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In the Framework of the Year 2008 of Inter-Cultural Dialogue and as part of the 'Water our Common Future', initiative, the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between cultures, in collaboration with Piedmont Regional Government and Paralleli Euro-Mediterranean Institute are organizing a Euro-Mediterranean Youth Forum in Turin, Italy, from Tuesday the 20th to Sunday the 25th of May 2008.

This project is part of the ALF '1001 Actions for Dialogue' Campaign.

The main objective of the forum is to raise the awareness among youth on the place and importance of water as a common good, a limited resource, essential for life and for the future of the human settlements and as a central element in the cultural heritage of the Euro-Med Region, in order to encourage its preservation and to assure its quality and accessibility and also to encourage exchanges, mutual understanding and knowledge between young people from the Euro-Mediterranean Region.

The Forum will gather 74 participants, 2 per each one of the 37 Euro-Mediterranean Partnership member countries, aged between 20 and 35 years and strongly motivated to work on the theme of 'water' in an intercultural framework.

The selection of the participants will be done by an international jury, which is comprised of five members; one from Paralleili, one from ALF, one expert from Italy, one form an EU county and one from a Mediterranean country.

The project is addressed to students, professionals as well as activists of the civil society who are studying or working in the fields indicated below.

The scope of the Forum is focusing on water as a vector for intercultural dialogue, focusing on three specific themes:

• Water, Heritage and Intergenerational Dialogue;
• Water, Spirituality and Emotion;
• Water, Sustainable Development and Civil Society.