Kimiyya ||Le Donne Attrici del Dialogo (EN)

Women Actress of Dialogue

The Joint Action KĪMIYYA: Women Actress of Dialogue”, conceived and organized by the Fondazione Mediterraneo and 12 Anna Lindh Foundation National Networks adhere to it: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Mauretania, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovenia and Tunisia.
The action aims to gather and deepen the work done so far by formulating concrete recommendations and operational guidelines
Women are the main “promoters” of connections between civil societies: by supporting their training, education and access to new tools and modern digital technologies, it will be possible to facilitate the intercultural dialogue in the Euro-Med region, reduce migration and address the causes of conflict.
The name KĪMIYYA has been chosen because in the ancient languages of Mediterranean culture (Aramaic, Arab, Greek and other languages), it means “to embrace”, “melt”, “put together”, “meet”, “share” and “mix”.

 

The Steering Committee of the Italian Network ALF met in Naples with the task of preparing the work of the General Assembly (AG) and the development activities capacity planned in Naples from 13 to 15 September 2017. The meeting was held in parallel with “Kīmiyya” internetwork activity, which gathered on the same days,in Naples, the leaders and 84 members of the 42 ALF national networks: a unique opportunity for members of the ALF Network for meetings, exchanges and cooperation.
All members participated in the Steering Committee by submitting a special AG session for “Kīmiyya”.

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President Michele Capasso, Head of the Italian Network and founder of the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) presented the forthcoming activities of the “KĪMIYYA” actions to the participants in the General Assembly of the CIM, which took place in Naples from 11 to 14 September 2017.The General Assembly was heldat the Museum of Peace – MAMT,Center of documentation of the ALF.
The participants expressed their satisfaction for this important action to reaffirm the role of women in the dialogue and peace process.
CIM, CRPM and the main regions of Europe and the Mediterranean have ensured their participation and support for this initiative.

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Manuel Pleguezuelo Alonso, Director General for the European Union and Cooperation of the Region of Murcia, accepted the proposal of President Michele Capasso and members of the Scientific Committee of the Museum of Peace - MAMT to create a branch office of the Museum in this region with the construction of the monumental work "Totem of Peace" by Mario Molinari.
Daria Terràdez Salom, Director General for the European Union of Generalitat Valenciana, called for the involvement of the city of Alicante on the theme of migrants and shared values.
On this occasion, the Foundation's various stages were revisited with the opening, in 2006, of a headquarters in Murcia on interreligious dialogue in cities and the creation of the Euromed Civil Forum in Valencia in 2002.

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The meeting of the partners of the PANORAMED project, financed under axis IV of the Interreg Mediterranean Transnational Cooperation Programme 2014-2020, was held from 5 to 7 July at the headquarters of the Fondazione Mediterraneo. The project aims to identify shared governance tools in the strategic sectors of coastal and maritime tourism and maritime surveillance.
Partners of the project are the 13 European countries bordering the Mediterranean, from Portugal to Cyprus, participants in the programme and represented at the meeting held in the Museum of Peace - MAMT, seat of the Fondazione Mediterraneo in Naples.
The meeting, promoted by the Agency for Territorial Cohesion - Projects and Tools Area, Office 6, part of the Italian Country Coordination Unit, together with the Marche and Lazio Regions, aims to share strategies and activities of the project, with a view to issuing a call for strategic projects that will be launched starting from 2019.
The PANORAMED project is considered strategic by the Agency for Territorial Cohesion and intends to be included in the current debate on the future of the European Union, on the definition of the programming period for cohesion policy post-2020 and on the role of policies for the Mediterranean that the European Union and its member countries will have to implement in the coming years.
The ambition that the project partner countries pursue, thanks also to the implementation of the PANORAMED project, which started on this occasion, is to promote a systemic vision of the initiatives, programmes and projects that affect the Mediterranean in order to identify shared guidelines for the sustainable social and economic development of the whole area.
The conclusions of the proceedings were presented in the CPMR Intermediterranean Commission, which carried out its work in the same forum.
The Mediterranean Foundation presented the Museum of Peace - MAMT and the Chaire Averroes.

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The press conference on the presentation of the “Kīmiyya” projectwas held at the Fondazione Mediterraneo headquarters, in the Documentation Center of the Anna Lindh Foundation. “The Women Actresses of Dialogue”, proposed by the Mediterranean Foundation - as part of a call from the Anna Lindh Foundation for internetwork activities - in partnership with the national networks of Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Italy, Malta and Tunisia with the involvement of all 42 national networks of the ALF. The project was selected and approved on 15 June 2017.
Eighty-four members of the 42 national networks of the ALF will join the project, as well as 10 international experts and representatives of Italian and international institutions:an important opportunity to reaffirm the role of women as the main actors of dialogue and peace.
The initiative was shared in real time with the members of the Italian Network in Naples. Many of them came to the proposal to combine the General Assembly of the Italian Network with the closure of “Kimyya”. Thisgave the possibility to the other members of the Italian network (in addition to those selected to attend the event) to meet other colleagues and the leaders of the 42 national networks and share the conclusions of the international conference “Kīmiyya. Women Actressof Dialogue”.

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The inter-network project “Kīmiyya. Women actress of Dialogue” - presented by the Fondazione Mediterraneo and the ALF National Network of Malta, France, Tunisia, Algeria, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina - was approved and co-funded by the ALF on 15 June 2017.
As soon as the official communication was received, it was shared with the members of the Italian Network participating in the training seminar on Mediterranean financing opportunities,followed by a brief presentation of the project itself. The members proposed to combinea section of the General Assembly of the Italian ALF Network with this event, so that members could meet colleagues from 42 national networks and share such an important initiative for both women and intercultural dialogue.

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President Capasso had a cordial meeting with Delphine Borione, deputy general secretary of the UfM. The various themes linked to the 42 Euro-Mediterranean countries belonging to the UPM have been analysed and, in particular, the role of women and young people in countering populism and authoritarianism, which constitute a food for violent extremism that is causing bloodshed in many countries.
President Capasso proposed to create a multimedia information space on the activities of the UPM and the ENI-CBC MED programme in special spaces of the Museum of Peace - MAMT in Naples.

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