Morocco

Mediterranean Forum For Social development (MFD) is an organization dedicated to offering a platform for emerging, liberal and independent voices committed to resisting the culture of fear and intolerance. Our aim is to restore hope and opportunity to those currently underrepresented in Moroccan society through broadening networks, developing grassroots advocacy programs and building coalitions of diverse activists. Taking advantage of the initial optimism to participate in political life on the basis of civic values rather than sectarian belonging.

MFD has been working with disadvantage youths or youngsters with fewer opportunities since 2014 helping many of them to achieve high goals. We use arts to involve the youths and through the arts we looking at social issues, how to tackle and we help them to start their own Initiative and or Solo Trader. We have many contacts with likeminded charities across Morocco that engage with disadvantaged young people from different social and cultural backgrounds. We have hosted and participate to a number of Youth Exchanges, Youth Initiatives and Training Courses. All the projects we deliver aim to create an international dimension in order to increase the intercultural  tolerance and harmony   On the other hand to spread the cooperation and peace spirit between the Moroccan youths and the rest of the world youths for a better future. We want to enrich the educational, social and cultural life of young people living in our country, mainly young people with fewer opportunities

-Promote the values of cultural diversity through interaction and collaboration between artists from different backgrounds/cultures -Engage the local community through the use of more accessible means of expression/creativity, with emphasis on new media -Support of intercultural dialogue Embrace and publicize the role of the Arts for social transformation Advance the skills needed to realize art projects, especially for young artists -Set-up a Media Lab, accessible to Artists and Art practitioners -Organize seminars and workshops

Our experience strengthened our belief that involving young people in decision making is an intrinsic way to empower them and to increase their sense of belonging and active citizenship. This involvement should include not only the support by local authorities to activities aimed for young people but also a broader dimension, where youth has an active voice and is a fundamental actor of the development of their local communities. MFFSD is built on the principles of creating an effective and sustainable involvement of youth on decision-making with and in cooperation with local authority’s demands willingness and commitment from both parts, but also the development of knowledge, sharing of experience and tools to create and to develop further these spaces of shared decision-making. This demands the development of strategies, building structures and relations of trust and cooperation between actors.

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- To encourage youth to discover the Moroccan-Jewish culture that has always been present in the Moroccan history, in its everyday life.
- To show youth (in particular) and other members of the Moroccan community (in general) how Moroccan-Jewish life is like and what traditions they have, with the highlight of its uniqueness as well as similarities with Muslim traditions in the context of Morocco.
- To present the Moroccan Judaism as an example of coexistence between Jews and Muslims in the Arab World.
- Provide an atmosphere of learning Hebrew and promote intercultural dialogue.
- Look for ways to touch youth and their interests and link them to Mimouna's mission (e.g. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2396515256&ref=search&sid=67773515...)

the mission of the club is to preserve and promote the Jewish Moroccan heritage

- 17 associations in the Moroccan Network
1) piloting committee: Mr Driss Khrouz( GERM), Mr Semlali (Sigma Foundation)
2-3) Sources of funding : none.
4) Several meetings , project of the youth and dynamic action of Barcelona .
5) youth action : participation : 35 youth of the Euro-Med countries + 2 heads of network from the North and 2 from the South .

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