| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In virtue of its initiatives the Fondazione
Mediterraneo, together with the Independent institutes
and the Maison de la Méditerranée, has received numerous
acknowledgements from:
1) The European Parliament (1996);
2) Unesco (1996);
3) The President of the Republic of Macedonia (1998);
4) The President of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina
(1998);
5) The President of the Republic of Italy, Oscar
Luigi Scalfaro (1998);
6) Juan Carlos I, King of Spain (1998);
7) Mohammed VI, King of Morocco (2000);
8) Abdullah I Bin Al-Hussein, King of Jordan (2000);
9) The President of the Italian Republic,Carlo
Azeglio Ciampi (2002);
10) The President of the European Commission, Romano
Prodi (2002);
11) The General Secretary of The Council of Europe,
Walter Schwimmer (2003);
12) The European Commissioner, Mario Monti (1998);
13) The President of the Foreign Commission of
the French National Assembly. Jack Lang (1999);
14) The 200,000 people world-wide who subscribed
to the Appeal for Peace in ex-Jugoslavia, among whom Heads of State,
Nobel Prize-winners, cultural, political, economic and religious
figures;
15) The Nobel Prize-winners and scientists who
subscribed to the World Appeal for Water;
16) The Institutional and Social representatives
who subscribed to the Appeal for the Sassi di Matera;
17) The cultural and scientific figures who subscribed
to the Appeal for Albania;
18) The 15,000 people who subscribed to the Appeal
for the Balkans and Kosovo;
19) The politicians, cultural and scientific figures
and representatives of Environmental and Social Associations that
subscribed to the Appeal for the Safeguard of the Mediterranean
at Otranto on 29.12.2002. This appeal was ratified by Cities and
Bodies from Euro-Mediterranean countries and obtained the support
of the European Commission;
20) The Institutions (National and Regional Academies,
Universities, Cities, Regions, Provinces, Islands, Cultural and
Research Institutes)representing 27 Euro-Mediterranean countries
that have formally joined the Accademia del Mediterraneo-Maison
de la Méditerranée and recognised its legitimacy of
representation;
21) The Universities that have supported the Independent
Institution Almamed;
22) The Cities that have supported the Independent
Institution Euromedcity;
23) The Islands that have supported the Independent
Institution Isolamed;
24) The Institutions that have contributed premises
of prestige and qualified personnel the for new specialised offices
of the Mediterranean Laboratory Foundation and the Mediterranean
Academy;
25) The Heads of State heads and Members of Government,
Presidents of Regions, Provinces and Local Communities, Mayors,
Rectors of Universities, Nobel Prize-winners. Representatives of
prestigious Cultural and Research Institutes who have acted as Founder
members of the Mediterranean Academy -Maison de la Méditerranée;
26) The Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lamberto
Dini (1998);
27) The Italian Ministry for Universities and Research,
which through Ministerial Decree no. 680, dated 26-2-1998 published
on the Official Journal no. 98 on 29-4-98 made a special award for
the basic running costs of the Foundation’s research and training
activities;
28) The Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage
and Activities, which, by a Decree dated 20-4-99 and published in
Official Journal no.113 on 17-5-99, recognised the Foundation’s
legal status;
29) The European Commission which, in recognising
its cultural standing and its representative and organisational
capacity, entrusted the Foundation with the coordination of a part
of the programme in commemoration of H.R.H. Hussein Bin Talal, King
of Jordan;
30) The States, Regions, Cities, Universities and
Institutions and Bodies of the Euro-Mediterranean countries,(officially
representing over 150 million citizens) who unanimously voted for
the
resolutions sent to The European Union between 2000 and 2001
with the objective of supporting the initiative of dialogue between
cultures and societies, as structured by the Foundation;
31) The Italian Parliament, which by a large majority
and in a very short time, approved Law no. 111 of 15-6-202 which
awarded the initial funds for the operation of the Foundation and
the Independent institutes.
32)
Mr. Pier Ferdinando Casini, President of the Chamber of Deputies (8th September 2003);
33) The Italian
Government
by Gianni Letta, Under-Secretary at the Italian Presidency of the
Council of Ministers(5th November 2004;
34) Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Bedjaoui of Algeria
(26
February 2006)
The international acknowledgements in thus recognising the Fondazione
Laboratorio Mediterraneo and its institutions as Euro-Mediterranean
network for the dialogue between cultures and societies, authorises
the same to act as a legitimate and representative reference Institute
for Euro-Mediterranean partnership.
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