COPEAM and the Anna Lindh Foundation have renewed their cooperation agreement at the annual Conference of COPEAM in Cairo, last April. Being concretised through the collaboration already started on the organization of the Mediterranean Journalistic Award of, this partnership will focus on structuring projects in the cultural and the audiovisual sectors.
The Foundation, presided by Mr. André Azoulay, validated at the beginning of the current year its 2009-2011 Strategic Plan, in which the Media play a predominant role.
In this regard, in his speech during COPEAM conference, Andreu Claret, new Executive Director of the ALF, said: "Media play an essential role in the reconstruction of links between the peoples of both shores of the Mediterranean and, in fact, provide new opportunities for mutual knowledge and personal interactions. "
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Thus, Cairo’s conference was an opportunity to renew a Memorandum of Understanding - signed by COPEAM Secretary General and Andreu Claret, Executive Director of the Anna Lindh Foundation - aiming at the establishment of a joint network for the development of new initiatives.
The joint action plan, which includes the extension of the Foundation Mediterranean Award for Journalism to the areas of television, radio and Internet, is primarily aimed at promoting the positive role of the Media in the creation of a shared space for information and opinion freedom.