Andreu Claret was appointed the new Director of the Anna Lindh Foundation by the Board of Governors (the ministries of foreign affairs of the 39 member states).
Andreu was the first head of the Spanish national network of the ALF when he was Director of the IeMED in Barcelona. Most of his career has been in communications and media.
He will take over from the actiing director in June.
Dr Sara Silvestri of City University was appointed to the Advisory Council.
Both the ALF and 1001 sites have been updated and bear new features.
The ALF website
The Foundation’s new website includes recent activities of ALF and of its 37 networks.
The 1001 Actions website
With over 1,500 registered users, representation from 37 countries across the Euro-Med region and exciting new features, 1001actions.org is fast becoming the essential online portal for euromed intercultural dialogue in 2008
The 1001actions.org website has been updated to help 1001 Action Members get more involved in the campaign and to develop their actions with partners, and promote their work to the world.
Here are just a few of the best new features:
*Public Platform*
http://www.1001actions.org/en/action_search
The actions section of the website has been opened to the general public. Each action group has its own unique web address allowing you to post a link to your pages on your own website and e-mails.
*New Interactive Features*
http://www.1001actions.org/en/actions/my
Users can now subscribe, rate and add comments to action groups. If an action group has been added, new documents, links, votes and blogs can be added to the action group page.
*1001 Actions Map*
http://www.1001actions.org/en/actions/map There is a new Actions Map that plots all those actions that have set their locations in one easy to navigate page.
*1001 Actions Downloads*
http://www.1001actions.org/en/downloads
The latest logos, flyers, posters and promotional material can be downloaded.
*1001 Actions Facebook Group*
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11002305058
In addition, the new Facebook group is growing fast (275 users in a couple of weeks). Anyone logged into facebook can join 1001 Actions by following the link above, and invite friends.
