The achievements of our MOs often leave us speechless and this was Egypt’s round to amaze us. Thus, we would like to congratulate member organization “Development No Borders”, based in Cairo, on its huge accomplishment as it has been named the Winner of the 6th Edition of the Anna Lindh Foundation Regional Prize Euro-Med Award for “Dialogue between Cultures 2011”!
Launched for the first time in 2006 by the Anna Lindh Foundation and its partner Fondazione Mediterraneo, the Euro-Med Dialogue Award is now in its sixth edition, with previous years recognizing the achievements of individuals and organizations across fields including interreligious dialogue, art and mutual understanding, and the promotion of a culture of peace.
Development No Borders (DNB), our proud MO winner, is a youth NGO that was established in 2003 to promote cultural understanding, diversity and active youth participation. The organization focuses on fighting xenophobia, racism, and discrimination and promoting active citizenship and youth development. The main scope of DNB’s work focuses on social and cultural activities, and volunteerism, through non-formal education projects, exchange schemes and trainings, and is a very active regular in YEU international projects.
Taking place this year on the theme of “Intercultural Dialogue for Freedom and Citizenship”, the Award was unique in the fact that it was bestowed and voted upon by members of the Anna Lindh Foundation’s region-wide Network of 4000 civil society organizations working across the 43 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean. So congratulations to our strong MOs! And DNP stand up and take a bow!
Eleni Ioannou
Editor in Chief