ACM Foundation and its circles network celebrate the formal constitution of the FACM circle of Alicante (Spain) and that of Catania (Italy) with which the ACM Foundation now reachs 32 citizen circles throughout the Mediterranean basin. The one in Alicante is the third FACM circle in Spain and the Catania’s, the fourth in Italy. It is an honor to greet the founders of both citizen circles, committed figures in the defense of Human Rights, especially in geneder issue, intercultural dialogue, education and respect for diversity.
In the case of Alicante, Naïma Benaicha Ziani, professor at the University of Alicante in the Area of Arab and Islamic Studies, is the coordinator of this circle made up of personalities from the field of culture, business as well as civil society. In the Catania circle, coordination will be led by Giovanni Pampanini, researcher at the Interdisciplinary Study of Social and Human Sciences (SISSU) of Catania, Italy, coordinator of the International Group for Comparative Monitoring of Policies for the Application of the Right to Education. Honorary President of A.F.R.I.C.E. Africa for Research in Comparative Education Society, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.