Monday, November 18, 2024 at 11:54
Madrid – The call for applications for the second edition of the Ibn Rochd Prize for Concord has just been launched, at the initiative of the Andalusia-Morocco friendship association “Forum Ibn Rochd”, which is active in promotion of relations between Morocco and Spain and the consolidation of rapprochement between the two neighboring peoples.
The prize aims, according to its initiators, to highlight, encourage and reward the significant contributions of institutional actors or individuals to understanding, mutual knowledge and coexistence, as well as to the promotion of dialogue, the defense of the values of freedom, human rights, peace, justice and environmental protection both in Morocco and in Spain.
It is also about rewarding actions carried out in favor of the defense of women’s rights, tolerance and inclusion in the two countries, carried out by individuals or private or public institutions from Morocco and Spain. .
Applications must be submitted to the Association’s headquarters, by post or electronic mail before January 31, 2025, the association specifies in a press release.
The prize, whose winners will be announced next March, has two categories: The first rewards significant contributions from Spanish institutional actors or individuals, while the second rewards those made by Moroccan institutional actors or individuals.
The Andalusia-Morocco friendship association “Forum Ibn Rochd”, which so far has more than 200 members on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar, sets itself the mission of strengthening mutual knowledge between the two peoples, through various activities.
It also aims to be a vector “to contribute to the improvement of bilateral relations through parallel cultural diplomacy and to create a space for understanding and permanent dialogue”.
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