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Anna Lindh Foundation highlights cultural values in Mediterranean countries

- Maha Karim

Wednesday, 08 September 2010 00:04

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A pioneering investigation into the challenges of human and cultural relations across Europe and the southern and eastern Mediterranean region, coordinated by the Anna Lindh Foundation, will be launched at a public event in Brussels on Wednesday 15 September 2010 under the Belgian Presidency of the European Union.

Global Arab Network has received an announcement saying that the Report, entitled ‘EuroMed Intercultural Trends 2010’, is based on the very first Gallup public opinion poll on intercultural trends, carried out with 13,000 people from across the two shores of the Mediterranean, with expert analysis on key issues in current public debate including ‘Islam, the West and Modernity’, ‘Media and Intercultural Perceptions’, ‘Differences and Similarities in Value Systems’, and ‘Prospects of Regional Peace’.

Key findings the Report is set to reveal include:

·     The similarities and differences in values of the people on the two shores of the Mediterranean, and the possibilities of creating a space of shared values

·     The extent to which there is a gap in mutual perceptions and understanding between the people of the North and the South of the Mediterranean

·     The extent to which people in the Region are in favour of Mediterranean cooperation as envisaged through the ‘Union for the Mediterranean’

The international launch event, co-organised by the European Policy Centre and the King Baudouin Foundation, will be opened by Stefan Füle, the European Union’s Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy, and André Azoulay, President of the Anna Lindh Foundation and Councillor to the King of Morocco, to be followed by a debate involving intercultural experts and media representatives.

The Anna Lindh Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures is a €7 million EU-funded project which aims at bringing people and organisations of the region closer and promoting dialogue, by offering them opportunities to work together on projects in the fields of culture, education, science, human rights, sustainable development, the empowerment of women and the arts. The Foundation is the first institution to be jointly created and co-financed by all member countries of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.

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