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Number 58
Thursday June 29 2006


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July 17th-21st
Course “Euro-Mediterranean Project and European neighbourhood policy after the Barcelona summit: what role do local players play?”

This course is co-organised by the EIMed and the Regional Government of Barcelona. The future of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership from the perspective of the local world will be explained, insisting on the new framework of relations which will mean the implementation of the neighbourhood policy in the Mediterranean. Local actors contribute in an important way to the development of the Barcelona Process, although this involvement has not been seen up to date. The 10th anniversary of the Euro-Mediterranean project in 2005 was the occasion to take stock of it and now a global reflection on the new context of the Process is necessary. In the course, the main challenges in strategic fields for the Catalan local cooperation will be explained by with experts and players, combining theory and practice, and it is aimed at players and students interested in Euro-Mediterranean cooperation. Directed by Helena Olivan (EIMed) and Paqui Santoja (Regional Government of Barcelona). It gives ECTs.
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July 3rd-14th, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona)
Summer course “Berbers in North Africa and emigrants”

The Berber culture has a millenary language, the Tamazight, which has coexisted with the great historic currents of the Mediterranean civilization. It is now a minorized culture, not a minority one, because nowadays 60% of the Moroccan population speaks this language, and 30% in Algeria, 30% in Libya, 15% in Tunisia and 1% in the Siwa oasis, in Egypt. Women have preserved this culture with their oral literature and handicrafts. The many Tamazight speaker emigrants have created an associative world in Europe, and they have a notorious presence in means of communication. The aim of the course is that pupils learn the plurality of this culture in the origin countries (North Africa) and in the European countries. It is aimed at people who want to know more about the Mediterranean migration and multi-culture, because it Catalonia and in Spain nearly 80% of the Moroccan immigrants come from the Berber culture. (+)
21st edition of the summer course “The Mediterranean: two sides, a shared responsibility”During the last years, the International Peace University has been studying and analysing how to solve conflicts through mediation and dialogue. This year, its summer seminar will be a reflection on the union and separation of the two sides of the Mediterranean, which are two worlds which at the same time are just one world, and which face their challenges with different social and cultural frameworks.

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Euro-Mediterranean Agenda
 


July 3rd-12th
Mediterranean young journalists’ formation

Radio France International (RFI Talent+) and Radio Monte Carlo Moyen-Orient (RMC-MO) organise a formation course for young journalists under 30 from the Mediterranean in the framework of the regional programme MEDA Information and Communication. It wants to strengthen the professional abilities of local radio stations and promote works on means of communication in the Mediterranean. The best reports will be broadcasted through RFI and RMC-MO.
(Further information)

Photography award for young photographers from the Mediterranean
“Crossed visions” is a photograph competition funded by the EU (General Directorate AIDCO) for youngsters from the Mediterranean. The aim of the competition is to make people aware of the values of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership and create a debate on the relations between the neighbouring countries in the South of the Mediterranean and in the European Union. The competition is aimed at young amateur photographs and professionals who were born between January 1st 1975 and July 3rd 1988.

Secretariat and organisation: Regards Croisés, Via dei Banchi Vecchi 58 00186 Rome - Italie Tel. +39.06.6832740 Fax +39.06.6832770 www.euromed-crossingglances.org.

Other activities
 


Formation course “Getting closer to the European Islam: The challenge of coexistence in a plural society” Formation course especially aimed at educators and teachers. It wants to provide knowledge on theory, resources and didactic materials about the coexistence of several religions as a tool to promote social coexistence, especially regarding coexistence with Muslims and the Islam. (Llúria, N° 13)

4th Conferences “Conflicts, Dialogue and Culture in the Pyrenees”These conferences are organised by the Centre d’Estudis Ribagorçans with the collaboration of the Institut Ramon Muntaner, the Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses, the Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs, the Town Council of Pont de Suert, the Regional Government of Alta Ribagorça, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Universitat de Lleida.
The conferences will take place in the old church of Pont de Suert and give 1.5 ECTs in the UAB. (+)

Seminar on the strengthening of the abilities of women for governability and development Seminar aimed at women involved in municipal and local management. Those interested should contact with the organisation through the technical office of FAMSI.
Further information: www.andaluciasolidaria.org

Immigration: new proposals of intervention SAPPIR/FHSPC Presentation of “Colours”, a project of the European Community for the dialogue between culture through art-therapy, with the participation of lecturer Ralf Bolle, Professor of Psychotherapeutic techniques in the University of Nürtingen, Germany, psychoanalyst and teacher in the Jung Institute, and the lecturer Mauro Palumbo, Professor of Sociology in the University of Genoa.
(Events room of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Av. Drassanes, 3-5, Barcelona)

1st Gulf countries-European Union Industrial Forum (GC-EU Industrial Forum) “Meeting point between companies of Europe and of the Gulf countries” Unique event in the Mediterranean area which will enable to create entrepreneurial alliances, listen, analyse how to strengthen the economic links between the European Union and the Gulf countries, as well as exchange ideas, problems and solutions with entrepreneurs and Governmental representatives of the area. Organised by the Cambra Oficial de Comerç, Indústria i Navegació de Barcelona and the Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting (GOIC), with the collaboration of the Association of Trade and Industry Chambers of the Mediterranean (ASCAME) and the European Association of Trade and Industry Chambers (EUROCHAMBERS).

For further information: Telf +34 934169298.
E-mail: mediterrania@mail.cambrabcn.es
Limited seats, given in the registration order.

Speeches announcement
 

 


Workshop on changing dynamics of the relations State-society in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus

The Technical University of the Middle East in Ankara (METU) organises a workshop on the “Europization process in the Eastern Mediterranean: Changing dynamics of the relations State-society in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus and the internationalisation of political regimes” in the framework of the 8th Mediterranean Research Meeting 2007 in Florence and in Terme Montecatini. It will gather over 200 lecturers and researchers of the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, etc. The annual meeting has become a fundamental meeting for social scientists who work in this field. The Annual Mediterranean Meeting is organised in 15 workshops, each with two directors and 10-12 participants. Participants present and discuss speeches about unpublished researches, prepare joint investigations and strategies for a continuous collaboration.

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