EUROMED: ANNA LINDH FOUNDATION GETS 11.6 MILLION BUDGET

(ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, APRIL 18 - The Anna Lindh Foundation for dialogue and culture, based in Alexandria (Egypt), will benefit of a 11.6 million euro budget for the next three years. The information was confirmed by members of the Euromed Commission who met on April 11 and 12 in Brussels where they approved the financial procedures for the new Euro-Mediterranean institution. Sources report that the European Union has provided funding for 5 million euros, whreas the remaining 6.6 million euros for the budget have been provided for by the 35 Euro-Mediterranean partners. Furthermore, during the April 12 meeting, the Euromed Committee, acting as the Foundation's Control Committee, has approved the programme for the Foundation opening ceremony, starting today and running to April 20 in Alexandria.(ANSAmed). KSY
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