Barcelona, Spain 4 -7 March 2010. The Anna Lindh Foundation operates as a Network of National Networks promoting intercultural dialogue in 43 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership with more than 2,800 members working in a wide range of fields, including culture, arts, education, youth, research, migration, communication, governance, gender issues and environment.

For the first time, the Foundation will gather around 500 of these organizations, together with other thematic networks and ALF strategic partners in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The aim is to give new momentum to the cooperation among civil society organizations committed to intercultural dialogue in the region and to increase its impact on the establishment of the Union for the Mediterranean.

The organization of such an event in Barcelona, during the Spanish Presidency, will be a proof of civil society commitment in favour of a renewed Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, fully acknowledging the importance of the dialogue between cultures, more necessary than ever in the social, political and cultural context. As future home of the UfM Secretariat, Barcelona as host city of the Forum constitutes a strong added value for such initiative. It is also there that the Barcelona Process was born, in 1995.

The event will be built on two key pillars - the "Agora", dedicated to plenary debate and workshops with experts on the achievements and challenges of social and cultural cooperation in this regional framework, and the "Medina", bringing together members of the Anna Lindh Foundation and regional partners, one of which is also EMUNI.

More info about the event: www.annalindhforum.org