Allemagne

Med-Holiday

National Network
Allemagne
Address

redtenbacherstrasse 11, 76133
karlsruhe
Allemagne

Telephone
004917675542969
E-Mail
alamoon@gmx.de
Organisation Type
Private Company
Fields of Activity
  1. Others
General Information
18 employees (Germany and Morocco)
Mission and Objectives

Med-holiday.org is a website specialised in private holiday rentals and sells. Our role is to publish adverts for holiday rentals and Bed & Breakfasts located in the Mediterranean and put holiday makers and owners in direct contact with each other.
Med-holiday is not an estate agency or a third party and it does not take any commission on rentals. Welcoming holiday makers, handing over keys and doing the inventory are not part of our services.

Main Projects / Activities

Med-holiday.org is a website specialised in private holiday rentals and sells. Our role is to publish adverts for holiday rentals and Bed & Breakfasts located in the Mediterranean and put holiday makers and owners in direct contact with each other.
Med-holiday is not an estate agency or a third party and it does not take any commission on rentals. Welcoming holiday makers, handing over keys and doing the inventory are not part of our services.

Contact (1) Full Name
Mehdi Alami
Head of the organisation
Mehdi Alami

Medienkulturzentrum Dresden e.V.

National Network
Allemagne
Address

Schandauer Strasse 64
01277 Dresden
Allemagne

Telephone
0351 31540675
Telephone (other)
0351 31540674
Fax
0351 31540671
E-Mail
mascher@medienkulturzentrum.de
E-Mail (2)
kotzsch@medienkulturzentrum.de
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1993
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Gender
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Media
  6. Youth and education
General Information
SAEK Dresden (Sächsischer Ausbildungs- und Erprobungskanal) Deutscher Multimediapreis "mb21" für Kinder und Jugendliche
Mission and Objectives

aim of the free association and sociocultural center is to advance the creative and responsible use of new media through all generations.

Main Projects / Activities

- Deutscher Multimediapreis "MB21 - Mediale Bildwelten" for children and youth (up to 21 years)
- workshops in audio, video and multimedia
- educational training for multipliers

Contact (1) Full Name
Kirsten Mascher
Head of the organisation
Prof. Werner Jokubeit
Contact (2) Full Name
Julian Kotzsch

Mediterranean Institute Berlin (MIB)

National Network
Allemagne
Address

Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
Allemagne

Telephone
+49 (0) 30 2093-1562
Telephone (other)
+49 (0) 30 2093 4352
Fax
+49 (0) 30 2093-4261
E-Mail
i.schaefer@hu-berlin.de
E-Mail (2)
katja.kerstiens@rz.hu-berlin.de
Mobile Phone
+49 (0) 171 2849339
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
2011
Fields of Activity
  1. Research
General Information
The Mediterranean Institute Berlin (MIB) is a research unit affiliated to the Institute for Social Sciences (ISS) of Humboldt University Berlin and a member of the Humboldt Center for Social and Political Research (HCSP).
Mission and Objectives

The MIB's objective is to conduct pluri-disciplinary research on the Mediterranean Area in the fields of transformation processes, migration and mobility, energy and environment. The MIB's scientific approach is based on the idea to link Area Studies with the discipline of International Relations, and to link political science with political sociology in order to contribute to the interdisciplinary dynamics in the field of social sciences. Besides fundamental research, the MIB also conducts policy and action oriented research.

Main Projects / Activities

Research projects, publications, scientific and cultural exchange programs, university exchange programs, lecturing, organization of international conferences, seminars, workshops, consulting. Currently the MIB is amongst other activities, for example, an institutional partner in the research program "Entrepreneuriat transméditerranéen" (coordinated by IRMC Tunis/MMSH Aix-en-Provence, Sylvie Daviet), a member of the VW-research project "Hybrid Euro-Muslim Identity Models (HEYMAT)" at the HU Berlin, a participating member in the Jahresring's cultural project "On one side of the same water" (coordinator: Angelika Stepken) about contemporary artistic practice in the Mediterranean Area.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

participation in/and organization of events, conferences, seminars; publications; raising awareness for Euro-Mediterranean relations; contribute to the debate on different Euro-Mediterranean issues (e.g. migration and mobility, culture and politics).

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

The central area of analysis of the Mediterranean Institute Berlin is the Mediterranean Area, including the analysis of Euro-Mediterranean relations. The MIB believes that Euro-Mediterranean institutions and networks such as the ALF can contribute to a better cultural understanding and an intensified cooperation between European societies and the societies in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean. The ALF network can also contribute to a greater visibility of Euro-Mediterranean politics and cooperation activities. The MIB's director has been a founding member of the German ALF network.

Contact (1) Full Name
Dr. Isabel Schäfer
Head of the organisation
Dr. Isabel Schäfer
Contact (2) Full Name
Katja Kerstiens
Bonne pratique
Cities
Culture
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Mediterranean on the Spot – New Neighbourhoods

The Mediterranean on the Spot aimed to address issues occurring in neighbourhoods between locals and people from the Mediterranean area and beyond. The activities addressed all members of society by promoting intercultural dialogue and embracing the encounters and the consolidation...

Mediterranean Platform

National Network
Allemagne
Address

Universitätsstraße 10
Universität Konstanz, Neuere und Neueste Geschichte, Fach 6
78464 Konstanz
Allemagne

Telephone
0049(0)7531/88-2496
E-Mail
manuel.borutta@uni-konstanz.de
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
2019
Fields of Activity
  1. Research
  2. Youth and education
General Information

The Mediterranean Platform was founded in 2019 with the aim of bringing together and making visible different cultural Mediterranean research approaches at the University of Konstanz. Arising from a joint initiative of historians and literary scholars it discusses current research projects and new perspectives of Mediterranean Studies. At the same time, the platform serves to network on-going and to initiate future research projects with a Mediterranean focus. Since 2020 it has been supported by the Committee on Research (AFF) of the University of Konstanz. The platform currently has 17 internal and 4 external members. The platform maintains partnerships with partners: 1. international research network GlobalMed (coordinated by the MMSH Aix-en-Provence) 2. interdisciplinary research laboratory Mediterranean Liminalities (University of Cologne)

Mission and Objectives

For a long time, the Mediterranean has been described with magic formulas. Due to actual crises and conflicts we think that a new narrative is required. The Mediterranean Platform Konstanz brings together historical and literary approaches in order to understand cultural heritage and historical perspectives of the region and to sharpen our view for future options. In this sense, our research puts the plurality of Mediterranean spatial configurations in the spotlight. First, in a genealogical perspective, we try to reconstruct marginalised (Arabic, insular, meridional and Ottoman) representations of the region. Second, on the basis of new present-related topics we investigate cross epochs in which way natural, cultivated and imagined spaces as well as their relations to the past and future influenced each other. Third, comparative and entangled historical perspectives point out clearly how the Mediterranean interacted with other world regions and that it can certainly be compared to them.

Main Projects / Activities

Research colloquium: https://www.mittelmeer.uni-konstanz.de/en/translate-to-englisch-archiv/ Research projects: https://www.mittelmeer.uni-konstanz.de/en/research/ MA Mediterranean History: https://www.geschichte.uni-konstanz.de/en/study/ma-mediterranean-history/prospective-student/prospective-students/

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Historical and literary research on the Mediterranean region Transfer to university teaching

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We would like to use the ALF to network and exchange ideas with other partners in the Mediterranean region.

Contact (1) Full Name
Prof. Dr. Manuel Borutta
Job Title
Professor of Modern History, Speaker of Mediterranean Platform
Head of the organisation
Prof. Dr. Manuel Borutta
Contact (2) Full Name
Dr. Jovo Miladinović
Job Title (2)
Academic Staff Member, Coordinator of Mediterranean Platform
Bonne pratique
Villes
Culture
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Méditerranée sur place - Nouveaux quar-tiers

La «Méditerranée sur place» visait à résoudre les problèmes qui se posent dans les quartiers entre les locaux et les habitants de la région méditerranéenne et au-delà. Les activités s'adressaient à tous les membres de la société en promouvant le...

Meeting of the German Network 2022

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Learning about diverse civil society initiatives on the local level and welcoming them to our gathering – that was the main objective of the meeting of the German network of the Anna Lindh Foundation that took place September 25th /26th 2022 in Cologne.

Since Cologne is known for an active and diverse urban civil society, we invited local organisations active in that field to take part and to meet our members. We started by getting to know our hosting town on the “city district walk”, led by activist Gabi Linde. Our route led us to civic initiatives that shape urban living-together, from the parklet "Martins Plätzchen" to "Uncle Tan's Kiosk" and the community music room "Das Ohr". We are grateful that Birgit Ellinghaus welcomed us to our member organisation alba Kultur.

Hosted by the youth hostel Köln-Riehl, the meeting included an introductory session for newcomers and organisations who want to become members, followed by a discussion led by Exec. Director Josep Ferré who joined us online. As one of the highlights members and guests presented their activities showing the value and engagement that underlie citizens’ initiatives.

For our “neighbourhood-afternoon”, we welcomed Katharina Roth, managing director of the nebenan.de foundation, that is known for their annual neighborhood award and their parent company’s neighborhood app. Inspired by Katarina’s facts, figures and stories, participants then discussed proposals of the ALF-coordinators and developed ideas for future common network activities, like a virtual penpal-tandem program and a possible new edition of “Mediterranean on the spot”.

 

Meeting of the German network, online network meeting, June 20, 2022

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At the 23rd meeting of the German ALF Network (June 20, 2022, 2 to 4 p.m. online), the focus was on projects of ALF civil society member organizations whose activities respond to the war in Ukraine. For this meeting we could invite Marko Boyko* from the Polish organization LOGOS and Martin Rozumek from Organization for Aid to Refugees from Czech Republic, whose organizations are important contact points for refugees from Ukraine and gave insight into refugees aid projects in Poznań and Prague.

This meeting thus continued the discussion format that was first introduced in September 2021: A get-together with international guests from one of the ALF member states, who report from a civil society perspective on a particular (political) situation in their country and discuss it with the members.

We are pleased to announce that four member organizations of the German network have given an insight into currently running projects and programs:

Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) – Cross Culture Programme
Transnational Corridors e. V. – The African-German Working Community (A.G.W.C.)
Tür an Tür Integrationsprojekte gGmbH – Diversity Management
Kreisau-Initiative e.V. – (Hi)Stories of stolen children during World War II

*Marko Boyko was also one of the EuroMed Citizen Report's who tells in this video how his organization LOGOS responded to the impact of the pandemic.

Mehr Demokratie e.V.

National Network
Allemagne
Address

Mehr Demokratie e.V.
Greifswalder Str. 4
10405 Berlin
Deutschland

Berlin
Allemagne

Telephone
+49 (0) 89 821 1774
Fax
+49 (0) 89 821 1176
E-Mail
roman.huber@mehr-demokratie.de
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1988
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
General Information
Mehr Demokratie currently has 5.103 members, 12 regional branches and 11 offices. It is the largest non-party organization promoting democracy in the European Union. We operate with a highly professional core team and hundreds of honorary members from our action base. Our board of trustees consists of more than fifty eminent personalities from the fields of science, the arts, economics, and politics. Mehr Demokratie actions include the organisation of conferences and seminars; the creation of petitions and the colleting of signatures; the publication of pamphlets and books and other general campaigning activities. Our work is financed solely by donations and membership fees. Until now we have received no public funding. Mehr Demokratie forms ad hoc partnerships to strengthen campaigns where necessary. It has worked with various organisations from German and the rest of Europe.
Mission and Objectives

Mehr Demokratie is a driving force for referenda and a better electoral law. Every vote counts equally and everybody has the right to participate.
Within Germany we campaign for the introduction of a nationwide referendum and fair rules of play as part of the referendum for the German federal states and communities. Within Europe Mehr Demokratie fights for more extensive democracy and parliamentary reforms. We want modern voting procedures and freedom of information legislation and the democratisation of the European Union.
We wish for a political culture which furthers dialogue and participation. Citizen-initiated referendums, fair election laws and other forms of participation allow citizens to steer the direction of politics. In this, Mehr Demokratie is politically neutral, which means that we only comment on questions relating to democratic procedures and not to political content. We believe that important questions should be decided upon by the citizens.

Main Projects / Activities

We fight for direct democracy on all political levels. Since 2003 we have been active on the EU-level, accompanying the work of the Convention for the Future of Europe - the body that drafted the EU Constitution. At first we devoted our efforts into gaining greater direct democracy, paying special attention to referenda on the Constitution Treaty, and its revised version, the Lisbon Treaty. Our efforts contributed to the inclusion of the European Citizens' Initiative in the EU treaty. We also helped to ensure that the referendum on the Constitution Treaty took place in the Netherlands.
In the year 2005, Mehr Demokratie became a founding member of the network, Democracy International (DI), which is active throughout the EU. Some of the organizations within DI are Mas Democracia (Spain), democratie.nu (Belgium), and Balkan Assist (Bulgaria). Our aim is a European Union which is democratically formed by and controlled by the citizens.

Contact (1) Full Name
Roman Huber
Head of the organisation
Roman Huber
Contact (2) Full Name
Michael Efler

Miphgasch/Begegnung e.V.

National Network
Allemagne
Address

Miphgasch/Begegnung e.V. Samariterstr. 27
Berlin
Allemagne

Telephone
+49/30/47 47 48 05
E-Mail
kontakt@miphgasch.de
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1995
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
• Miphgasch/Begegnung (Mifgash is Hebrew for encounter) is a registered association. It employes one project manager and about 10 freelancers with qualifications in the fields: history, jewish studies, islamic studies, political and cultural sciences and education. • Partners: House of the Wannsee Conference (Berlin), Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences (Berlin), Jung und Jüdisch e.V. (Young and Jewish) and the Muslim community centre Haus der Weisheit e.V. (House of Wisdom). • Networks: Miphgasch is member in the network: Task Force education on Antisemitsm, coordinated by the American Jewish Committee Berlin. • Budgetary: about 70.000 EUR/year with the support of state programms and different foundations. • Modalities of action: Seminars for school classes, and for teachers, developement of educational material, intercultural and international encounters.
Mission and Objectives

„Miphgasch/Begegnung“enables intercultural and international encounters, especially between young people, promoting a peaceful coexistence based on understanding and respect. Miphgasch achieves its goals by organising and realising encounters with Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, offering educational opportunities and seminars for school classes as well as recreational contexts, and international encounters in the following subject areas: • Confrontation and analysis of the period of National Socialism, its racist ideology and the mass murder of the Jews of Europe • History of Jewish religion and culture in Europe and in the Islamic World • Interreligious and intercultural relations between Judaism, Christianity and Islam • History and present of the Middle East conflict • Racism and Antisemitism in history and present We consider it a priority to include educationally disadvantaged children – with and without a migration background – in our historical-political educational work dealing with the above mentioned topics.

Main Projects / Activities

• Seminars for school classes dealing with the period of German National Socialism, the history of the Middle East conflict, the history of Jews in Arab countries and on the history of interreligious relations between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. • Development of didactic materials on the history of National Socialism, the Middle East conflict and the history of interreligious relations between Judaism, Christianity and Islam, especially emphasising intercultural and multiple perspectives approaches of learning and teaching history. • In 2009, Miphgasch published collected materials under the title “Sharing HISTORIES – Documents for Intercultural Education on the History of National Socialism” in cooperation with the memorial of the House of the Wannsee Conference (Berlin). The collection is one of only very few examples of didactic materials available on National Socialism, which holds up to the challenges of teaching history in an environment of multiple perspectives and sometimes competing narratives.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Miphgasch has gained substantial experience concerning multi-perspective historical-political learning in the immigration society in regard to the above mentioned topics. This experience and expertise are a vital contribution to the network and its work. The topics and questions that are formulated directly from the interaction with youths can provide important impulses for the interaction of projects of different areas (Science, Culture, Society, Politics, and Education).

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

Miphgasch has been interested in further developing its international activities. By joining the network we hope to engage in an intensive exchange of information and experiences with the other member projects, gain new contacts and partners for our planed activities as well as to benefit from the insights and experiences of the network members.

Contact (1) Full Name
Ulrike Granitzki
Head of the organisation
Ute Ernst, Ann-Christin Sasz, Michael Schmidt