via gamberi, 4
40037 Sasso Marconi
Italy
- Arts
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Media
- Youth and education
Africa e Mediterraneo is committed to raising awareness and encouraging appreciation of African cultures, in the belief that culture is a route to development, peace and justice among people. Its goal is the promotion of culture as a mean for development, peace and justice among peoples.
Another important topic for Africa e Mediterraneo is mass communication, understood as both the set of technologies required to transmit and receive information (in all its economic, social and cultural forms), and as the set of values, symbols and representations that underlie mass democracy and public participation. Communication, as a factor inherent in that which allows a community to represent itself, to form relationships with other communities and to play its role in the world, is therefore an important tool in promoting mutual understanding.
The activities carried out by Africa e Mediterraneo include: the organisation of intercultural projects and development education, both at the international and national level; the organisation of projects promoting cultural cooperation and respect for human rights; the organisation of exhibitions on African cultural expression; the production of the biennual journal Africa e Mediterraneo; the organisation of training courses and conferences for teachers.
The main projects carried out by Africa e Mediterraneo are:
1. The "ComiX4 = Comics for Equality" project aims to foster dialogue in order to combat racism, xenophobia and discrimination in Europe, particularly in Italy, Bulgaria, Estonia, Romania and Latvia.
2. The "Africa Comics" project, which revolves around the Award for the Best Unpublished Comic by an African Author, has been running since 2002 and is now in its sixth edition.
3. "Common Values" revolves around the provision of intercultural education based on two basic elements of contemporary society: immigration and the coexistence of people with different cultural backgrounds, and the invasiveness of the youth-targeted media.
4. The “Approdi” project stems from an awareness of the high risk of social exclusion faced by young immigrants in Italy, and the belief that immigrant reception services should not exclude children and young second-generation immigrants.
5. “SCREENS – Southern visions of the Millenium Goals” is a European project. Funded in December 2010 by the European Commission, which holds the project in high esteem, Screens seeks to facilitate, above all, the greater involvement of African partners in the international debate on the eight Millennium Development Goals.
Africa e Mediterraneo association can contribute to the ALF Network participating in the promotion of the events and initiatives; implementing the visibility and the action of the Network, both at national and international level and exchanging knowledge and information.
We would like to joing the ALF Network in order to get involved with ALF activities and projects; to exchange knowledge and information; to find partners for common initiatives in the EU and in its Neighbourhood, as well as to design and implement common projects.