Deadline: 12 September 2019
The Anna Lindh Foundation has announced the Call for Participation to the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Forum 2020, which will take place in Šibenik, Croatia, from 2-5 April 2020.
Representatives of civil society organizations, members of the Anna Lindh Network, based across the 42 member countries, are invited to apply to take part in the region’s largest civil society gathering and most influential process of its kind for intercultural dialogue across the Euro-Mediterranean region, to create real and lasting change in the face of the region’s most pressing problems.
The Forum will bring together civil society organizations, youth associations, regional institutions, media bodies, donor agencies and foundations to exchange practices, to promote partnerships and to advocate for policy and operational measures for a new horizon of people-to-people cooperation around the Mediterranean, based on a set of common values and putting intercultural dialogue as the central tool for this cooperation and as a response to the main regional socio-cultural challenges.
Eligibility Criteria
Participants will be selected according to the following criteria:
- Nationality and residence: participants should national and resident of one of the forty-two countries of the Euro-Mediterranean region
- Organisation: Network membership, description of the work done by the organization and of the role of the applicant within it
- Experience: Previous experience with the Anna Lindh Foundation and other regional networks
- Language skills: English, French and Arabic
- Participation in the Forum: Contribution to the Forum with proposals for participation in the Thematic Workshops, Good practices and Project ideas:
- THEMATIC WORKSHOPS
- The relevance of the proposed contribution to the main workshops’ sessions in relation to More cross-cultural understanding; A more sustainable future with increased youth opportunities; More gender empowerment; More interaction and exchanges across the Euro-Mediterranean region.
- Relevance and clarity of projects/presentations/publications and other initiatives presented as an example of the applicant’s experience for the contribution to be made to the Thematic workshops.
- GOOD PRACTICES and PROJECT IDEAS
- Good practices: Relevance and clarity of the good practices presented for the promotion of intercultural dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean region and in relation to the objectives and main topics/formats of the Forum.
- Project ideas: Relevance of the projects/initiatives proposed for the promotion of intercultural dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean region and in relation to the objectives and main topics of the Forum.
- THEMATIC WORKSHOPS
- Motivations and expectations: Motivation and expected benefit from the candidate participation in the Forum.
- Follow-up: Contribution and clarity to the follow-up of the Forum, with indication on the proposed activities for follow-up and dissemination of the Forum results, especially in relation to the National Network of belonging.
- Note: Geographical, gender and age balance will be taken into consideration.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.annalindhfoundation.org/anna-lindh-euro-mediterranean-forum-2020