THE ANNA LINDH FOUNDATION GATHERED IN FARNESINA

Roma | 11 September 2015
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Federazione Anna Lindh Italia - Onlus (EN)

The newly appointed Advisory Council of the Anna Lindh Mediterranean Foundation for Dialogue, composed by 42 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean (Upm), has been hosted in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, inaugurated by the Undersecretary Mario Giro at the presence of the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, Stefania Giannini and the Executive Director of Anna Lindh Foundation Ambassador Hatem Atallah.
"Peace and stability in the Mediterranean area are priorities for Italy which strongly believes in the cooperation among the two shores of the Mediterranean” declared Giro in his opening speech. “Italy supports for years the activity of the Foundation in the face of the regional challenge of extremism and radicalisation. The Anna Lindh Foundation activity is important in order to change the narrative about our region today, bringing new inputs for the partnership between the two shores of Mediterranean and bringing civil society into the heart of this partnership” declared the Under Secretary, highlighting how much the European foreign policy should strengthen its action for the southern neighbourhood.

The Council, chaired by Elisabeth Guigou, parliamentary of the National Assembly and President of the Foreign Affair, is composed of important exponents coming from Europe and countries from the South shore of Mediterranean, and is in charge of the strategic direction of Fondazione: Italy is represented by the prof. Michele Capasso, president of Fondazione Mediterraneo which gave a crucial contribute to the development of Anna Lindh since 2002.

The topic on the agenda was the role of Anna Lindh Foundation, as reference point for intercultural dialogue, especially in the regional challenge to extremism and refugees crisis.

The President Elisabeth Guigou highlighted how in the Mediterranean area there is a convergence of values and the extremists who push for the clash are just a minority. The foundation has the aim of encourage the silent majority to let heard its voice. The proposal made by president Capasso has been welcomed and among the forthcoming actions being discussed is a regional program of communication aimed at providing migrants and youth leaders with the skills, tools and platforms to have a voice and create a counter-media narrative in the face of the negative trends impacting in the region, also taking in account programs already successfully carried on in Egypt (Young Citizens for Dialogue), as antidote against extremist tendencies.

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THE RIDE EXECUTIVE BOARD HAS BEEN APPOINTED

Roma | 11 September 2015
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Federazione Anna Lindh Italia - Onlus (EN)

It took place in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation the General Assembly of  RIDE: the “Italian Network for Euro-Mediterranean Dialogue” established by the Ministry along with organizations and associations which are involved for years in the building of dialogue and peace in the Euro-Mediterranean space and among them the Fondazione Mediterraneo deserves particular mention.
In this occasion the Assembly appointed, unanimously, the Executive Board which will be on charge until October 2017 and will composed by the following members:

1. SALVATORE CALLERI, Fondazione Caponnetto
2. MARISA GARITO, Università Uninettuno
3. LUIGI DE LUCA, Istituto di Culture Mediterranee
4. GIOVANNI SERRA, Dignità del lavoro
5. JANIKI CINGOLI, Centro per la pace in Medio Oriente
6. FOAD AODI, Amsi
7. ENRICO MOLINARO, Prospettive Mediterranee

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AMSI, CO-MAI, “UNITI PER UNIRE”, ARAB LEAGUE AND RIDE GATHER TOGETHER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPROACH BETWEEN TWO SHORES

Roma | 04 July 2015
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Federazione Anna Lindh Italia - Onlus (EN)

The mix of different sources and knowledge of Mediterranean Countries and Middle East becomes a strategy for the overcoming of prejudices which increase the clash of civilizations and religions, and a political, economical, and a social crisis.  
The Prof. Foad Aodi, President of the Association of Foreign Origin Doctors (Amsi), Arab World Comunity in Italy (Co – mai) and the Movement “Uniti per unire”, S.E. Nassif Youssef Hitti, Ambassador of Arab League in Italy, his Vice Zouheir Zouairi, the Prof. Michele Capasso, President of RIDE – Italian Network for Euro Mediterranean Dialogue and the Plenipotentiary  Enrico Granara, Coordinator of  Multilateral Activies for Mediterranean and Middle East at Ministry for Foreigner Affairs gathered together on 02 July .
This is the crucial point for the establishment of dialogue between knowledge.

In the aftermath of the recent adhering of Amsi, Co-mai, and “Uniti per Unire” to  RIDE, the Ambassador Nassif Youssef Hitti, the Prof. Foad Aodi and Prof. Michele Capasso, identified in public health, culture, art and sport “those universal languages which bond and not divide”, as declared by Prof. Aodi, in the belief of fostering in this way the increase of social and inclusive tendencies.The RIDE, established in 2013 in order to unify the Italian CSO’S that are mostly engaged in intercultural dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean area through Anna Lindh Foundation (with headquarters in Alexandria) is engaged in the work done by Amsi, Co-mai, and “Uniti per unire” in the research of new spaces and impress new nourishment to the dialogue activities and encounter between all the  CSO’s working in the Mediterranean. The RIDE is supported by the twenty years of experience of Fondazione Mediterraneo (FM), established in Naples by Arch. Capasso, as exponent of civil society of the Mediterranean. The most important proof of the twenty years of FM is the new MAMT – Mediterranean Museum of Art, Music and Tradition. The MAMT takes place in the same building of FM, in the heart of Naples, and is a cornerstone of the collaboration between Arab League and the above mentioned association. Inside this multimedia Museum, different cultures met in an harmonious way respect of Mediterranean traditions, in a passionate research of union between the differencies. For this reason, the MAMT has been recognized “national heritage” by UNESCO, defined “emotional museum” by its director Irina Bokova, after her visit. “We transfer in MAMT a collection of emotions,  and traditions which has different origin and belonging. In this challenge we have the contribution of AMSI, COMAI, and “Uniti per Unire” , which become new members of RIDE. We hope to sign an agreement between the Ambassador of Arab League in Italy in a short time, in order to strenghten our partnership with ALECSO – Teaching, Cultural and Scientific Organization of Arab League. The MAMT becomes day by day richer thanks to different contributions stated by Prof. Michele Capasso.

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