Anna Lindh Award to Future Worlds Center
Future Worlds Center ranked second place in the final election round for the 2011 Euro-Med Award for the Dialogue between Cultures and was awarded an Honourable Mention for the highly-esteemed work on intercultural dialogue for the promotion of freedom and citizenship[1]. The Euro-Med Award for the Dialogue between Cultures is a very prestigious award given by the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures[2] an organization operating in 43 countries having over a 3000 organizational members, founded to honor Anna Lindh[3] for her pioneer work.
The nomination was done by Heiner Benking from PNW [4], a member of the German Anna-Lindh-Network [5], and co-foundner of the Anna-Lindh-Salon. [6] He based his proposal on the following:
- The high number of structured democratic dialogues[7] implemented by the organization.
- Notable projects which promote dialogue, such as Act Beyond Borders, Teach MDGs, Multicultural Cyprus, Moblang, UCYVROK, Civil Society Dialogue, etc.
- The world-wide initiatives and books written by members of its Board Aleco Christakis,[8] [9] Yiannis Laouris,[10] Harry Anastasiou,[11] Kerstin Wittig and Romina Laouri.
- The Philosophy,[12] Values,[13] Good Organization,[14] focus on peace,[15] special focus on vulnerable groups[16] and the role of Cyprus as peripheral center. [17]
External Links
- Article published in Seeds of Change - Heiner Benking's Blog
- Article published in Cyprus Mail 21 Oct, 2011
- Press release on FC Blog
References
- ↑ Award announcement on Anna Lind's page
- ↑ Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures
- ↑ Anna Lindh
- ↑ Positive Nett-Works e.V. Page
- ↑ Goethe-Institut represents the German Anna Lindh Network
- ↑ Anna-Lindh-Salon
- ↑ Chronological List of SDDPs by Future Worlds Center and Associates
- ↑ Aleco Christakis and Kenneth C. Bausch.(2006). Co-laboratories of democracy: how people harness their collective wisdom to create the future. Boston, MA: Information Age Publishing.
- ↑ Aleco Christakis and Tom R. Flanangan (2009). The Talking Point:Creating an Environment for Exploring Complex Meaning. Boston, MA: Information Age Publishing.
- ↑ Yiannis Laouris (2011). Masks of Demons: A journey into the Discovering and Breaking of Stereotypes in a Society in Conflict. CreateSpace, USA
- ↑ Harry Anastasiou (2008). The Broken Olive Branch . Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and the Quest for Peace in Cyprus. Syracuse University Press, NY
- ↑ Future Worlds Center Philosophy
- ↑ Future Worlds Center Constitutional and Value Policies
- ↑ Future Worlds Center Policies and Procedures
- ↑ Future Worlds Center Special Focus in Promoting Peace
- ↑ Future Worlds Center Special Focus on Vulnerable Groups
- ↑ Future Worlds Center Special Focus in Promoting Cyprus as Peripheral Center