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2023: Peace and Justice.
Towards a community of the peoples of the Mediterranean.
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Renowned Italian writer, Nuccio Ordine joins the FACM Advisory Council
The FACM has incorporated to its Advisory Council Mr. Nuccio Ordine, renowned Italian writer and intellectual, whose contributions will be decisive in strengthening the lines of action of the FACM in the Mediterranean. Nuccio Ordine (Italy, Diamante, 1958) is Professor of Italian Literature at the University of Calabria. He studied Giordano Bruno and the Renaissance. He has been visiting professor at centers such as Yale, Paris IV-Sorbonne, IEA in Paris, CESR in Tours, the Warburg Institute or the Max Planck Society in Berlin. He is a member of the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has seven honorary doctorates and the French Legion of Honor. He has published, among others, The Usefulness of the Useless (2013, translated into twenty-four languages), Classics for Life (2017), Three Crowns for a King (2022) and Men Are Not Islands (2022).
Ordine has stated that «it will be a great honor for me to be part of the Advisory Council of the FACM. The creation of a network of cultural relations between the different countries bordering the Mediterranean is not only important but necessary to cultivate dialogue and peace. »
FACM VACANY: “HEAD OF ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING” València
POSITION “HEAD OF ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING” València
• Management Support.
• Relations with tax and labor consulting.
• Budget control of the FACM.
• Support in administrative control and project management.
• Administrative management and files.
Part-time contract with salary to be agreed
Is required:
• Economics and/or Business Administration University degree.
• Experience in a similar position.
• Domain of computer applications related to administrative management and accounting, high level of Excel.
It will be valued:
• English, Valencian language and/or knowledge of French.
Send the Curriculum Vitae to secretariat@fundacionacm.org Indicate in the Subject: “Responsible for administration and accounting”
Deadline for admission of applications: OPEN.
Expected date of incorporation: January, 2023.
9 MCAF circles take part this year at Med’Action Festival 2022
9 MCAF circles take part this year at Med’Action
This new edition of Med’Action, held from 17 to 23 October, has 8 circles of the Mediterranean Citizens’ Assembly Foundation participating. An average of 8 to 12 circles have participated in each edition. This year’s circles are from Catania, Cyprus, Larache, Oran, Alexandria, Cairo, Thessaly and Le Kef.
At the Plogging Challenge, Catania’s circle will have around 120 participants. They are all part of a network of schools, associations, universities and communities that host UASC, in Italy and abroad, and are concerned about intercultural education. The circle leader will be Melita Cristaldi and they will clean Boschetto’ beach.
As for Larache, the circle has organised a detailed programme. With activities such as: an exhibition on migratory birds that characterise the wetlands of the Lokus river basin, an orientation visit on the ecological qualities of the same river, an environmental field study for children, among many other competitions and activities.
Moreover, at Cyprus’ team will take part 8 members led by Orestis Tringides. They have chosen a beach located in front of the southern fece of the airport of Larnaca because of its environmental importance: it is close to the salt lake area and the rocks tend to accumulate a lot of rubbish. Cairo and Alexandria circles have few confirmed participants at the moment, so they have decided to carry out the action together.
The Med’Action Festival is holding a new and very special edition this year. It continues with its famous Plogging Challenge, a challenge that consists of running or walking along the beaches of the Mediterranean, while collecting the rubbish on them. In 2020, they collected 8394kg of waste and ran over 1941km. This year’s goal is to double those numbers, as well as trying to be over the 8,000 participants who took part in the previous edition.
There are also international debates, online conferences and Med Talk in which young mediterranean people will take part. They will also talk about issues such as the environment, interculturality and equal opportunities. Finally, this year art will be part of the festival with art workshops in the framework of the Mediterranean awareness campaign Art for Clim’Act.
Many events were cancelled because of the pandemic these past two-three years, either because of lockdown or because of health restrictions imposed by each country governments. However, Med’Action was an exception. Regular participants, especially young people, wanted the event to take place and came to the conclusion that the only way to make it happen was online. Therefore, that year’s edition turned out to be a virtual festival. This initiative worked so well that they decided to continue with this idea for the following editions, but hybrid: with online and offline activities at the same time.
SMART VILLAGES 2022: El Olmo Foundation, FACM and Casa Mediterraneo
SMART VILLAGES 2022 – The international Congress that will address the models linked to the use of digital technologies in rural mediterranean environments.
This initiative is coordinated by el Olmo’s Foundation, a non-profit organization created to improve the living conditions of rural populations, and the MCA Foundation, a network that promotes dialogue, proposals and citizen action.
Sponsored by the Regional Government of Valencia (Generalitat Valenciana), Casa Mediterráneo, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, the Medcités network of mediterranean cities, the Jaume I University of Castellón and the Centre for Mediterranean Integration (CMI); sponsored by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). The aim of this international congress is to contribute knowledge, making the Valencian Region a benchmark in the implementation of models linked to the use of digital technologies in rural mediterranean environments.
See the full programme: Programmas – Smart Villages 2022
Mediterranean Youth Council (CMJ)
Mediterranean Youth Council (CMJ) continues its journey:
The Mediterranean Youth Council is an assembly of 40 Mediterranean youth committed to defending the voice of Mediterranean youth.
It is made up of young and dynamic people from all over the Mediterranean region, from Kosovo to Cyprus, Lebanon, Palestine, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Spain, Italy and France.
“For us, the Mediterranean Youth Council is an opportunity to make our ideas heard, to convey messages through common actions, but also to engage in dialogue with local, regional and national authorities in our respective countries.”
The CMJ was officially installed on February 7 as part of the Mediterranean Worlds Forum that took place in Marseille on February 7 and 8, 2022.
The cross-cutting theme chosen by the members for 2022 is: “Building tomorrow: preparing young people for the future”.
The ACM Foundation is a founding and historical member of this initiative and is currently a member of the support / proposal and support committee, as a representative of the civil society network.
After Marseille and Seville, the last assembly took place in Santa Severa (Rome), from October 6 to 9. The reflections of the Mediterranean Youth Council focused on the present and future energy crisis, in which the FACM participates within the framework of these actions dedicated to youth. Discussions have focused on:
➢ Work on the issue of energy and the energy crisis.
➢ Work on environmental issues and climate change.
Ofelia Vila – High Distinction of the Generalitat Valenciana
The ACM Foundation is delighted that our Governing board member and treasurer of it, Ofelia Vila, has been awarded with the High Distinction of the Generalitat Valenciana. It is a recognition of her long career in the struggle for social justice, workers’ rights and gender equality. It is a recognition of her work and tenacity in contributing to a more cohesive, diverse and fair valencian and mediterranean society.
PRESENTATION OF THE TRILINGUAL ANTHOLOGY OF THE BOOK “LA ÚLTIMA COSTA” BY FRANCISCO BRINES
MCAF together with the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), has presented the work of the poet Francisco Brines “A la niebla. Para a névoa. Cap a la boira”. The event was held on 20th September at the IEMed headquarters, and was attended by: Àngels Gregori, director of the Francisco Brines Foundation and coordinator of Encontre d’Escriptors de Mostra Viva del Mediterràni, Senen Florensa, IEMed president, Vicent Garcès, MAC Foundation president, and Josep Piera, poet and translator of the work.
The edition is a trilingual anthology of the book “La última costa”, one of the most emblematic collection of poems whose author, Francisco Brines, was awarded by Cervantes Prize. It has been produced by the Consell Valencià of Culture together with the MACF and Mostra Viva del Mediterráneo. Following the previous volumes dedicated to Konstantinos Kavafis, Ibn Khafaja from Alzira and Ausiàs March, the book consists of a selection of thirty-three poems translated for the first time into Valencian and Portuguese.
Àngels Gregori defined “A la niebla” as “a final journey from a sea that is no longer a calm sea, but one that is closer to death, greyer and more Atlantic”. At the end of the event, the last poem of the book was read in the three languages that appear in it: Spanish, Valencian and Portuguese.
III MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS “MUSIC AND SCIENCE”
III MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS “MUSIC AND SCIENCE”- The presentation of the 3rd edition of the Mediterranean Congress “Music and Science” took place during the international festival Mostra Viva del Mediterràni (MVM). Its name is Reparto de recursos: La ciencia de los materiales en el desarrollo tecnológico y musical / Distribution of resources: Materials science in technological and musical development / Répartition des ressources : Science des matériaux dans le développement technologique et musical / Repartició de recursos: La ciència dels materials en el desenvolupament tecnológic i musical.
The congress was organised by the MCA Foundation in collaboration with Mostra Viva del Mediterrani, with the participation of:
➢ Maria Colomer Pache, president of Mostra Viva del Mediterràni.
➢ Ali Esquembre Kučukalić, co-ordinator of Music and Science Congress.
➢ Manuel Muñoz, journalist and exdirector of the Palau de la Música de València.
There was also an interview with professor Dr. Dino Habibović, senior research and teaching assistant at the University of Sarajevo, and a guitar musical performance by professor Mirza Redžepagić, a bosnian performer of traditional mediterranean music flamenco’s specialist.
Registration for the congress is now OPEN: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3Onr3HAufxue-W5B1GrNooo3uZkgJc0eZrX0NljrCfe-HuA/viewform?usp=sharing
Check the Memory about the Congress here: Memory III MEDITERRANEAN CONGRESS “MUSIC AND SCIENCE”
MOSTRA VIVA DEL MEDITERRANI FESTIVAL 22 SEPTEMBER-18 OCTOBER | 10th EDITION
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