The European Movement International (EMI) will hold a meeting in the framework of its South-North Mediterranean Dialogue programme at the Istanbul Bilgi University on 28 September 2011. The aim of the meeting is to discuss Turkish perceptions of the EU Mediterranean Dialogue and the recent political development in the Arab world.
The South-North Mediterranean Dialogue brings together civil society actors as well as public authorities in order to provide a platform of exchange to discuss regional civil society activities and the sustainability of reform processes. Its objective is to contribute to a more productive dialogue between civil society and public authorities in order to deepen their cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean area at the highest level.
Background:
Recently, the EMI launched a political debate and started to monitor actions aimed at the development of the dialogue between civil society and public authorities in neighbouring countries, particularly in candidate and potential countries to the EU and in countries of the Mediterranean.
The first Mediterranean Congress took place in February 2006 in Algiers, followed by the Alicante Congress in November 2009 on Education and Migration. The upcoming meeting in Istanbul on 28 September 2011 is to be seen in line with these previous congresses and as the next step in order to prepare the 3rd Congress of the South-North Mediterranean Dialogue, foreseen to take place in Tunis in spring 2012.
For more information, please contact the EMI Secretariat:
European Movement International (EMI)
Square de Meeûs 25
B-1000 Brussels

Phone: (+32-2) 508 30 88
Fax: (+32-2) 508 30 89
E-Mail: secretariat@europeanmovement.eu

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