The 12^th meeting of the Spanish network of the Anna Lindh Foundation took place on May 24^th at the Fundación Euroárabe headquarters in Granada. The meeting was attended by around 60 participants.

The meeting was opened by Manuel Pedro Bolívar, deputy secretary of the Fundación Euroárabe, Jerónimo Nieto, president of the board of the Fundación, and Josep Ferré, executive director of the IEMed, who introduced the political agenda of the region and the process of Union for the Mediterranean.

Gianluca Solera, network coordinator at the ALF, made a brief evaluation of the first six years of the Foundation, characterized mainly by the consolidation of its structure, as an intergovernmental organization oriented to civil society and by its programmes (ALF Forum, Intercultural Trends Report, network support programme and calls for proposals). Mr Solera made a brief introduction to the ALF accounts and the prospects for the new phase, which will undoubtedly be characterized by a cut in contributions from Member States. As for the new Foundation strategy for years 2012-2014, he explained the components of a document approved by the Board of Governors in October 2010 which detailed the priority areas, strategic objectives and action instruments. His speech ended with the presentation of the conclusions of the survey carried out by the FAL among all its members at the end of 2010, specifically among the Spanish participants.

The meeting continued with the reading of the conclusions by the discussants of the four working groups of the seminar "Building Bridges of Dialogue on the Strait". The aim was to present to network the discussions held with Moroccan counterparts and to collect contributions from the rest of Spanish participants in order to enrich the conclusions and prepare the final publication of the document. During the debate, which was very participative, members of the Spanish network gave their opinions and ideas for a project - future joint action of both networks for 2012. Some of the most recurrent issues were the need to focus on a young audience, the sustainability of the actions action beyond the calendar year that the ALF subsidizes the visibility and the treatment regarding north-south mobility, citizenship, human rights and ecology.

Pilar Aranda, executive secretary of the Fundación Euroárabe, closed the event thanking the IEMed for choosing Granada as the venue for this 12^th meeting and invited attendees to visit the exhibition "Biodiversity and Oasis", curated by Antonio Ortega and Ana Molina.