The ACM Foundation has the privilege of participating at the International Day of Museums represented by three FACM members. Margarita Belinchón, Director of the Museum of Natural Sciences of Valencia and Gverning Board member. The museum has an extraordinary program for all ages. Maite Ibáñez, cultural manager, art critic and also member of the FACM governing board, participated last night at the Círculo de Bellas Artes headquarters, in an interesting debate about cultural heritage and the future of museum management. The director of the ACM Foundation, the journalist Lola Bañon, opened last night at the IVAM -Institut Valencià d’Art Modern- the exhibition “On the edge of the world” of the Sevillian artist Federico Guzmán, making an interpretation of the current Mediterranean in key of migrations and instability. Our commitment to the dissemination and support of culture in the Mediterranean are permanent.
Ending impunity for the State of Israel | Statement by the ACM Palestine Circle
Statement by the ACM Circle of Palestine
In front of the new human tragedy unfolding in Palestine characterized by the death of 63 civilians, among them 8 children and more than 2790 wounded victims of bullets of the Israeli occupation army while they were demonstrating peacefully in Gaza, the circle of Palestine of the Mediterranean Citizens’ Assembly Foundation (FACM) calls on the international community to condemn with the utmost firmness this new crime against humanity.
It is essential today to designate those responsible for this conflagration. The United States, through the Trump Administration, must be pinned for its support for the Israeli government’s segregationist and violent policies. The recent move of the US embassy to Jerusalem is another political move of provocation that could only cause new tensions in the region. The reaction of the Israeli government to Palestinian protests is abject and deadly. It follows the Israeli government’s policy of systematic annexation, colonization, isolation, embargo and intimidation.
This has disastrous consequences for the Palestinian population, both in the West Bank and Gaza, where the population is locked up in what can only be called an open-air prison.
History has shown it clearly: the war has never solved anything and it will not solve anything. Salvation will inexorably pass through international law and, above all, by its respect. But for decades Israel has scorned it. Its policy of colonization of the Palestinian territories is thus illegal.
For the Palestine ACM Circle, it is time for cease the impunity of the State of Israel. The international community, in particular the European Union and the United Nations, must condemn and, above all, put an end to Israel’s policy of aggression and occupation in the Palestinian territories and recognize the existence of the State of Palestine as soon as posible, comply with international law.
Photo: Menahem Khana (AFP)
Ramadan begins for 300 million Muslims in the Mediterranean
Today begins Ramadan for almost two billion Muslims around the world, 300 million in the Mediterranean and close two million in Spain. It is considered a holy month in which the Koran was revealed. According to Islamic legislation: “Fasting is a religious duty for every adult person, healthy, with judgment and not traveling; be man or woman. And it is exempt from fasting every person under age, sick (physical or mental), who is traveling; as well as the woman within the period of the menstruation or puerperium, as well as the one who is pregnant or breastfeeding who fears for the health of her baby and also the weak elderly are exempt”. A month of mercy, reflection, forgiveness and good. The ACM Foundation sends its congratulations to Muslims from all over the world and especially in the Mediterranean. Ramadan Karim.
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean expresses his deep concerns following the deadly clashes at the Gaza border
Oil, banks, and governance: Economic realities in a divided Libya
Authors: Dr Barah Mikaïl and Simon Engelkes∗
Despite limited improvements, the Libyan economy still lingers well below its potential, obstructed by continuing violent conflict and political uncertainty. Libya’s poor economic performance is evident in the numbers, and it is rendered even more obvious by the population’s claims. Many efforts – including specific policies and economic orientations – have been developed by Libya’s political authorities, in the East and in the West, to try and limit the effects of economic problems on the society. However, results remain limited so far.
Mostra Viva del Mediterrani and Mostra de València join forces for a Mediterranean October
The citizen association meets with the recently appointed direction of the Film Festival to coordinate the work of both entities.
The municipal entity will assume the organization of the Film Festival and the civic entity will continue offering activities of music, dance, literature, street art, visual arts, debates and educational action.
Las direcciones de Mostra Viva del Mediterrani y Mostra de València han mantenido su primera reunión para compartir sinergias. El equipo de la asociación ciudadana, formado por Vicent Garcés, Giovanna Ribes, Maite Ibañez y Vicent Gregori, felicitaron a Rosa Roig y a Eduardo Guillot por sus recientes nombramientos como directora y subdirector del Festival cinematográfico y manifestó su satisfacción por el hecho de ver culminado con éxito el objetivo de devolver a València un Festival de cine que sitúe de nuevo a la ciudad como lugar de referencia de la cultura de los pueblos mediterráneos, labor que durante los últimos cinco años ha conseguido la organización de Mostra Viva.
Ambos equipos han reconocido el reparto de responsabilidades y atribuciones de cara al futuro: el ente municipal asume la organización de la 33ª edición del Festival de cine Mostra de Valencia–Cinema del Mediterrani mientras que la asociación ciudadana mantendrá su responsabilidad en torno a la coordinación y organización de la programación de las actividades de música, danza, literatura, arte en la calle, artes visuales, debates y acción educativa dentro de la 6ª edición de Mostra Viva del Mediterrani. La asociación ciudadana ha ofrecido a la nueva dirección de Mostra de València todo el apoyo que pueda necesitar. Ha puesto a su disposición la experiencia, el bagaje, los contactos y las relaciones acumuladas a lo largo de cinco ediciones para superar con éxito la escasez de tiempo a la que se enfrenta y mantener vínculos reales de cooperación.
Ambas entidades han acordado coordinar el calendario de espectáculos y actividades que se repartirán a lo largo de cuatro semanas para mantener el espíritu de octubre como el mes del Mediterráneo. La colaboración será especialmente intensa en el campo de la comunicación. Por tanto, trabajarán coordinadas en la difusión y promoción de las marcas, imagen, programas o sedes a fin de que la ciudadanía reciba con claridad sus respectivos programas y pueda continuar disfrutando de una variada e intensa oferta cultural, como así ha sucedido desde la desaparición de las actividades culturales suprimidas por el anterior gobierno municipal.
Mostra Viva del Mediterrani mantiene de esta manera su apuesta por devolver a la sociedad valenciana una identidad cultural que se refuerza más si cabe con la decidida apuesta municipal por recuperar como sello de identidad el Festival cinematográfico que convirtió a València en referente de la cultura de los países del ámbito mediterráneo.
Mostra Viva dará a conocer en breve las líneas, programas e imagen en los que se encuentra trabajando desde hace meses para la edición de este año.
The ACM circle of Thessaly with the NGO “Roma without borders”
The ACM circle of Thessaly participated on Sunday, April 29, 2018, in an environmental action organized by the NGO “Roma without borders”, which is a structure composed by young citizens of the region of Karditsa in Thessaly.