The international non-profit Organization “Women of the Mediterranean” is working with prestigious international partners to the organization of the First Round Table of the Committee of the Guarantors of Women of the Mediterranean (composed of 38 outstanding personalities among Ministers and institutional women of the Euro-Mediterranean area), that will take place in Italy on December 2008 in the city of Lecce.

The meeting will focus on the themes of “Intercultural Dialogue”, with a particular attention to the contribution and the responsibility of women in the social transformation of their own Countries.
Our goal consists in creating moments of exchange of experiences and projects among our Guarantors and other Ministers of the Euro-Mediterranean area, to know better the future sceneries on which we have to work, with the purpose of improving the quality of life of the female and male citizens of the Euro-Mediterranean area.

We intend to make periodic this appointment, each time with a different theme and if possible in a different country, suggested even by our Guarantors, compatibly with the institutional engagements of the Guarantors and with the priority themes that will be put to the attention of the international public opinion.

See the members of the Committee of Guarantors of the Association.

Promoter:
Women of the Mediterranean - ONLUS ( www.donnedelmediterraneo.org )
International no-profit organization born in 1998 for will of different institutional, academic and cultural bodies, national and of the Mediterranean countries, with the exact intent to constitute a network of women and men and a link between all the female associations existing on the territory.
Its social purpose is to give a contribution to the socioeconomic development of the Euro-Mediterranean region and to sustainable tourism, to favour and to promote the interchange of information, experiences and projects, to facilitate the international cooperation and sensitizing public and private decision-makers, in particular on problems concerning women.
It has a successful history, has shown an absolute independence from influences or external exploitations of any kind and/or political parties and it has an innovative statute in comparison to the common standards, centred on the use and the diffusion of technological tools. From these actions it has drawn experiences and international recognitions, among them a silver medal given by the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azelio Ciampi.

Partners:

INTA - International Association for Urban Development ( www.inta-aivn.org )

OBSERVATORY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ( www.odelm.org )

MUNICIPALITY OF LECCE

Euromediterranean Cultural Heritage Agency ( www.agenziaeuromed.it )