The Anna Lindh Foundation in collaboration with Pedmont Regional Government and Paralleli Euro-Mediterranean Institute is organizing a Euro-Mediterranean Youth Forum in Italy from Tuesday 20th to Sunday 25th of May 2008.

The main objective of the Forum is to raise awareness among youth on the place and importance of water as a limited resource essential for life and for the future of the human settlements and as a central element in the cultural heritage of the Euro-Mediterranean region.

The Forum will gather seventy-four participants, two per each one of the 37 Euro-Mediterranean Partnership member countries, aged between 20 and 35 years and strongly motivated to work on the theme of "water" in an inter-cultural framework. The project is addressed to students, professionals as well as activists of the civil society who are studying or working in the fields indicated below.

The scope of the Forum is focusing on water as a vector for intercultural dialogue, focusing on three specific themes:

Water, Heritage and Intergenerational Dialogue;
Water, Spirituality and Emotion;
Water, Sustainable Development and Civil Society.

For more information please consult www.torinoyouthforum.org