AVICENNE : Action de Valorisation Interculturelle pour la coopération euro-méditerranéenne

AVICENNE was created in 2003 with 4 volunteers. Today, it gathers 10 active volunteers, working, in the field of education, new technologies, adult education, in private and public companies. AVICENNE volunteers represent the “french diversity” different religions (catholic, jewish and muslims) and different cultural backgrounds. Since 2003, Avicenne has built a european network which covers 15 countries: Algeria, Marocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Israël, Palestine, Syria , Jordan, Lebanon, Spain, Portugal, Irland, Germany, Greece, Belgium). Numerous Projects have been realized within this network: youth exchanges, study visits, organization of international conferences and workshops. All this projets have been supported by the European Youth Programs funded by the European Commission and the French Government. We have developed a network for meeting in different field about religion, intercultural learning to promote the understanding between country in the middle east, Europe and Maghreb.