Anna Lindh Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures

Project Duration
2015 - 2017
Budget
EU core contribution: €7 million
Status
Ongoing
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Countries covered:

  • Algeria
  • Egypt
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Morocco
  • Palestine *
  • Syria *
  • Tunisia

Brief Description

Promotes mutual respect and in-depth knowledge among the societies of the Euro-Mediterranean region, by bringing people together to work on common projects in the fields of education, media, culture and youth participation.
Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, Mauritania, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Monaco, in addition to all 28 EU Member States, making a total of 42 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM).

Objectives

The main objectives of the ALF centre on:

  • promoting intercultural awareness, knowledge and competences amongst the Euro-Mediterranean societies;
  • tackling intolerance and stereotypes through the promotion of debates, public outreach and local initiatives;
  • building the capacity of civil society organisations to partner in exchanges and trans-Mediterranean collaborations;
  • working with decision-makers and media to reinforce cultural relations at the heart of the Mediterranean dialogue agenda.

What Does It Do

Building on its first ten years, the support given to ALF helps consolidating and expanding the following programmes:

  • “Educators for Intercultural Citizenship”: regional training schemes for teachers and youth workers, and national education initiatives.
  • “Social Entrepreneurship for Dialogue”: mentorship scheme for project leaders and grants in the new field of intercultural entrepreneurship.
  • “Anna Lindh Report on Intercultural Trends”: comparative analyses of the evolution of perceptions, values and behaviours in the region.
  • “Arts and Media for Dialogue”: grants for civil society leaders working on ‘arts for social change’ and ‘media and perceptions’.
  • “Intercultural dialogue on the field”: funding for common actions across the Networks focused on tackling cross-cultural challenges.
  • “Network coordination and empowerment”: investment in good governance, civil society networking and capacity-building.
  • “Euro-Med Exchange”: opportunities for professional experience and civil society placements within partner Euro-Med countries.
  • “Anna Lindh Mediterranean Forum”: the region’s major civil society gathering for intercultural dialogue and advocacy.  

Actions in brief

  • Conducts comparative analyses of the evolution of perceptions, values and behaviours in the region.
  • Produces a report on Intercultural Dialogue and disseminates among ALF members.
  • Organises seminars and education training in intercultural dialogue; organises the Euromed Journalist Award, and a translation programme: acts as observatory of translation in the region.
  • Launches a Call for project grants – long term, short term and thematic.
  • Organises the Anna Lindh Forum.
  • Coordinates 43 networks and gathers together over 3,000 member organisations.
  • Organises common actions for its networks, provides training and tools to improve their quality and impact, promotes network participation in Foundation activities, and offers services such as fundraising support, partnership matching, contact meetings, etc. to make national networks more effective.
Thematics
Civil Society Culture Human Rights Media Migration Sustainable Development