Sharing Knowledge across the Mediterranean, CERN, Geneva, 6-7 May 2004

Back in April 2002, AFAS and the "Club de Marseille" jointly convened "World-Med 2002". That meeting was about sharing knowledge between the North and the South of the Mediterranean. The purpose was to show how concrete projects, born from within the civil society, could advance cooperation between countries belonging to different cultures, thereby providing a much-needed stimulus to the political intergovernmental process. The meeting was attended by 850 people, of which 150 came from North Africa. We were delighted to hear that several important projects were indeed born as a result of contacts initiated among the participants. In order to follow-up on that success, AFAS is convening on 6 and 7 May at CERN, Geneva, a smaller meeting (limited to 100 participants) during which we will revisit some of the topics that appeared as promising during "World-Med 2002". This should be seen as the beginning of a series and we will therefore propose that subsequent meetings deal with those important themes that we will not be able to treat this year.