“A Sea of Words” (Short Story Contest) * "Μια Θάλασσα Λέξεων" (Διαγωνισμός Διηγήματος)

The Anna Lindh Foundation and the European Institute of the Mediterranean have launched the third edition of their annual short story contest “A Sea of Words”, dedicated to young writers from the 43 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean.

http://www.euromedalex.org/news/sea-words-short-story-contest

http://www.iemed.org/seaofwords/2010/a_introduccio.php

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Το Ίδρυμα της Άννας Λινντχ και το Ευρωπαϊκό Ινστιτούτο Μεσογείου διοργανώνουν τον 3ο Ετήσιο Διαγωνισμό Διηγήματος "Μια Θάλασσα Λέξεων", που απευθύνεται σε νέους συγγραφείς από τις 43 χώρες της Ένωσης για την Μεσόγειο.

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες, στα Αγγλικά, στους ακόλουθους συνδέσμους:


http://www.euromedalex.org/news/sea-words-short-story-contest


http://www.iemed.org/seaofwords/2010/a_introduccio.php

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Anna Lindh Foundation Seminar on Euromed Youth Policies in Intercultural Dialogue * Σεμινάριο του Ιδρύματος της Άννας Λινντχ για τις Ευρωμεσογειακές Πολιτικές Νεολαίας στον Διαπολιτισμικό Διάλογο

The Anna Lindh Foundation is organising a really interesting seminar on Euromed Youth Policies in Intercultural Dialogue. The seminar will be held at the European Youth Centre in Strasburg, from January 25th to January 28th, 2010. For more information, please visit the following links:

Anna Lindh Foundation Seminar on Euromed Youth Policies in Intercultural Dialogue

Course Presentation and Procedure for Applications (PDF file).

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Το Ίδρυμα της Άννας Λινντχ διοργανώνει ένα πραγματικά ενδιαφέρον σεμινάριο για τις Ευρωμεσογειακές Πολιτικές Νεολαίας στον Διαπολιτισμικό Διάλογο. Το σεμινάριο θα διεξαχθή στο Ευρωπαϊκό Κέντρο Νεολαίας, στο Στρασβούργο, από τις 25 έως και τις 28 Ιανουαρίου 2010. Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες, παρακαλώ επισκεφθείτε τους παρακάτω συνδέσμους (στην Αγγλική):

Σεμινάριο του Ιδρύματος της Άννας Λινντχ για τις Ευρωμεσογειακές Πολιτικές Νεολαίας στον Διαπολιτισμικό Διάλογο

Παρουσίασι Εκπαιδευτικού Κύκλου και Διαδικασία για Αιτήσεις (αρχείο PDF).

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Restore Trust, Rebuild Bridges - LIVE Broadcast!!!

Visit the link to watch and perhaps participate to the debate:

Restore Trust, Rebuild Bridges - LIVE Broadcast | Anna Lindh Foundation

You may also get involved through Facebook (http://bit.ly/195Edw) or Twitter (http://twitter.com/AnnaLindh, tag #restoretrust).

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Five questions and one answer...

What is a culture? Is it an onion with plenty of leaves until getting to its core? Is it an iceberg that only some of its parts can be seen and that clashes when it meets other icebergs? Is it the software of our minds, which needs to be re-installed from time to time, especially when we change environments?

What is an identity? Is it something that we have since we are born? Is it something imposed by society? Is it something static or dynamic? Is it who am I, who I think am I, who others think am I or who I think others think am I?

What is a stereotype? Is it a fixed form in our mind about others? Is it the way our brain simplifies things? Is it positive? Is it negative? Is it neutral?

What is a conflict? Is it that we don't understand each other? Is it that we can't understand each other? Is it that we don't want to understand each other? Is it that we don't care about understanding each other?

And, finally, what is other?

I don't know the answers to the questions above. I believe, however, one thing. Humans are rather members of the body of humanity than parts. So, the same way my heart needs my lungs, the same way I need other humans. Because, as heart fails without oxygen and lungs die without blood, the same way I'm not complete without other humans and other humans are not complete without me.

As I said before, that's my belief, a kind of faith of mine. But in my language, the word trust has the same root with the word for belief or faith. Hence, by trusting people, I'm just following my belief, my personal faith.

So, I'm Michail, I'm a Greek from Crete, I live in Cyprus and I blog for Trust!

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EuroMed bloggers blog for trust on 11/9/09

ALF EuroMed Bloggers Training on Intercultural Dialogue, Luxembourg, 27-28/07/2009, Part 2

ALF EuroMed Bloggers Training on Intercultural Dialogue, Luxembourg, 27-28/07/2009, Part 1

I blog for Trust! * Ιστολογώ για την Εμπιστοσύνη

When, some time ago, I posted about the Anna Lindh Foundation Euro-Med Bloggers Training on Intercultural Dialogue, I had no doubts that such an innovative project would be more than interesting. Furthermore, taking as granted that I'm not any influential Blogger, I had no doubts that I couldn't participate to...

I was wrong! Shortly after having expressed my interest for participating, I received an invitation by the ALF and last Sunday I flew to Luxembourg!

The training was held in the Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster, a really nice place combining natural, spiritual and cultural beauty. The main activities were on Monday, 27th, and Tuesday, 28th of July, 2009, and gave the opportunity to the some twenty participants to explore the paths of the Intercultural Dialogue and to search for new ways of using blogs, podcasts and social networking for promoting the Dialogue between Cultures.

This pilot activity was organised in the framework of the "Restore Trust, Rebuild Bridges" Campaign, which aims, through civil society actions, to promote the Intercultural Dialogue in the Euro-Med area and to facilitate the Peace process in the Middle East. As Mr. Andreu Claret, Executive Director of the ALF, stressed, that was the first in a series of events in which Bloggers will be invited, as it is the intention of the Foundation to gather at least 43 Bloggers from the 43 Countries of the Union for the Mediterranean in every one of its major activities.

From now on, the blogs, podcasts and social networks represented in the training will be listed, via feeds, in the new list "Bloggers for Trust", located in the upper right corner of this blog of mine. So, you can have a look on them!!!

Last but not least: I have to thank Suchithra, Satish and Anto, my colleagues in the Aretaeio Hospital in Nicosia, Cyprus, who accepted to exchange some of our working shifts and Andreas, my Head Nurse, who approved these changes, giving me the opportunity to gain such a great experience.

So, I'm Michail, I'm a Greek from Crete, I live in Cyprus, and I blog for Trust!

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Anna Lindh Foundation Euromed Bloggers Training on Intercultural Dialogue * Εκπαίδευση Ευρωμεσογαίων Ιστολόγων στον Διαπολιτισμικό Διάλογο από το Ίδρυμα Άννας Λίνντχ

An interesting Training on Intercultural Dialogue, for Bloggers coming from the Euro-Mediterranean Region, is organised by the Euromed Anna Lindh Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures. For more information, please visit the link:

Μία ενδιαφέρουσα Εκπαίδευσι στον Διαπολιτισμικό Διάλογο, για Ιστολόγους προερχόμενους από την Ευρω-Μεσογειακή Περιοχή, διοργανώνεται από το Ευρωμεσογειακό Ίδρυμα Άννας Λινντχ για τον Διάλογο μεταξύ των Πολιτισμών. Για περισσότερες πληροφορίες, παρακαλώ επισκεφθείτε τον σύνδεσμο (στην Αγγλική):

Anna Lindh Foundation Euromed Bloggers Training on Intercultural Dialogue