I received this today which may be of interest to some readers. The European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and the Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) have the pleasure to announce the launch of the Third Edition of the Sea of Words Literary Competition. We encourage the production of short stories that portray the different...
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Image by Presidency Maldives via Flickr So its been over a week since I arrived home from the Anna Lindh Forum and I have spent most of the time since I came home cathcing up with college and work. It dose not feel like I got home over a week ago! I really enjoyed the...
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Image by Martha★ via Flickr So I arrive in Barcelona and the blogging goes quiet…. Whats the deal you ask? Well Anna Lindh Foundation have set up a group blog where a bunch of us are blogging our experiences at the Forum. There are some cracking blog posts over there so do check it...
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Liveblog here Transcript below 11:41 AM: Stephen Spillane good evening from the plenary hall in the CCIB in Barcelona at #forum2010 11:41 AM: alvaromillan Ya en el Forum, todo listo para empezar el #forum2010 de la Fundación Anna Lindh aquí en Barcelona http://twitpic.com/16kbrh 11:41 AM: adshill RT @annalindh: If you are at ALF Forum...
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Image via Wikipedia Good afternoon from a warm Barcelona. I have reached my destination (unlike my luggage) and I am ensconced in my hotel room waiting for things to start across the road at the CCIB. I may have neglected to inform you why I’m actually here. Well apart from blogging over on Conference...
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Well tomorrow I am off to Barcelona for the Anna Lindh Foundation Forum 2010. I will be live-blogging and tweeting about the forum, with the help of a few others. I know I am not a big user of twitter at the moment, but college is taking up a lot of the time I...
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Image by stephen.spillane via Flickr Yesterday I posted that I was attending the Cities, Migrants and Diversity: “Valuing Diversity, Understanding Migration” Workshop at the Anna Lindh Foundation Forum 2010, but today I have decided to tell you about the other Workshops available if you attend! It was a tough decision for me to make....
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Tags: Civil society, Education, Intercultural learning, Interfaith, Multiculturalism, Religion, Understanding Migration
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Image via Wikipedia If you intend on attending the Anna Lindh Forum 2010, you must register! The deadline is fast approaching by the way. You must register by 12th February 2010, 20.00 GMT. As part of this process you must pick which workshop you want to attend in the Agora. The choice is from:...
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Image via Wikipedia The Anna Lindh Foundation Forum 2010 takes place in Barcelona from the 4th of March to the 7th of March. The Forum aims to give new momentum to the cooperation among civil society organizations committed to intercultural dialogue in the Union for the Mediterranean region and to enrich the activities of...
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Image by stephen.spillane via Flickr As you are probably aware, I gave a speech at the Alliance Francaise/UCC European Symposium on “European CItizenship”. My speech was on National Identities withing European Identity and Culture. I got great feedback on the speech so I decided to share it with you. Presidents, Excellencies, Mr. Chairman, Ladies...
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Tags: Berlin Wall, Citizenship of the European Union, Culture, East Germany, European, European Identity, Identity, Ireland, Irish Identity, Irish Language, Maastricht Treaty, Nation
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