Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures, regarding the launching of a Financial Support Mechanism for ALF Network Exchange

The ALF Secretariat has the pleasure to announce the launching of a Financial Support Mechanism for ALF Network Exchange, following your valuable
comments and suggestions on the ALF specific initiative "Believe in Dialogue, Act for Citizenship".

This ALF Network Exchange is based on the increased interest of ALF Networks in connecting with the civil society that played an important role in the
recent popular uprisings in the South, and in particular in Tunisia and Egypt, engaging in dialogue and exchange with Arab organizations and
movements, particularly from Tunisia and Egypt.

The participating Beneficiaries can be individuals coming from organisations of the following Southern countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan,
Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. Priority will be given to participants from Tunisia and Egypt. Participating
beneficiaries from European countries having experienced democratic transformation / change can also be exceptionally selected.

Hosting institutions must be member organizations of one of the 43 ALF Networks. The participating beneficiary(ies) could be either speakers,
trainers, experts or activists. The beneficiary(ies) shall participate in one of the following activities:
• National Network Meetings
• Network Common Operations and
• Local Actions of National Network Members

Please note that any request for financial support must be submitted at least two weeks before the date of the event, since it will be an open
process, and the requests will be assessed by the ALF Headquarters within a week from the date of submission of the request.

The total financial allocation of the Financial Support Mechanism for ALF Network Mechanism is 25,000 Euro,and the ALF offers up to 1000 Euro per
hosting Network.

Please make sure that your members are well informed about this Financial Support Mechanism; when circulating the information among your members,
please put in copy the ALF focal point for your Network.

Next week, the Foundation will launch the two other major components of the ALF Initiative, i.e.: the Tunis Exchange for citizenship, democracy and
Intercultural dialogue, and the Cairo Regional Training Seminar on intercultural dialogue and social change. Enclosed you will find the Guidelines of the Financial Support Mechanism,
the Request Form and the list of ALF focal points per Network.

Deadlines

Requests can be received until June 30, 2011. Actions must take place before July 31, 2011.