Complete Lest || of events

From 21-24 November 2013, the XIIth Meeting of Heads of the ALF National Networks was held in Vilnius. As Head of the Italian Network, President Capasso participated for the Fondazione Mediterraneo while Elisa Adornopresented the Istituto Paralleli del Nord Ovest

At this event, the following themes were discussed.

  • Objectives and Strategies 2014-2015
  • Budget 2014
  • Development of Networks
  • The  ALF+ 10 events in Naples

Among others, the members discussed the Arab Spring and the role that the National Networks can play. President Michele Capasso suggested developing joint actions to valorize immigrants to give greater visibility to young people on the south shore of the Mediterranean and events in Naples ALF+10.

Previous Meetings

Took place in Lisbon, under the presidency of André Azoulay, Anna Lindh Foundation Consultative Assembly  (ALF).
The discussed topics were Foundation and its activities for the next ten years. The president Michele Capasso in his intervention highlighted the RIDE’s as model of good practices  and talked about the necessity to give to ALF its institutional dignity, and proposed to held in Naples in occasion of EU Italian Semester Presidency (2014), an important event in occasion of tenth Alf anniversary. The Consultative Assembly supported this proposal.

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Antonino Caponnetto Foundation joins to “RIDEItalian Network for Euro Mediterranean Dialogue”.
“It is an important moment- highlighted the president Salvatore Càlleri – because the legality is at the fundaments of civil coabitation in a multi etnich world and for this, alla base della coesistenza civile in un mondo multietnico e, per questo, costituisce la condizione preliminare per la costruzione duratura del dialogo e della pace.
We are pleased that Foreign Affairs Ministry Emma Bonino expressed his own congratulations for RIDE’s establishment and hoped that most important organs and institutions workinf in Italy could join to this initiative co established by Foreign Affairs Ministry: Caponnetto Foundation intended to accuel this invitation”.

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Michele Capasso, co-coordinator of the Italian Network ALF, attended the 41st meeting of the Board of Governors of the Anna Lindh Foundation, on behalf of the Italian Network , co- coordinators of Parallel and FISPMED and 43 of the Leaders of ALF Networks .

In his speech Capasso has exhibited the following topics:

  • Appeals for the tragedy of Lampedusa, as strongly requested by members of the Italian Network , which the ARCI.
  • Request to remove the financial mechanism of Step 6 and to confirm that used for Step 5.
  • Request to play in Italy , as is customary , the next meeting of the Leaders , the Board of Governors and Advisory Council ALF , on the occasion of the Italian Presidency of the EU ( July-December , 2014) and will be the last of a Mediterranean country until 2020.
  • Presentation of RIDE - Italian Network for the euro Mediterranean dialogue.

Instances have found the consent of the ALF and members of the board , with the support of Min.Pl. Granara - Italian member of the Board of Governors - and to ancient relations of esteem with other members of the Board.
The President Capasso has revived the appeal for Lampedusa worldwide on 8 July 2013, on the occasion of the visit of Pope Francesco

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