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.

 

CYPRUS: A BORDER BETWEEN BORDERS

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Cipro | 11 November 2012
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

President Michele Capasso and other Heads of the  National Networks of the Anna Lindh Foundation made a tour of the two halves of Nicosia: the Greek part and Turkish part.

Capasso Stated that “we are border between borders”. Cyprus is just a few kilometres away from that tormented Middle East Region (Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Israel and Egypt) and it is adopting and extremist western policy that is far from that of dialogue required to bring peace to the area”.

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CHINA ITALY INNOVATION FORUM (EN)

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Napoli | 18 November 2012
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

President  Michele Capasso and Professor Caterina Arcidiacono – member of the Fondazione –  took part in the “China Italy Innovation Forum” at the City of Science in Naples.
On that occasion, the participants, who included the Mayor of Naples de Magistris, Governor of the Campania Region Caldoro, the Chinese Ambassador to Italy and the Italian Minister of Education, Profumo, analyzed the opportunities for China in various sectors. President Capasso emphasized the key role to be played by China on the South Mediterranean shore, as well as the need to bring China to the negotiating table for major discussions on Euro-Mediterranean cooperation, including for a relating to both culture and civil society.

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XITH MEETING OF THE HEADS OF ALF NATIONAL NETWORKS

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Cipro | 11 November 2012
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

From 8-11 November  2012, the XIth Meeting of Heads of the ALF National Networks was held in Cyprus. As Head of the Italian Network, President Capasso participated for the Fondazione Mediterraneo while Elisa Adorno presented the Istituto Paralleli del Nord Ovest

At this event, the following themes were discussed.

  • Objectives and Strategies 2012-2015
  • Budget 2013
  • Development of Networks
  • The new ALF logo
  • The ALF Mediterranean Forum in Marseille 2013

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 – a new theme for the 2013 Euromed Award – to give greater visibility to young people on the south shore of the Mediterranean.

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MEETING OF THE PRESDENCY OF THE PANEL OF THE EUROMED AWARD FOR DIALOGUE AMONG CULTURES

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Nicosia | 08 November 2012
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The Panel for the Euromed Award for dialogue among cultures met to decide the theme for 2013. It decided unanimously to adopt the theme of “Migrants as actors of mutual understanding”. Moreover, the composition of the Panel was decided for 2013:  the Fondazione Mediterraneo, Anna Lindh Foundation, Bosnia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Gran Britain, the Lebanon, Mauritania and Libya.

 

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AWARDS CEREMONY FOR THE 7TH EUROMED AWARD TO THE "TEATRO VALLE OCCUPATO" THEATRE GROUP

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Cipro | 10 November 2012
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) - Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)

The Rome-based Teatro Valle Occupato Theatre Group won the 2012 Euro-Med Award. The Awards Ceremony was held in Cyprus on 10 November 2012 at the UNESCO Auditorium, University of Nicosia in the presence of the Heads of the National Networks of the Anna Lindh Foundation. Participants at the ceremony included Andreu Claret, Director of the Anna Lindh Foundation, and Michele Capasso, President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, who handed this accolade to  Sylvia De Fanti and Simona dell’Acqua, representing the Teatro Valle Occupato Theatre Group. This year, the theme for the Euromed Award was "Youths for change, social justice and co-development".
President Michele Capasso expressed his satisfaction for the acknowledgement emphasizing that the nomination of the “Teatro Valle Occupato” was launched by the Fondazione Mediterraneo itself and has been agreed by the members of the 43 Euromed member countries.

 

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