Published on EU External Action website on 25 October 2016:

Landmark MED FORUM 2016 in Malta, the largest youth and civil society gathering of its kind for the promotion of intercultural dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean region

Civil society organisations from 50 countries alongside leading international organisations convened in Valletta, Malta, from 23 to 25 October for the third MED FORUM of the Anna Lindh Foundation on the eve of the Maltese presidency of the European Council which has set the Mediterranean as a main priority.

The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, opened the MED FORUM 2016 debate with the message that investing in a generation is the only viable roadmap to "moving beyond extremism". The 42-country Forum, taking place from 23rd to 25th October in Valletta, represents the largest youth and civil society gathering of its kind for intercultural dialogue in the Mediterranean.

22 September 2016 - The Anna Lindh Foundation, central institution and reference point for intercultural dialogue across the Mediterranean, confirmed that it will be co-operating with the United Nations on the first UN Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security.