21-11-2006 

Lai-momo presented the projects Valeurs communes and Glocal Youth at the Intercultural Dialogue conference and exhibition, which showcased the results of the programmes and initiatives on the theme of Intercultural Dialogue backed at European level up to the present day, in the perspective of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue in 2008.

Valeurs communes and Glocal Youth, indeed, belong to the 29 projects indicated as the best practises supported by the programmes of DG EAC and other DGs, which will livened up the exhibition organised round on the European conference on Intercultural Dialogue planned for the 22-23 november 2006.

Valeurs communes is a project co-financed by the European Commission within the program INTI 2003 for the integration of immigrants. The project aims at fostering a culture of peace through the promotion of dialogue among different religions and cultures now present in Europe. Students, teachers and civil society of four European countries have been involved in a reflection on the common values shared by different systems of thought through the reading of five comics realised by African artists.
(www.valeurscommunes.org)

Glocal Youth is a project of media education and interculture, co-financed by the European Commission within the program e-learning 2003. It is a guide to educate young people to develop critical thinking skills and an aware relation with media. Glocal Youth aims at encouraging boys and girls to reflect upon youth representations conveyed by mass media, starting from an international research on media production for young people (press, radio, music, television, cinema, internet) in World Northern and Southern regions.
(www.glocalyouth.net)

Lai-momo staff was available to explain these projects and its activities at its own stand within the exhibition space.