The objectives of the MdM necessitate:
1. Setting up a “Permanent Consultation Network” for partners in Euromediterranean dialogue, with ITC back-up (using the
Intranet functions of the Portal “Euromedi.net”) and periodic meetings
based on sectors (Topic Forums). The
preparation for these meetings will be dealt with by permanent representatives
of the Partners at the MdM and based on the Action Plans outlined below. These
will converge on the annual “Assise del
Mediterraneo” with the
participation of Government representatives at various institutional levels,
representatives of cultural bodies, captains of industry and leaders of all the
organisms constituting the associative network of the Maison de la
Méditerranée;
2.
Carrying out “Action Plans” tackling the main issues of development in the Mediterranean and
fostering the extension of Euromediterranean markets by means of
partnerships based on the consultation networks outlined above.
The Action Plans are designed to ensure
a high degree of participation in Euromediterranean markets, both in terms
of services (engineering, tourism, training) and of production of goods and the
internationalization of capital.
Action Plans are envisaged in the areas specified above.
The AdM & MdM, through the Action Plans, aims to promote (in both
planning and material terms) numerous Mediterranean
circuits of enhancement in the spheres of: traditional and artisan know-how
(ceramics, jewellery, cloth-making, etc.); quality agriculture (traditional
horticulture, gardening, cooking) and, of course, the cultural heritage
(retrieval of architectural techniques, stonemasonry, restoration, etc.). Each
of these will be accompanied by high level training courses (International
Mediterranean Schools, with training made available in the various places where
the particular asset is to be found), processes of productive/commercial
exploitation (reformulation of processes of transformation, certification of
quality, brand promotion) and processes of touristic-residential upgrading
(with particular reference to youth tourism and culture, rural residences,
minor historical centres, etc.).
Among the circuits of cultural exploitation there is the promotion –
both in terms of occupation and social organization – of women’s competence in
human resources and at the same time empowerment of women’s presence in
decision-making processes.
3. Implementing scientific research and training programmes, designed both to provide scientific and technical back-up for the
“Action Plans” and to create the trans-national human capital required for
Euromediterranean integration. This will pave the way for sweeping processes of
social transfer of knowledge which, in the long term, will ensure a higher
degree of reciprocal knowledge for all peoples in the region. The programme
will be developed in cooperation with University Institutes and high profile
cultural and scientific bodies. It will involve international seminars
involving public and private operators in the various sectors, giving rise in
some cases to “Topical Schools of Mediterranean Interest” in those sectors
which require constant homogeneization and in-service training for operators.
One of these will be a School of Advanced Training for the support and furtherance
of women’s competence in decision-making and social representation processes,
as well as the labour market.
4. Creating a “Multimedia Village”, which by means of multiple
means of communication (Portal
“Euromedi.net”, Multimedia agency for information in the Mediterranean
“Mednetwork”, Virtual Museum of the Mediterranean, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Major Publishing Ventures
of the Mediterranean) sets up a systematic encounter between
Euromediterranean cultures and their diffusion worldwide (exploiting the
technologies of digital convergence). All these facilities will be supplied by
a Multidisciplinary department in
which international workgroups of young people will collect, inventory,
collate, translate and disseminate material concerning the evolution of the
various expressions of Euromediterranean culture in the following spheres:
·
cultural (historical and contemporary productions of literature,
cinema-television, theatre, music, art-monuments, applied crafts),
·
scientific (dissemination of analytic material prepared by the professional teams
working on the Action Plans),
·
institutional (evaluation of crisis scenarios),
·
informative (extension of the offer of information in publications and video, to
increase social awareness of the region).
The multimedia department will be able to call on contributions from the professional and scientific personnel working on the Action Plans and the large quantity of international relations which the permanent representatives and partnership network of the MdM will make constantly available.
Furthermore the MdM will adopt the model of the
“network organisms of economic consultation-cooperation”, matching this with
ITC technologies in order to organize Euromediterranean markets in those areas
of public economy in the hands of local authorities.
By fostering the competence which society attributes to women, training
programmes will be developed to promote horizontal competence and the
activation of cooperative leadership.