Ministerial Meeting on Migration
The 5th EuroMed Experts Senior Officials meeting on Migration will be held on 9 October 2007 in Brussels. On the agenda is the preparation of the First Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Meeting on Migration (Algarve, 18-19 November 2007).
7th EuroMed Youth Meeting
On 4 – 5 October, representatives of key organisations working in the Euro-Mediterranean youth sector gather in Marrakech, Morocco to discuss about the implementation of the third phase of the EuroMed Youth Programme. Participants include the national agencies of the European “Youth in Action” Programme, EuroMed Youth Units established in the Mediterranean Partner Countries for the implementation of the EuroMed Youth III Programme, the EuroMed Youth Platform, the EuroMed Youth Parliament and the Arab League.
Euromed Youth III is the only EU-funded regional programme supporting common youth activities of NGOS from European Union and its 10 Mediterranean Partner Countries.
http://www.euromedyouth.net/spip.php?article56
EU funds new Lebanese Agro-Food Institute
The Agro-Food Institute of Qab Elias, Lebanon, will open its doors in part thanks to a €5 million grant from the European Union for the purchase of advanced laboratory and food-processing equipment and for technical assistance. In response to a need for middle-professionals in the agro-food industry, the Institute will train up to 1,000 students on a Technical Baccalaureate course in agro-food industry studies. The resulting diploma will enable future professionals in the agro-food sector to work in the Arab countries as well as in the European Union.
The project is the first example of cooperation between the European Commission and Lebanon’s Ministry of Education in the field of technical and vocational education.
http://www.dellbn.cec.eu.int/en/whatsnew/07/30sep07.htm
Anna Lindh Foundation prepares for ‘1001 Actions’ campaign
In the countdown to 2008, the EU Year of Intercultural Dialogue, the Anna Lindh Foundation is preparing to launch a major international campaign entitled “1001 Actions for Dialogue.” Building on the Foundation’s unique role as a network of thirty-seven national networks of civil society organisations, the “1001 Actions” campaign intends to mobilise individuals and groups across the region to implement activities under a common banner for the promotion of dialogue.
The Anna Lindh Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures works on bringing people and organisations from both shores of the Mediterranean closer to one another.
http://www.1001actions.org/
Med filmmakers to pitch Greenhouse documentary projects
Documentary filmmaker/producer teams participating in the EU-funded Greenhouse project will meet in Istanbul, Turkey on 7 October to present their projects in a pitching forum to a group of international professionals, representatives of film funds, commissioning editors from European TV channels and distributors. This is the third and final meeting of Greenhouse’s 2007 activities.
The Greenhouse project, which is part of the Euromed Audiovisual II regional programme, aims to raise the level of documentary filmmaking from mere television reportage to creative documentaries with a potential for theatrical release and exposure at major film festivals such as Cannes, Venice and Berlin.
http://www.ghfilmcentre.org/
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