From May 19 until May 30 the Latvian Network of ALF is implementing a Common Operation - "Baltic-Mediterranean Spring Festival". In the framework of the festival 21 different event will take place in 7 places in Latvia (Riga, Liepaja, Daugavpils, Valmiera, tukums, Saldus and Aluksne) - EuroMed food cooking classes, dance performances and workshops, language classes, exhibitions, film evenings, concerts, poetry readings, lectures and meetings with interesting people from the region (religious leaders, journalists, artists).

The opening event of the Festival is "EuroMed Breakfast" (May 19), which gathers representatives from embassies, state institutions and civil society to discuss the relevance of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation for Latvia.

The central of event of the Festival is "EuroMed Intercultural evening" (May 26) gathering several hundreds of people in a stylish café in Riga with dancing rooms, exhibition hall, room for screening films and a small stage for performances and carrying out meetings with experts.

Although Latvia is far from the Mediterranean Sea, the main aim of the project is to provide the society with information, raise their awareness and increase understanding about the existing social and cultural diversity of the South and East Mediterranean coast countries as well as to inform about possibilities to cooperate with this region.

Detailed programme enclosed.