Posts Tagged ‘ Union for the Mediterranean ’

Join the Debate in Barcelona

March 3, 2010
By Stephen
Join the Debate in Barcelona

Well tomorrow I am off to Barcelona for the Anna Lindh Foundation Forum 2010. I will be live-blogging and tweeting about the forum, with the help of a few others. I know I am not a big user of twitter at the moment, but college is taking up a lot of the time I would have spent on it, so I will be back to it tomorrow. You too, though, will be able to see whats happening and pass...

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Decisions, Decisions! [ALF Forum 2010]

February 1, 2010
By Stephen
Decisions, Decisions! [ALF Forum 2010]

Image via Wikipedia If you intend on attending the Anna Lindh Forum 2010, you must register! The deadline is fast approaching by the way. You must register by 12th February 2010, 20.00 GMT. As part of this process you must pick which workshop you want to attend in the Agora. The choice is from: Education, Intercultural Learning and Youth: “Learning to live together in diversity” Cultural & Artistic Collaborations: “Creativity for Dialogue” Creating Spaces of Peace and Co-existence: “Restore...

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ALF Forum 2010

January 10, 2010
By Stephen
ALF Forum 2010

Image via Wikipedia The Anna Lindh Foundation Forum 2010 takes place in Barcelona from the 4th of March to the 7th of March. The Forum aims to give new momentum to the cooperation among civil society organizations committed to intercultural dialogue in the Union for the Mediterranean region and to enrich the activities of the forty-three National Networks of the Anna Lindh Foundation The Forum is being  organised by the Anna Lindh Foundation in partnership with the European Institute...

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Union for the Mediterranean, what is it?

March 18, 2008
By Stephen

There has been alot about the Union for the Mediterranean (UM) in the news lately, but I am unsure of what it will do. The idea was first mooted by Nicolas Sarkozy, during his election campaign, as an alternative to Turkish Membership of the EU. This led to Turkey opposing the idea, but on being told it would not be an alternative, Turkey lent its support. So who would be prospective members of the UM?the french had to back...

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