THE MAISON DE LA PAIX

 

CASA UNIVERSALE DELLE CULTURE

The Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture is a place strongly representative, in which will convey the knowledge of the different identities and cultures, structuring permanently initiatives aimed at the spreading of peace, necessary for the shared development.

The Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture (MdP) is a project conceived by Michele Capasso, approved by many Countries and international organizations. It is an architecture that keeps the memory of many Peace activities which created history, often more than the wars, but it is – above all – a space "to build” Peace.

The architectonical complex has an important symbolic worth: it represents the Countries of the World engaged in the Peace process and the Countries victim of the conflicts.

Proposed by the Fondazione Mediterraneo with the Maison des Alliances – together with the main adherent organizations, such as the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, the League of Arab States, the "Anna Lindh" Euro-Mediterranean Foundation and others, the MdP represents a referent point for all the ones who dedicate their lives to peace.

The symbol of the MdP is the "Totem for Peace", an artwork by the Italian sculptor Mario Molinari which the Fondazione Mediterraneo is promoting all around the world, creating the network of the "Cities for Peace".

The first seat of the MdP was inaugurated on the 14th of June 2010 (Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture) in the historical building of the Grand Hotel de Londres in Naples.

The action of the Maison de la Paix - Casa Universale delle Culture aims at improving the main activities of the "Universal Forum of Cultures" in: Barcelona (2004), Monterrey (2007), Valparaiso (2010) and Naples (2013).

The Maison de la Paix performs most of the initiatives jointly with the Maison de la Méditerranée.

 

President Michele Capasso joined with Ernesto Olivero and reminded the World Youth Meeting held in Naples on 4 october 2014 and which Fondazione collaborated.

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President Capasso joined to the international Conference “The Role of Research Centers in Supporting Public Policy”.
In advanced countries progress goes ahead according to a multidimensional strategic vision, supported by  prestigious and reliable research centers. In occasion of its 20 ° anniversary, and in consideration of the importance of research centers’s role in national decision progress and public policies formulation, the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Researches organized a conference named: The Role of Research Centers in Supporting Public Policy. The conference dealt with different topics- in particular the importance of research centers’s role in support and improve public order- and showed international examples from United States, Europe, Asia and Arabic world, talking about the role done by research centers helping decision maker to take resolutions. The conference talked about the challenges faced by Arabic research centers , including how motivate them to pursue their specific tasks and research activities , in general, in the Arabic world. Had been discussed roles of research centers for the reach of security and stability and presented a vision to guide the future’s studies of Arabic research centers. The conference tried to establish a link between scientific and strategic research centers, in order to capitalize their capacities in the development of new perspectives which will be useful in public political planning and decisional process. Joined to the event high profile figures as academicians, experts and functionaries from research centers coming both  from United Arab Emirates and abroad.

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In occasion of 43° anniversary of United Arab Emirates, the president of Fondazione Michele Capasso paid tribute to H.H. Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan whom in 1971 established the Emirates.  “A man with a clear vision of Common Good – declared the president Capasso – whom has been able to combine tradition and modernity, valorising knowledge and cultures as crucial resource for populations”. H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Affaire Ministry, in a speech given in occasion of 43 ° National Holiday, affirmed : "Our celebration of  43 ° National Holiday coincides with the preparation of our memorable and strategic project which will let us explore the space, thanks to the construction of the probe “Mars”: it will be the first step for Arabic Islamic world in this field and will be lead by an Emirates team will be able to reach Mars in the next years. The project is a clear evidence of the results obtained by Emirates in different sectors and at the same time reflects the advanced capacities of Emirates in face with the last scientific, technologic and technician evolutions.”

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