Written by Fès on 27 November 2023. Posted in 2023.

Mediterranean Awards 2023 Dedicated to the Alliance of Civilisations Announced

The President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo and Secretary-General of the United States of the World Prof. Michele Capasso announced the nomination of 3 Mediterranean Awards on the occasion of the inauguration of the Chair dedicated to the Alliance of Civilisations at the Euromed University of Fez. The awardees are:

MOSTAPHA BOUSMINA, President of the EUROMED University of Fès.
SALIM M. ALMALIK, Director General of the Islamic World Organisation for Education, Science and Research (ICESCO).
RICARDO DIEZ HOCHLEITNER RODRIGUEZ, Spanish Ambassador to Morocco.

The Board of Directors of the Euromed University of Fez has appointed Professor Abdelhak Azzouzi as the Chair dedicated to the Alliance of Civilisations.
"The unanimous conviction of the Board of Directors of the Euromed University of Fez is that the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations is the best partner to initiate such a project and to generate a dynamic of change in terms of perceptions, visions of the future and practices that generate fruitful values at the individual and collective level.
The Chair's mission has a historical and epistemological significance of the utmost importance in terms of the values of Fez and Morocco in terms of intercultural dialogue of civilisations and coexistence. It claims the role inherited from La Qaraouiyine University (historically the oldest in the world, still operational) in terms of knowledge and openness towards other cultures and civilisations
The Board of Directors of the Euromed University of Fez is composed of several Moroccan and foreign personalities including: André Azoulay, Advisor to His Majesty the King; Pr. Mostapha Bousmina, President of the UEMF; Mohammed Kabbaj, Chancellor of the UEMF; Prof. Abdelhak Azzouzi; Driss Jettou; Othman Benjelloun; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and African Cooperation and Moroccans Resident Abroad; the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation; the Ministry of Economy and Finance; the Ministry of National Education, Childhood Education and Sports; the Permanent Secretary of the Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology; Khalid Safir; Michèle Geandreau Massaloux, former spokesperson of the Elysée Palace and Rector of the Paris Academies; the SG of the Union for the Mediterranean (Barcelona); the former Vice-President of the European Parliament, Rodi Kratsa; Saad Kettani; M'Hamm Douiri; Mohamed Horani; Taieb Chkili (former Minister of Education), the President of CGEM, the SG of Education in Spain, local authorities and many other personalities.


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