Several preparatory meetings, organized in cooperation with the ALF networks in the months prior to the event and involving more than 200 civil society organizations and experts served to identify the priorities and main topics of this first Anna Lindh Forum 2010.

• “Euro-Med Media Task Force” 22 Sept. 2009, Stockholm, Sweden
• "Creativity, Mobility and Dialogue" 1-4 Oct. 2009, Rhodes, Greece
• "Challenges and Solutions for Inter-religious Coexistence in the Euro-Med Region" 26-29 Oct. 2009, Tirana, Albania
• 8th ALF Heads of Network Meeting 7-9 Nov. 2009, Göteborg, Sweden
• “Euro-Med Youth Policies on Intercultural dialogue” 25-28 Jan. 2010, Strasbourg, France
• “Cities, Migrants & Diversity: Valuing Diversity, Understanding Migration” 10-13 Feb. 2010, Munich, Germany