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Anna Lindh Foundation elects new Advisory Council

01-06-2012

The new Advisory Council of the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF), presided by the Foundation’s President André Azoulay and comprised of leading Euro-Mediterranean experts on intercultural dialogue, has been formally elected by the ALF Board of Governors.
 
A press release said the Advisory Council would be responsible for advising the ALF Executive Director, Networks and Board of Governors on its strategic direction for Phase III (2012-14), in particular the role of the ALF in the new regional context following 2011’s Arab Awakening and the consequences of the global economic crisis on intercultural relations in Europe.
 
The Advisory Council will consist of nine people from Southern and Eastern shore of the Mediterranean and nine from Europe; for Phase III, the European group will involve in total representatives from 12 countries participating on a rotational basis.
 
The newly elected members are: Besnik Mustafaj (Albania), Sabria Boukadoum (Algeria), Dejan Jović (Croatia), Nevine Simaika Halim  (Egypt), Tuomo Melasuo (Finland), Caroline Fourest  (France), Sonja Hegasy (Germany), Aliki Moschis-Gauguet (Greece), Hesna Al Ghaoui (Hungary), Ann Luttrel (Ireland), Yaarah Bar-On (Israel), Rowaida Al-Ma'aitah (Jordan), Antoine Nasri Messarra  (Lebanon), Lamia Radi (Morocco), Jacek Purchla (Poland), Rui Nogueira Lopes Aleixo (Portugal), Mohamed Kamelelddine Gaha (Tunisia), and Ayse Sumru Noyan (Turkey).
 
The ALF Secretariat also announced that the first Advisory Council meeting of Phase III would take place in Istanbul from 29 June to 1 July 2012. The meeting has been timed to coincide with the first preparation meeting of the Anna Lindh Forum 2013 focused on youth, and a special event is being organised on the 30th of June with Advisory Council members and the 45 youth leaders participating in the preparatory meeting.
 
The Anna Lindh Foundation for Inter-Cultural Dialogue promotes knowledge, mutual respect and inter-cultural dialogue between the people of the Euro-Mediterranean region, working through a network of more than 3,000 civil society organisations in 43 countries. Its budget is co-funded by the EU (€7 million) and the EU member states (€6 million). (EU Neighbourhood Info)
 
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Press release
 
Anna Lindh Foundation – fiche and news
 
Anna Lindh Foundation – website
 
 


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