ECOPEACE Friends of the Earth Middle East, winner of the Euro-Med Award for Dialogue 2010, will be awarded next Friday 3 December during a prestigious Bestowing Ceremony to be held in Brussels.

The ceremony will be attended by André Azoulay, President of the Anna Lindh Foundation, in addition to representatives of the European Commission, European Parliament, International Environmental and Peace Organizations including WWF Europe, Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace International, European Environment Bureau, European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, the coordinators of the 43 Civil Society Networks of the Anna Lindh Foundation and diplomatic figures.

The ceremony will be followed by a debate on the theme “Can Intercultural Dialogue Prepare Social Change to Address the Ecological Challenge” .The debate will be moderated by Olaf Gerlach-Hansen,Director of Culture|Futures (Denmark).

ECOPEACE Friends of the Earth Middle East, is jointly established by environmentalists from Palestine, Jordan and Israel and member of Friends of the Earth International, the largest grassroots environmental organization in the world. FoEME is a civil society organization, conducting trans-boundary research projects and promoting cross border dialogue for ecological sustainability in the region, a fair share of natural resources of the Jordan Valley, and a just peace.

For more information about FoEME, please visit their website www.foeme.org

For more information on the Anna Lindh Foundation's Euromed Award, please visit http://www.euromedalex.org/dialogue-award