This year, the event will count with the speech of the new executive director of the FAL, the PhDNabil Al Sharif, who will talk about the new period of this institution as well as the programmes that will be carried out.

The conferences will start tomorrow with the institutional welcome to the members of the Network, carried out by the executive vice president of the General Foundation and the vice-principal of Culture and Sports, Antonio Ariño; the general acting director of the European Institute of the Mediterranean, Josep Ferré; and the responsible for Comunication and Programmes and Support to the management of Anna Lindh Foundation Network, Fatma Kotkat.  Then, over the morning the experts will deal with topics linked with the organisation and the running of the Network and there will be a partial renovation of the Executive Committee of the Network.

In the afternoon of the first day, the organisers have planned a training session with the workshop ‘European Lobby’, given by Interactwith the purpose of joining the different organisations and entities of the Network in the Euro-Mediterranean area, so that it helps them to start some of their projects by applying the principle of knowing when and how having influence in Europe.

On Thursday, the second and the last day of the assembly, there will be areas where they can interact among them, knowing each other better and interchange projects.  Everything will be done through the space ‘Idea and Project Market’, where each entity will have five minutes to present their works.   In the space ‘We move on the Internet’, the entities will have three minutes to present the activities which can be part of the Mobility Programme of 2019, such as social awareness campaigns, educative workshops and seminars, etc. 

After a networking session, the new Executive Committee of the Anna Lindh Spanish Network will be welcomed and the old one will be acclaimed. Finally, the closure ceremony of the Assembly of 2019 will be carried out.

Anna Lindh Foundation

The Anna Lindh Foundation (FAL) is an intergovernmental entity in which the countries of the Union for the Mediterranean (UpM), the European Union and the Arab League, whose offices are in Alexandria (Egipt), participate.   It works as ‘network of networks’ and it is comprehended by 42 national networks of the Euromediterranean zone with more than 4,000 organisations of civil society.

Its principal aim is to bring together the members of Euromed as a means to promote the respect for diversity and dialogue among citizens of different cultures, origins and beliefs.

In order to achieve this aim, the FAL boosts and supports the initiatives of the civil  organisations, who defend universal values shared such as the respect for diversity, the dignity of the Human Rights, peace and democracy.