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A Best of Civil Society Initiatives of the Euro-Mediterranean Region on 7th June 2021 in the framework of the "Long Night of Ideas 2021" of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany

"EuroMed Citizen Visions" is a short live show offering a wide range of insights into civil society initiatives in Europe and the Mediterranean region. „Citizen Reporters" from Libya, Egypt, Italy and Lebanon will present local activities and initiatives that convey hope, solidarity and visions of an active, diverse and agile international civil society. The "Long Night of Ideas 2021" is also the launch of the publication of a large number of civil society initiatives on the website.

This "best-of-show" of civil society initiatives in the Euro-Mediterranean region reflects how new creative forms of intercultural dialogue, active citizenship and social participation are initiated and shaped at the grassroots and local level – despite partially closed physical borders and limited opportunities for movement and encounter on the ground.

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Activities of the German member organization Baraza from January to May 2022

In April 2022, we were extremely pleased to have worked with the Adyan Foundation who kindly distributed our ‘Colouring Book for Kids – World Religions’ to 4 partner schools across Lebanon - one of the most multi faith countries in the world. Thanks to the wonderful children and teachers at Besancon Beirut, SSCC Baalbek, Besancon Baabda and Besancon Baabdat. We look forward to our continued partnership.

We were pleased to note that students at our UNITY programme partner - Sabel School, organised a collection to generate funds to tackle racism and hate as part of the International Week Against Racism.

In February 2022, to mark UN World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW), we ran a series of webinars in partnership with URI Europe as part of WIHW. These are available to view on our website. Also as part of the week, our Secretary General—Riaz Ravat wrote an article which focused on the spirit of interfaith at Liverpool FC. He highlighted four of their key players and their impact not only upon UK society but also much further afield. Thanks to Empire of the Kop for publishing this account.

In January 2022, Baraza was proud to have contributed to a major international report ‘Youth Engagement with Religion & Faith in the 21st Century’ led by Religions for Peace.

For more info, check the links below:

www.baraza.ngo

https://www.facebook.com/baraza.ngo/

AFS Interkulturelle Begegnungen e.V.

National Network

Germany

Address

Postfach 500142
22701 Hamburg
Germany

Telephone

040 390222-975

Fax

+49 40 399 222 99

E-Mail

Elke.sager@afs.de

Website

http://www.afs.de

Organisation Type

Non-Governmental Organization

Year of Establishment

1950

Fields of Activity

Environment/Sustainable development
International/Cultural relations
Youth and education

General Information

AFS Interkulturelle Begegnungen e.V. is an educational organization focusing on the intercultural understanding among peoples. It is a non-profit, volunteer-based and –led organization working in a world-wide network of like-minded organizations. Each year, AFS Interkulturelle Begegnungen e.V offers young Germans the opportunity to spend a year – or parts of it – abroad, living with a family and attending school. In addition, AFS offers long-term voluntary service programs for young people and Global Prep Summercamps, topic orientated and international camps all around the world. Likewise, AFS Germany hosts and supports young foreigners who come to discover our culture and establish long-lasting contacts and friendships with citizens living in Germany. Overall, AFS Interkulturelle Begegnungen e.V counts on the active participation of approx. 3.000 volunteers structured into 100 local committees across Germany. In the offices in Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne and Stuttgart there are around 100 staff employed.

Mission and Objectives

AFS Statement of Purpose: AFS is an international, voluntary, non-governmental, non-profit organization that provides intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world. The Core Values and Attributes of AFS: AFS enables people to act as responsible, global citizens working for peace and understanding in a diverse world. It acknowledges that peace is a dynamic concept threatened by injustice, inequity and intolerance. AFS seeks to affirm faith in the dignity and worth of every human being and for all nations and cultures. It encourages respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms without distinction as to race, sex, language, religion or social status. AFS activities are based on our core values of dignity, respect for differences, harmony, sensitivity and tolerance.

Main Projects / Activities

Long & short term school exchange, voluntary services, Global Prep Summer Camps.

Contact (1) Full Name

Elke Sager

Head of the organisation

Marcel Krause and Manuel Gerstner

Contact (2) Full Name

Anja Hellwig

Akademisches Förderungswerk - AKAFÖ

National Network

Germany

Address

Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum
Germany

Telephone

+49(0)2343211521

Telephone (other)

+49(0)234 3211010

Fax

+49(0)2343214010

E-Mail

boskop@akafoe.de

E-Mail (2)

Heiko.Jansen@akafoe.de

Mobile Phone

+49 15117484080

Website

http://www.akafoe.de

Organisation Type

Public Institution

Year of Establishment

1965

Fields of Activity

Youth and education

General Information

- The AKAFÖ (Akademisches Förderungswerk) is a non for profit institution, delivering student services for the the institutions of higher education in the region of Bochum. -It is responsible for the delivery of servics towards student needs in the field of finances, accommodation, social und cultural needs and internationalization. - The AKAFÖ has 400 employes. - For information on our budgetary recourses and our sources of funding. please see our annual report 2010 attached, page 4. - Especially in the field of internationalization and culture, action is taken by concrete projects, like students and personnel exchange, excursions and forum discussions. - the AKAFÖ has a cooperation treaty with the three Student Services in Tunisia.

Mission and Objectives

Our Mission is to contribute to the Bochum Area as a place of academic excellence and as a part of the global village by delivering student services at its best in the field of accomodation, finance, culture and internationalisation. The services in the field of internationalisation aim to enable our students, coming from abroad, to include their culture into an international campus culture, and to enable our German students to meet with the world, enabling them to become global citizens. The cooperation with the Student Services in Tunisia persues a vivid participation of Tunesiaon culture as part of our campus culture, enabling our personnel to get a better understanding of Tunisian culture, but also to create meeting opportunities with our "german" culture" for the tunesian Student Services and tunsian students.

Main Projects / Activities

In 2009 a first Excursion of the AKAFÖ to the Student Services North, Mid and South in Tunesia took place. In May 2011 a visit of a tunesian delegation followed. In September 2011 a delegation of the AKAFÖ and the Student Union (AStA) of the Ruhr-University Bochum visited the Student Services in Tunesia and several institutions of higher education, accompanied by tunesian students. Several seminars and workshops with the main topic of student participation at management of Student Services and institutions of higher education took place. As an outcome of this visit, a "association des étudiants Tunesien" was founded. In 2012 a visit of this association to Bochum is planned.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

by bringing in our projects into the actions of the national network, s. answer above.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We are convinced, that the Anna Lindh Foundation offers us the perfect network for further projects in this field, bringing in our projects of cultural and political participation of tunesian students into a larger field of actors, working on a dialog between european and mediterranean cultures.

Contact (1) Full Name

Peter van Dyk

Job Title

Pressestelle

Head of the organisation

Jörg Lüken

Contact (2) Full Name

Heiko Jansen

Job Title (2)

Internationales

Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste e.V. (ASF)

National Network

Germany

Address

Auguststr. 80
10117 Berlin
Germany

Telephone

+493028395203

Fax

0049 30 283 95 135

E-Mail

presse@asf-ev.de

E-Mail (2)

schuerenberg@asf-ev.de

Website

http://www.asf-ev.de

Organisation Type

Non-Governmental Organization

Year of Establishment

1958

Fields of Activity

Human rights
International/Cultural relations
Youth and education

General Information

Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste e.V. (ASF) is a European level non-governmental volunteer organisation with approx. 50 (full- and part-time) employees, 830 members and branches in several European countries. ASF was founded in 1958 by Christians seeking to confront the era of National Socialism in German history. Since then more than thousand of young volunteers have been involved in our work towards international and intercultural reconciliation. The yearly costs of our work amount to about 3,8 Mio. Euro. We finance our work mostly with donations, church collections and members fees, but also with church and public funds, EU subsidies, grants from fundations and other proceeds. We work in a network of partner organisations in 14 European and non-European countries. We cooperate with diverse partners from the fields of historical and political education, social work, with memorial sites and human rights organisations.

Mission and Objectives

Our goal is to raise awareness of the consequences of National Socialist crimes and take a stand against current forms of anti-Semitism, racism and monirity-group discrimination. Our international long- and short-term volunteer programmes as well as our educational work offer an opportunity for young people to learn about history, other cultures and societies and about themselves. They provide chances to experience and accept different patterns of thought and behaviour. The programmes help the volunteers to fight racism and anti-semitism and to commit themselves to the creation of a more tolerant, just and peaceful world.

Main Projects / Activities

Our main activities are: long-term voluntary services in Belarus (currently paused due to the political situation), Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia (currently paused due to the political situation), United Kingdom, Ukraine (currently paused due to the war against Ukraine) and USA - short-term voluntary services in Israel - international summer camps in various countries - two-week internships in Israel, Poland and USA for job trainees - educational trips to Belarus, Israel and Ukraine - Educational work (e.g. seminars, public events, publications, etc.)

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We bring years of experience in the fields of educational, historical and political voluntary work and a solid network of various partnerships in European and non-European countries.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We are very interested on expanding our work in the EUROMED-countries. Being a member in the ALF Network could help us find possible partners for our future projects.

Contact (1) Full Name

Matteo Schürenberg

Head of the organisation

Elisabeth Raiser

Alba Kultur

National Network

Germany

Address

Zwirnerstr. 26
Köln
Germany

Telephone

+49.(0)221.813211

Telephone (other)

+49.(0)221.811053

Fax

+49.(0)221.811053

E-Mail

birgit@albakultur.de

Website

http://www.albakultur.de

Organisation Type

Private Company

Year of Establishment

1989

Fields of Activity

Arts

General Information

Private organisation with a head and five freelance in the office for permanent fields of activity. On demand several freelance working for temporary projects. Budgets are depending on projects. Our funding-structure is based on public sponsorship for projects and on commercial receipts (arts management, publishing/ edition, consulting). As a world wide management alba Kultur is representing some very talented, outstanding extra-european artists. We are also working as consultants of global music for international, national and regional NGOs in the field of culture, with international and local public institutions and organisations in arts. Last but not least we develop formats for festivals and concert series for diverse partners and locations.

Mission and Objectives

We are providing full-service project management, including consulting, concept development, artist booking, organization and production, media promotion and policy making. Our work is a practical contribution to the implementation of the UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversity.

Main Projects / Activities

Consulting:
alba KULTUR is working as consultant for global music for international, national and regional NGOs (festivals, art conventions, media, development institutions, religious institutions, editions, labels, venues, networks for performing art, artists etc.), with international and local public institutions and organisations (arts councils, ministries of culture, art schools and music academies etc.)
Birgit Ellinghaus had been a jury member of BabelMedMusic in Marseille/ France in 2011 and 2012. Since 2012 she is curator for the world music series of the Foundation Berlin Philharmonics. She is mentor for Cultural Management programs for Central Asia, SouthEastern Europe, Africa and South East Asia for institution such as Goethe Institut, Robert Bosch Foundation, Boreo World Music Forum. Since 2009 Birgit Ellinghaus is appointed member of the national advisory committee „Contact Point Diversity of Cultural Expressions” to the national expert committee for culture of the German UNESCO commission. Since 2013 she is appointed as extraordinary member of “Institut for World Music and Transcultural Music Studies IWTM” of “Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln”/ Germany

Research:
alba KULTUR designed and conducted the first research of the german world music scene, published in "EuroWorldBook" by IRMA / France (2010). This project had been followed by the research and mapping of cultral diversity in global music in Germany for the online plattform www.globale-musik.de in the behalf of "Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum MIZ in collaboration with the Council of Music in North-Rhein-Westfalia" (2011 - 2013).
Research about situation of artist mobility and visa issues in collaboration with FREEMUSE/ Denmark (2008) and followed by the research to “Visa Code 2009” for german UNESCO and contibution to the online plattform www.touring-artists.info for the section “visa” in 2013.
alba KULTUR has designed and conducted the research “creole – Award for world music from Germany” in collaboration with Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln/ Germany (2007. alba KULTUR designed and produced the Int. Conference on the Future of Global Music in North-Rhein-Westfalia “Globalflux” 2010 www.globalflux.de

Promotor of concerts and special events:
Since the year 2000 alba KULTUR is the head of the North-Rhine-Westphalian network „Klangkosmos Weltmusik“ www.klangkosmos-nrw.de of more than 30 cities: Since we coordinated more than 1.500 concerts with 130 bands from five continents. The project’s task is to enable systematic, nationwide and sustainable debates about musical diversity through music of the world; to organize acoustic live concerts, cultural encounters, lectures and workshops with musicians to present their complex musical traditions; to create a common platform for international dialogue in culture and personal exchange of musicians with the audience - regardless of nationality, religion, or socio-cultural generation context; to provide qualified and easy accessible information about music of the world; to enable an insight view in different cultures and the understanding of social functions of music; to open debate on historical, geographical, religious and political meanings of music in the today’s world.
alba KULTUR produced the networking project of six cities in the Rhein-Ruhr area focusing on music of migrants from Turkey living in this region: “Music of the Imaginary Turkey”.
alba KULTUR produced festivals in collaboration with city councils like “Kemnade International 2001” (first german festival for music from Turkey and the turkish diaspora in Europe) in Bochum, “Musica Sacra - Klangkosmos Islam” 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 in Paderborn, “creole night” for Musiktrienale Köln 2011 - and many more.
alba KULTUR developed and produced the first edition of “creole – Award for world music from Germany”, regional edition for North Rhine Westphalia in Dortmund 2006 and 2008 as well as the first national edition of “creole 2007”.
The work of alba Kultur is a practical contribution to the implementation of the UNESCO "Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions" in Germany.

Contact (1) Full Name

Birgit Ellinghaus

Head of the organisation

Birgit Ellinghaus

ALF activities in the framework of the German EU Presidency

In the framework of the German EU Presidency and on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Barcelona Process, several events took place on 2nd December 2020: The Launch of the Intercultural Trends Survey and the Public Policy Forum on Youth and Civil Society in the Euro-Mediterranean region, with the participation of Caroline Robertson-von Trotha as one of the panelists. The activities were organised by the Anna Lindh Foundation in partnership with the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Goethe Institute and ZAK as Heads of the ALF German Civil Society Network, and Deutsche Welle as main media partner.

If you missed the events, you can watch the recordings of the Launch of the Intercultural Trends Survey and the Public Policy Forum on YouTube.

Allemagne

Le Réseau allemand de la FAL a collaboré à grande échelle aux programmes de dialogue interculturel avec des partenaires de la société civile de différents pays, y compris l’Égypte, la Finlande, la Grèce, Israël, le Liban, le Maroc, la Palestine, la Suède et la Turquie.

En Allemagne, le Goethe Institut e.V. a été choisi par le gouvernement fédéral allemand pour être le Chef de file du Réseau allemand. Le Goethe Institut e.V. est l’institut culturel de la République fédérale d’Allemagne, il est actif à travers le monde entier, promeut la connaissance de la langue allemande à l’étranger et encourage l’échange culturel international.

Le Réseau comprend des institutions publiques, des ONG, des organisations caritatives, des organisations politiques et culturelles, des théâtres, des fondations et des médias. Le Réseau allemand de la FAL a choisi lui-même comme objectif de concentrer ses activités sur l’organisation de rencontres interculturelles entre des personnes de la région et l’augmentation de la visibilité de sujets essentiels pour les citoyens de la région, plus particulièrement en ce qui concerne les activités culturelles. En coopération avec le Secrétariat de la FAL, le Réseau travaille sur des sujets culturellement et politiquement pertinents à propos du dialogue interculturel dans la région euro-méditerranéenne afin d’accroître la visibilité des sujets euro-méditerranéens dans le débat public.

Internal Rules

NIR_Germany_2022_23.pdf

Network Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/AnnaLindhStiftung

Network Twitter Page

https://twitter.com/ALS_Deutschland

Allianz Foundation

National Network

Germany

Address

Pariser Platz 6
70117 Berlin
Germany

Telephone

+49-30-9940597-0

E-Mail

info@allianzfoundation.org

Website

http://www.allianz-kulturstiftung.de

Organisation Type

Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation

Year of Establishment

2000

Fields of Activity

Arts
International/Cultural relations
Youth and education

General Information

The Allianz Cultural Foundation is active on a supportive as well as operative level. It was founded by Allianz SE and its headquarters is based in Berlin.

Mission and Objectives

In keeping with its main objective, the Allianz Foundation supports broadly conceived educational and cultural projects, which benefit the European integration process and encourage the development of a European identity. An important target group for the foundation’s work is the new generation of scholars and artists for whom the foundation has developed a series of exchange and encounter-related projects.The Allianz Kulturstiftung strives to maintain contact with its former project partners in all parts of Europe. For this reason it continually engages in the construction and maintenance of an alumni network, which guarantees the quality and success of the foundation’s program.

Main Projects / Activities

There are many projects. Some examples: Debate on Europe: Series of highranking discussions throughout Europe Das Weisse Meer – The White Sea: mobile Literature festival around the Mediterranean Sea Allianz Summer Academy: Academy for students of various European Universities Please find further information and more projects at www.allianz-kulturstiftung.de Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/allianz.kulturstiftung/

Contact (1) Full Name

Prokop Bowtromiuk

Job Title

Communications Manager

Head of the organisation

Esra Kücük

Allianz Foundation Grants Program 2024: Fixing what's broken. Together.

With its grants program for 2024, the Allianz Foundation is supporting projects from the fields of arts and culture, European civil society and climate and the environment, which are taking a stand against social divisions and ecological crises. We are looking for cooperative initiatives from Europe and the Mediterranean region that stand for solidarity, a sense of community, and respect.

The Allianz Foundation’s grants program focuses on projects in the areas of climate & environment, European civil society and arts & culture. Three independent juries select the projects for their respective field. In order to strengthen the impact of its funding and be transparent regarding what the Allianz Foundation is looking for, applicants may find additional information about what the focus will be in the respective areas.

Find more information here.