Anna Lindh Forum 2013 seeks youth activists

The Anna Lindh Foundation has launched a call for participation for members of its national networks in the build-up to the ''Anna Lindh Forum 2013'' for a preparatory meeting focused on Youth. According to the Enpi website (www.enpi-info.eu), the meeting will be organised in Istanbul, Turkey, from 28 June to 1 July 2012 with the aim of contributing to the formulation, development and implementation of the Programme of the ALF Forum 2013 by articulating a Youth Perspective on broad social, cultural, economic and political challenges in the Euro-Mediterranean context in the wake of the major changes experienced by the region. In the framework of the Foundation's '4D' strategy (Development, Dialogue, Diversity and Democracy), the meeting will seek to identify thematic priorities for action through the Intercultural Dialogue approach in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The Pre-Forum Youth Preparatory Meeting will gather around 45 participants from the Euro-Mediterranean region and the deadline for submitting applications is wednesday 23 of May 2012. The Anna Lindh Foundation for Inter-Cultural Dialogue, co-funded by the EU, promotes knowledge, mutual respect and inter-cultural dialogue between the people of the Euro-Mediterranean region, working through a network of more than 3,000 civil society organisations in 43 countries.