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Commitments of the Anna Lindh Foundation for Intercultural Dialogue in favour of water: Reflections on the Euro-Mediterranean Youth Forum on Water and Intercultural Dialogue

Resumen
This paper is a contribution to the International Expo Zaragoza 2008 to the Thematic Week entitled ¿Water and Society¿ Communication, Culture and Education¿. <br/> The Anna Lindh Foundation¿s activities have been designed in the framework of a Campaign called "Water Our Common Future", which has been originally developed by the Foundation for the 2008 Year of Inter-Cultural Dialogue, in cooperation with The European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMED) and European Rivers Network. This Campaign has clear links with dialogue issues, and strongnetworkingpotential.Therefore,theneedto reachoutto andinvolvecivilsociety isimportant. The Campaign was the result of an assessment and conception process which started with the organization of an expert meeting with qualified persons working in the field of developing a new culture of water between society, environment, and arts. <br/> The expert meeting, which took place from 30 November to 1 December 2006, gathered 15 experts among social activists, environmental scientists and researchers, artists and architects, and public officials, who were indicated or recommended by ALF national networks. The objective of the meeting aimed at identifying the aspects of the work on water the Anna Lindh Foundation wants to develop in future.Amodelofamultiplecampaign wasdesigned,focusingonthreedimensions: <br/> ¿ The social mobilization; <br/> ¿ Theresearch andnetworkingforyouth; <br/> ¿ The artisticcreation. The experts proposedthree components: <br/> ¿ The Euro-Mediterranean Big Jump (social mobilization); <br/> ¿ TheWaterandCulturesinDialogueYouth Forum (research andnetworking); <br/> ¿ The Aqua Treasury Artistic Competition (artistic creation).
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Qaraeen, Eman
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Europa, Mar Mediterráneo, Medio social, Agua
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