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Egypt is a member of the ANNA LINDH Foundation, for cultural dialogue between the Euro mediterranean people of the 43 countries that are members of the Foundation.

To the members of the Anna Lindh Foundation Egyptian National Network..

The terrible shock that hit Egypt and all Egyptians as a result of the criminal attack against the Alexandria Al kaddisien Church and against Egypt as a whole should induce us all to stand united against those who want to undermine our national unity and our nation's history characterized by brotherhood, tolerance and love among the Egyptian people.

Although it is important to denounce and condemn this terrorist crime, statements and condemnation alone are not enough as we, active members of the Egyptian civil society have to go beyond, and take action to translate into practice our commitment to the spirit of brotherhood, which supports closer ties and understanding among the Egyptian people. We have together to confront extremism of all kinds and all forms of terrorism, I therefore appeal to the organizations members of the Egyptian national network, each in the field of its activities to undertake whatever actions it seems appropriate and adopt programs to help achieve these goals in a manner consistent with the principles and values of the Anna Lindh Foundation for Dialogue Between cultures and civilizations, and its statement concerning the crime committed in Alexandria on January 1, 2011 (Copy enclosed statement).

I request you to kindly inform us about whatever action you undertook or intend to do so we can compile in a booklet the activities and performances of our organizations in this regard.

I also take this opportunity to express to you my sincere appreciation and congratulations on the occasion of the new year, wishing that 2011 would be a happy new year for you and for our beloved Egypt.

                                                                                                             Ambassador Aly Maher Elsayed
                                                                       Head of the Egyptian National Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation

What is the Anna Lindh Egyptian Network?

The Anna Lindh Foundation, has an important role to play in the context of the Union for the Mediterranean in overcoming misunderstandings and relaunching social and cultural links in the Mediterranean area.

It has the specificity of working through civil society organizations. These organizations who are interested in cooperating with ALF, believe in the values, the aims and principles of the Foundation, gather in national networks.

This national network in Egypt is headed by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina which has entrusted this responsibility to Ambassador Aly Maher El Sayed, an advisor to the Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

This network is a link between the Foundation, and the various Egyptian organizations and strives to facilitate cooperation with the Foundation, as well as other similar organizations both Egyptian and non Egyptian.

Meeting of the members of the Egyptian National ALF Network

On the 12th of April, 42 members of the national network met for a whole day of discussions about the role of the members, their cooperation with the head of network as well as the future plans of the Anna Lindh Foundation.

This meeting was headed by Ambassador Aly Maher as HON and attended by Mr. Gianluca Solera and Rasha Shabaan from the Foundation as well as Mr. Ahmed Farid the coordinator of the national network.
Attached is a report on that meeting in Arabic

To the members of the ANNA Lindh Foundation the Egyptian National Network

consultative committee

Membership application

Attention: Members of the Anna Lindh Egyptian National Network We are honored to welcome the new members to the Anna Lindh Egyptian National Network after they affirmed their commitment to the principles of the Anna Lindh Foundation and their willingness to participate in the National Network activities.

The new members are:

• Euro – Med Young Artists Network
  
• Population Development Service Center
  
• El Hayat Association For Development
  
• El Nahda Association for Cultural and Scientific Renaissance – Jesuit center in Cairo
  
• Abanos Association for Childhood and Motherhood
  
• Al Ettihad Newspaper

Our Report 7 March 2011

Meeting of the Egyptian Network

The Egyptian Head of Network, Ambassador Aly Maher will organize the second Network meeting on Thursday 16 June in Cairo at the Conference Hall of the Egyptian Foreign Affairs Council in Maadi.
The Agenda of this meeting is as follows:

• Reviewing and voting on the amended internal regulations.
  
• Presentation of the activities since the last meeting of 7 March 2011.
  
• Planning future activities in the light of the ALF future strategy.
  
• General presentation of the Internal Regulations of the member organizations and the method of selecting their leadership.
• Any new proposals or opinion aiming at promoting the activities of the network and the cooperation between its members.
  

The meeting will start at 3 p.m. and the address of the council is Tower 2 – Osman Buildings – Kornish El Maadi – Cairo. 

a press release of the HON meeting we had it from  4 to 6 June