ARAB WORLD: REALITY, CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES"

Tunisi | 23 October 2020
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Federazione Anna Lindh Italia - Onlus (EN)

President Michele Capasso participated in the 6th International Colloquium "The Arab World: Realities, Challenges and Perspectives" organized by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the Political Academy Forum.
The professor. Capasso spoke at the fifth scientific session dedicated to "The Arab States in the concert of nations" with the report entitled "The Arab World and Europe" in which he underlined the importance of migrants as a "resource for Europe" and not as a "problem" hoping for a return to shared multiculturalism.
Participants from various countries paid tribute to the Fondazione Mediterraneo and to president Capasso on the occasion of the Foundation's thirtieth anniversary.

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INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF PRAYER FOR PEACE PROMOTED BY THE COMMUNITY OF SANT'EGIDIO: “NO ONE IS SAVED ALONE. PEACE AND FRATERNITY".

Rome | 20 October 2020
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Federazione Anna Lindh Italia - Onlus (EN)

The Fondazione Mediterraneo and the Anna Lindh Italy Federation participated in the international prayer meeting for peace on the theme "No one is saved alone. Peace and fraternity ", promoted by the Community of Sant’Egidio.
On this occasion the "Appeal for peace" was signed by the participants.
President Michele Capasso, on the eve of the thirtieth anniversary of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, stressed "the importance of the meeting because precisely in this difficult moment due to the pandemic, it is essential to reaffirm the spirit of fraternity and union by considering us all together as brothers and sisters".

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THE TEN YEAR OF THE TOTEM OF PEACE AT THE FARNESINA

Rome | 13 October 2020
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Federazione Anna Lindh Italia - Onlus (EN)

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the inauguration of the sculptor Mario Molinari's "Totem of Peace" at the Farnesina, a commemorative ceremony was held with the main participants in that event: from Princess WIjdan Al Hashemi of Jordan to Mons. Fouad Twal, formerly Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and to the representatives of the Governments and Ambassadors who attended then.
President Michele Capasso underlined the importance of the "Totem of Peace" as a symbol that brings together many countries of the world: "Just on the eve of the peace meetings scheduled in Rome on 20 October 2020, having remembered the long journey of 'monumental work that the Fondazione Mediterraneo is spreading throughout the world constitutes a call to brotherhood and unity - indispensable in a difficult moment in our history - also through symbols ”.

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THE "MEDITERRANEAN AWARDS 2020" AWARDED ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRTY YEARS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FOUNDATION

Naples | 08 October 2020
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Federazione Anna Lindh Italia - Onlus (EN)

In full compliance with the rules of distancing and protection for Covid 19, the award ceremony of the "Mediterranean award 2020" was held at the headquarters of the Museum of Peace - MAMT in Naples, which inaugurated the celebratory activities for the thirtieth anniversary of the Fondazione Mediterraneo . Recognized among the most important awards thanks also to the quality of the juries representing 43 Euro-Mediterranean countries, this edition of the Award saw the assignment of a new section called "City of dialogue".
Numerous webinar links (*) with various Euro-Mediterranean countries.
Among those present the president of the Order of Engineers prof. Edoardo Cosenza, the members of the jury, the winners, prof. Massimo Pica Ciamarra and representatives of the academic, artistic and cultural world of the Mediterranean.
The artist Ciccio Merolla performed in a concert of "Music for Peace".
On this occasion, the MEDITERRANEAN CITTÀ DEL DIALOGO AWARDS, the MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTIONS AWARD, the PLATE OF HONOR and the ARCHITECTURE AND CITY AWARDS were awarded.
Among the winners:

• MEDITERRANEAN AWARD FOR INSTITUTIONS ON THE ISLAND OF LAMPEDUSA
  (Represented by the Mayor Dr. Salvatore Martello)
  Presentation by Michele Capasso, president of the Fondazione Mediterraneo
  
  
• MEDITERRANEAN AWARD CITY OF DIALOGUE TO THE ARCHITECT VINCENZO LATINA
  (Environmental rehabilitation and restoration of the former Lampedusa quarry)

• MEDITERRANEAN AWARD CITY OF DIALOGUE
  (special mention) TO ARCHITECTS FRANCESCO SCARDACCIONE AND ISHIMOTO
   (Faculty of Engineering in San Giovanni a Teduccio)
  
  
• MEDITERRANEAN AWARD CITY OF DIALOGUE
  (mention) TO THE ARCHITECT PASQUALE TIERNO
  (Urban Theater in Calvanico - Salerno)
  
  
• PLATE OF HONOR AT THE GIROLAMINI LIBRARY
  (Represented by Dr. Antonella Cucciniello, Director of the Library and Monumental Complex of the Girolamini)

(*) The word "webinar" is a neologism born from the union of two English terms: "web" and "seminar" and refers to live participation in remote seminars or conferences through the use of new web technologies.

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