During a meeting with the Mayor of Fez Hamid Chabat and with the Deputy Mayor Touhami El Amouri, President Michele Capasso established with them the site where will be constructed the Totem for Peace by the sculptor Mario Molinari. The site chosen is located between Independence Square and the beginning of Allal El Fassi street.
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03 December 2010
Parent Category: Tutte le Attività (EN) -
Category: Anno 2010
ECOPEACE Friends of the Earth Middle East, winner of the Euro-Med Award for Dialogue 2010, received the award on December the 3rd during a prestigious Bestowing Ceremony held in Brussels.
The ceremony was attended by André Azoulay, President of the Anna Lindh Foundation and Michele Capasso, President of Fondazione Mediterraneo, in addition to representatives of the European Commission, European Parliament, International Environmental and Peace Organizations including WWF Europe, Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace International, European Environment Bureau, European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, the coordinators of the 43 Civil Society Networks of the Anna Lindh Foundation and diplomatic figures.
The ceremony was followed by a debate on the theme “Can Intercultural Dialogue Prepare Social Change to Address the Ecological Challenge” .The debate was moderated by Olaf Gerlach-Hansen, Director of Culture|Futures (Denmark).
ECOPEACE Friends of the Earth Middle East, is jointly established by environmentalists from Palestine, Jordan and Israel and member of Friends of the Earth International, the largest grassroots environmental organization in the world. FoEME is a civil society organization, conducting trans-boundary research projects and promoting cross border dialogue for ecological sustainability in the region, a fair share of natural resources of the Jordan Valley, and a just peace.
The participants in the 9th Meeting of the Heads of ALF National Networks visited the Photographic Exhibition "On this and the other side", organized by Anna Lindh Foundation and MultiCulti Portuguese Association.
SThe 9th meeting of ALF National Networks Heads was held in Brussels, from 2nd through 4th December 2010.