ACTIVITIES

See the activities year by year

The activities of the Fondazione Mediterraneo aim to provide publicity, representation and networking to the dialogue between Euro-Mediterranean cultures and societies.
Among the most significant activities are:

• The holding of exhibitions on the cinema of Middle-Eastern Europe and Arab-Mediterranean countries. Among these is the "Cinemamed" project which is organises an Itinerant Mediterranean Cinema Festival, as well as high level training courses for professions related to the cinema.
  
  
• The redaction and promotion of "Appeals for peace and the protection of the environment, national territory, resources and cultures of the Euro-Mediterranean area": Appeal for Peace in ex-Jugoslavia (1994), Appeal for Water (1995), Appeal for the Sassi di Matera,(1995), Appeal for Scientific Research in Southern Italy (1996) Appeal for Albania (1997), Appeal for Kosovo (1999) Appeal for Palestine (2001 and 2002), Appeal for the Protection of the Mediterranean (2002).
  
  
• The award, as of 1998, of the "Premio Mediterraneo" under the following sections: Peace, Culture, Art, Institutions, Diplomacy, Information and the Delfino d'Argento. Among the winners are : Kiro Gligorov, King Juan Carlos I of Spain, King Hassan II of Morocco, King Hussein Bin Talal of Jordan, Cardinal Etzchegaray, Maria Grazia Cutuli, Julio Fuentes, Marcello Gigante, Paolo Bufalini, Nabil, Noa, Moni Ovadia, Lea Rabin, Elias Chacour.
  
  
• The award, as of 1996 in the context of the Triestefilmfestival of the "Premio Internazionale Laboratorio Mediterraneo for the best short film in support of the dialogue between the cultures of Eastern Europe and those of the Mediterranean.
  
  
• The holding (also through the "Collège de la Méditerranée") of advanced training seminars which aim to supply scientific and cultural resources to future generations of Euro-Mediterranean researchers for the acquisition of a free critical awareness as an essential means to promote both science and literature, and economic and political initiatives.
  
  
• The holding of the "Euromed Civil Forum" (Barcelona 1995, Naples 1997 and Naples 2003)
  
  
• The holding of "Euro-Mediterranean Conferences" for the promotion of dialogue between cultures and societies (Naples 1995; Amman 2000; Skopje 2001).
  
  
• The holding, as of 1999, of the "Reseau des Chaires" in collaboration with the universities of the Euro-Mediterranean Countries as follows: Chaire Averroès, Marrakesh; Chaire Ibn Batouta, Tangiers; Chaire Maimonide, Cordoba; Chaire Joachim Du Bellay, Nantes; Chaire Paul Valéry, Corsica. In particular the Chaire Unesco for advanced Mediterranean studies has been instituted, which sees the participation of internationally recognised scholars and has the objective of developing a common civil awareness and promoting a structured dialogue between cultures and societies through young people.
  
  
• The realisation of a European Master: "Models of complexity and Human Ecology: tools for community development" (Naples 1998-2001), open to graduates in psychological disciplines for the development of empowerment and the promotion of individual and group community resources.
  
  
• The carrying out of promotion initiatives for the development of local communities, such as the action-oriented research "Tourism and the Quality of Life in the Historical Centre of Naples" (Naples, December 2002).
  
  
• Publication of printed and multimedia editions, among which: The Film Libraries of the Mediterranean (Various Authors,2003), Cinema According to Salah Abou Seif (Ceretto, 2002), Annals of the Accademia (Various Authors, 2001), The Mediterranean House (Various Authors, 2001), Arab-Mediterranei Cinema (Various Authors, 2000), Vesuvius 1944, The Last Eruption (Pesce, Rolandi, 2000), Artisan and Craft Production in the Mediterranean (Various Authors, 1999), Bajram, Jugoslavia end ex-Jugoslavia 1991-1997 (Bugno, 1998), The Tumult of a Sea (Porcel, 1998), The Proceedings of the First and Second Euromed Civil Forums (Napoli-Barcellona 1995/ Napoli 1997), Community Psychology Today (Arcidiacono, Gelli 1997), The book of Farewells (Sarajlic',1996), What Kind of Mediterranean, What Kind of Europe? (Capasso, 1995), The Diary of a War (Matvejevic', 1995), On European Identities (Matvejevic', 1995), Report on the University (Minissi, 1995), The Mediterranean and Europe (Capasso, 1995.