Winner 2011 Edition:

Development No Borders

Based in Cairo, DNB was established in 2003 to promote cultural understanding, diversity and active youth participation. They work for fighting xenophobia, racism, and discrimination  and promotion of citizenship and youth development. The main scope of DNB work focuses on social, cultural and voluntary activities through non-formal education means. DNB addresses different problems of youth and encourages young people from different cultures to think together about the common challenges and interest of youth in the Euro-Med Region. Inspired by DNB vision, came the idea of Youth Development Centre (YDC) to provide youth with capacity building activities such as cultural salons, hosting international volunteers, organisation of intercultural nights and international youth exchanges. Read more...

Runners Up 2011:

Future Worlds Center

Future Worlds Center has pioneered for at least a decade in the promotion of Structured Democratic Dialogue as a methodology to promote universal values of freedom, democracy, citizenship and democratic participation, as well as a means to capitalizing from the collective wisdom of the relevant stakeholders. Over the years, Future Worlds Center has organized an impressive number of workshops engaging youth, women and migrants from different communities at the local, national or international level. And we provide youth from Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia and Kosovo the possibility to meet in another country. Vacation from War projects aims at strengthening hopes and activities towards peace, going against the collective pessimistic backdrop and mood. Read more...

Vacation From War Project

Founded in 1980, the Committee for Fundamental Rights and Democracy (CFRD) works on a variety of human rights activities within German society, including social rights. In 1994, CFRD launched the international initiative VACATION FROM WAR which offers every year a great number of young adults from Israel and Palestine a forum for a face-to-face dialogue in a neutral environment in Germany. And we provide youth from Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia and Kosovo the possibility to meet in another country. Vacation from War projects aims at strengthening hopes and activities towards peace, going against the collective pessimistic backdrop and mood. Read more...

Dr. Rouba Al-Fattal Eeckelaert

Co-founder and Vice President of the Euro-Arab Forum (www.euroarab-forum.eu), Rouba Al-Fattal Eeckelaert has a PhD in Political Science from the university of Leuven (Belgium) and author of a book entitled European Union Foreign Policy in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (March 2010). Also, the writer of several analyses, Rouba published recently an analysis in the Métropolitain Chaos Theory for Political Order in the Arab World (June 2011). Dr. Al-Fattal Eeckelaert lectured in a number of international events such as the international conference “Women’s Rights and Art: International Women’s Day and the 60 Year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (March 08) with her speech on Women and the non-discrimination principle (case of Saudi Women): Beyond the Veil. Read more...

Bokra for Media Production, Media Studies and Human Rights

Founded in March 2010 by a group of young Egyptians, Bokra for Media Production, Media Studies and Human Rights works in the field of media, human rights and democracy promotion. Bokra seeks to advance the work in the areas of information, civil society development and human rights as well as to contribute effectively to the change in the society using media as a tool for political and social change in Egypt. Read more...