On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the SERMIG – founded by Ernesto Olivero – and of the 25th anniversary of the Fondazione Mediterraneo – founded by Michele Capasso – the founders met, sharing a common path to build Peace .
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15 September 2014
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) -
Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)
The award cerimony of the VII edition of the “Mare Nostrum Award 2014”took place in Rome.
Created by “Grimaldi Magazine” Mare Nostrum Awards is devoted to promoting the Highways of the Sea. The aim is to exploit this unique opportunity of tradings, links and sustainable development for all countries of the Mediterranean. The Mare Nostrum Awards prize amounts, as every year, to EUR 50,000 divided among the top five.
The International Jury of the Award consists of prominent members of journalism and culture.
The President Folco Quilici is supported, among the others, by Vassiliki Armogeni,greek journalist of te magazine Efoplistis, Michele Capasso, President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, Diana De Feo, RAI journalist, Mimmo Jodice, photographer, Paul Kyprianou, former President RoRo Carriers Europeans. Secretary of the Prize is Luciano Bosso, journalist and editor of Grimaldi Magazine Mare Nostrum.
During the evening, the President Michele Capasso was interviewed by Massimo Giletti on his recent mission to Erbil and Gaza.
The 6 winners are:
- Massimo Minella for the article “Engorgement Mediterranean - It shrinks the Mare Nostrum” published in the daily “Repubblica”;
- Giovanni Capozzoli for his television service "Highways of the Sea, highways to love" which aired on the SeiTV Television;
- Marco Molino for the photographic exhibition "The Wave of Stone" held in Procida (Na) at the School of Higher Education of the University "L'Orientale”;
- Danilo Mainardi for the article "Wriggle among the waves" published in the weekly "Sette-Corriere della sera";
- Claudia Bonasi and Antonio Dura for the photographic exhibition “Salerno-Tunisi, journey on the routes of the Mediterranean ceramic”, held at the Arch catalan of Pinto Palace,Salerno;
- Kostas Syligardos for the coverage on TV called “Sea Highways” aired on the greek portal flashnews.gr.
The Mediterraneo Foundation, since its born, has been committed to the defense of water as a value and irreplaceable asset of humanity. As part of its program the FM supports and promotes the movie by Pino Tordiglione.
The President Michele Capasso has carried out a mission in Gaza to bring its contribution to the victims of the conflict, in line with what the Foundation has done for Palestine since its establishment.
It will be held in Caserta, at Casale of teverolaccio - Succivo, the Conference "The purchasing groups, including reconciliation of time, environment, economy and sustainability," to which the Mediterraneo Foundation has granted its patronage..