Project Background

The dialogue between European and Arab citizens is a prerequisite for a peaceful multicultural and multi-religious living together. In order to reduce prejudices as early as possible and to promote better understanding, the exchange between young people of European and Arab states is of utmost importance.

The German Commission for UNESCO has launched the project "Euro-Arab Neighbourhood: Students build Bridges" within the scope of the programme "Dialogue with the Islamic World" that was initiated by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. The National Commissions for UNESCO of the European and Arab regions developed this project within the context of their strategy "Learning to live together".

The participants of the workshops 2003

The project started in December 2003: During a workshop in Germany, experts from education ministries, public organisations, publishing houses and schools from Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Qatar, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine established the basis for a vivid and long-lasting school magazine network. The project is open for any other schools and partners from all European and Arab countries.

For more detailed information on the project, please click on Project Targets, Implementation, Results achieved so far and Prospects respectively.

Find more information about the topic Dialogue with the Islamic World (in German) at: www.unesco-heute.de/1003/themen.htm.