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During the start of 2022, members of the Spanish Network organised different events funded by the Anna Lindh Foundation, all of which sought to achieve greater intercultural dialogue.

On March 2nd 2022, within the framework of International Women’s Day, Azahara held the Azahara Awards in Girona to recognise women with a migrant background who bring together the values of solidarity, commitment, social transformation, sustainability and resilience.

Between March and April, the Euroarab Foundation organised “N@s Llaman Calle”, a project targeting youth in Granada and conceiving the streets as a space of diversity and interculturality. Different initiatives were implemented to bring together three tools of artistic expression linked to the street: street photography, rap and graffiti.

Finally, the Forum “COCO: Conta el Odio Cotidiano” took place the 25 and 26th of March in Madrid, and was coordinated by Cazalla Intercultural, Al Fanar Foundation and Jovesólides. Youth, political representatives, scholars, awareness campaigns experts and of social entities representatives attended the forum and jointly designed a Decalogue of concrete measures for political advocacy to tackle everyday racism.

These activities capture the spirit of the new “Agenda for the Mediterranean” based on the conviction that, through joint work and cooperation, challenges can become opportunities.

Links for further information:

Azahara Awards: https://www.iemed.org/events/azahara-awards/

N@s Llaman Calle: https://www.iemed.org/events/nos-llaman-calle-street-art-as-a-spokesperson-for-young-people/

Forum COCO: https://www.iemed.org/events/coco-against-everyday-racism/

The 16th edition of the youth literary contest "A sea of words" culminated on the 8th of November,  with an outstanding awards ceremony held at the emblematic El Born CCM in Barcelona, co-organized by the IEMed, the Anna Lindh Foundation, the مؤسسة شباب المتوسط - Mediterranean Youth Foundation and the Union for the Mediterranean, among other notable collaborators such as Casa Mediterráneo and the AECID. The finalists of the contest came from different countries of the Mediterranean.

 The evening counted with the awards ceremony, an interesting debate on "Artificial intelligence and youth: ethical commitment and critical thinking" and a captivating performance by the band OMßRA. The digital entrepreneur Edgar Pons participated in the debate; Nadine Zammit, the first prize-winning author, and Mohamed El Amrani, prominent communicator and social entrepreneur.

Among the audience, there were more than 90 young people from several Euro-Mediterranean countries who were participating in the III Mediterranean Youth Academy, organized by the Union for the Mediterranean.