Euro-Mediterranean Resources Network

Euro-Mediterranean Resources Network (Euro-Mernet) is a not-for-profit, independent, non-aligned and non-partisan regional organisation, registered as a charity in the UK. We specialise in news and information gathering, strategic research, publishing, broadcasting and training on community media, community arts, cultural heritage, youth empowerment, gender equality, environmental issues and social justice across the Euro-Mediterranean countries since 2001. Euro-Mernet also hosts and coordinates the UK national network of the Council of Europe's youth-led online campaign, No Hate Speech Movement (NHSM). No Hate Speech UK has a dedicated website: www.nohatespeech.uk Our Patrons are: Prof. Noam Chomsky, Julie Christie, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Prof Maria Cristina Ercolessi, Prof. Ivor Gaber, Hala Jaber, Caroline Lucas MP, Gregory Palast, Mark Thomas, John Vidal, and Linda Wilkinson. (In Memoriam: Prof Kevin Boyle, Musa Moris Farhi MBE, Danny Schechter) Our organisation's motto is: "Love, peace and solidarity." LOCAL & UK-WIDE ACTIVITIES: - Advice, Referral, Guidance, Mentoring, Advocacy - Broadcasting, Publishing - Cultural and social projects We focus more in the following areas of work: - Skills training (e.g. community media, community arts, communication & PR) - Organisational development (e.g. support in setting up own community and voluntary group, tactical advice, mentoring) - Cultural development (e.g. cultural & arts projects to increase engagement and solidarity between diverse communities) We provide some training courses directly. But we also collaborate with the learning providers (e.g. local authorities, colleges, universities, private training agencies, freelance specialist trainers) in securing places for the diverse communities. We also have informal learning and awareness-raising initiatives including the following: - Radio Euro-Mernet (since 2010) for highlighting the regional cultural diversity. - Euro-Mernet Film Club (since 2011) for exploring the regional cinema; - Euro-Mernet Poetry Club (since 2016) for exploring the poetry; - Euro-Mernet Cultural Heritage Club (since 2016) for exploring the world history and cultural diversity with particular focus on Euro-Mediterranean region; - Scribe Tribe (since 2018) creative writing course with focus on world literature; - Festivals, fairs & exhibitions on regional heritage, arts, literature and music. INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES: We have been regularly working on news and information gathering, strategic research, publishing, broadcasting and training on community media, community arts, cultural heritage, youth empowerment, gender equality, environmental issues and social justice in over 80 countries in and around the Euro-Mediterranean countries. We also take part in international community initiatives and we work in partnership with national and regional organisations in providing advice, mentoring and training support for community and voluntary groups in the Euro-Mediterranean countries. Our past and present work and future event announcements can be seen on our following social media pages: www.facebook.com/euromernet www.twitter.com/euromernet www.instagram.com/euromernet www.mixcloud.com/radioeuromernet www.youtube.com/euromernet www.bit.ly/1HN7dwj (LinkedIn)