Anna Lindh Mediterranean Forum 2013

Anna Lindh Mediterranean Forum 4th -7th April 2013 Marseilles, France. 

The Forum, which will bring together more than 1000 youth leaders and civil society organisations, in addition to influential policy-makers, will be a landmark event for relaunching dialogue across the Mediterranean following the Arab Awakening and the social impact of the economic crisis in Europe.

Convoked every three years by the Anna Lindh Foundation, the goal of organising the Forum is to provide an innovative and participative space for debate, networking and good practice exchange on intercultural dialogue initiatives.  More specifically, the second edition of the Forum will not only aim at targeting those who are already acquainted with the ALF core mission but will also attempt to bring in a wide range of civil society actors in the Euro-Mediterranean region, and the participation/involvement of local civil society at the grass-root level will be of high importance.

The Forum will seek to contribute to the promotion of intercultural dialogue at all the levels of the society, through community mobilization and participation and supporting the implementation of civil society's initiatives. More specifically, the second edition of the Forum will not only aim at targeting those who are already acquainted with the ALF core mission but will also attempt to bring in a wide range of civil society actors in the Euro-Mediterranean region, and the participation/involvement of local civil society at the grass-root level will be of high importance.

Anna Lindh Forum 2013 will consist of an AGORA (plenary sessions and seminars referred to the strategic fields of the Foundation), a MEDINA (workshops on best practices initiated among ALF activities and aiming at addressing topics and common problems related to field work) and an INTERCULTURAL FAIR (a space of networking where all ALF network members and partners present their activities to the public at large as well as exhibitions and artworks).

The Forum is to be seen as a participatory process articulated in three main phases:
- Preparation phase, which includes thematic meetings (and other related activities) intended as preparatory events for the Forum;
- Implementation of the Forum itself, intended as a laboratory for reflection/debates/ideas/recommendations for actions and a catalyst of programmes/projects/activities;
- Follow-up phase where the results of the two previous phases will have to be translated into concrete activities aiming at generating impact on the concerned civil society

Check out more information on official webpage of Forumhttp://www.annalindhforum.org/