December 21, 2011

Verein Kickfair von der UN ausgezeichnet

Der gemeinnützige Verein Kickfair ist in Doha, der Hauptstadt im Emirat Katar, mit dem Intercultural Innovation Award ausgezeichnet worden. Ihn verleihen die Vereinten Nationen und der Autohersteller BMW…

December 19, 2011

KICKFAIR receives BMW Award for Intercultural Innovation

Streetfootballworld network member KICKFAIR has received the BMW Intercultural Innovation Award at the fourth United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Forum in Doha, Qatar. More than 400 proposals from 70 countries were in contention for the award, which honors innovative concepts for intercultural learning…

December 16, 2011

Brazilian NGO awarded in Qatar

Vaga Lume was in fourth place in the UN innovation award for promotion of closer ties between youths in São Paulo and the Amazon. Delivery of the award took place in Doha…

December 14, 2011

DiverseCity onBoard wins second prize from UNAOC’s Intercultural Innovation Awards

DiverseCity onBoard has won the second prize from the Intercultural Innovation Awards at the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Forum in Doha, Qatar, recently. The program, run by Toronto-based Maytree, a not-for-profit foundation was selected from more than 400 proposals submitted from 70 countries…

December 14, 2011

10 initiatives get honours at Doha forum

The BMW Award for Intercultural Innovation was given to 10  initiatives from around the world at the fourth UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum on Monday…

December 13, 2011

Cultural understanding for development explored

With more than 2,500 participants from across the world indulging in various brainstorming sessions on cross-cultural and inter-religious understanding contributing to global sustainable development will come to end at the iconic Qatar National Conference Center in Doha today…

December 13, 2011

The 4th Forum of the UNAOC organized in Doha, ended today with conclusions on dialogue, dignity, democracy and development issues

From December 11-13, 2011, more than 2,500 attendees met in Doha, including Heads of State, Ministers of Foreign Affairs, NGOs, representatives of civil society, young leaders, foundations, media, academia and corporate sector for the 4th Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). The Doha Forum revolved around three key themes…

December 13, 2011

BMW Group y UNAOC premian diez iniciativas de vanguardia

El “BMW Group Award for Intercultural Innovation in support of the Alliance of Civilizations under the auspices of the UN” (The Intercultural Innovation Award) se otorgó a las diez iniciativas de todo el mundo en el cuarto foro de la Alianza de Civilizaciones de la ONU el 12 de diciembre. Jorge Sampaio, alto representante de […]

December 13, 2011

Matt Damon, Wyclef Jean, and the Power of Diversity

I had lunch with the Deputy Chair of TD Bank Group the other day. (Well, me and a hundred others.) Frank McKenna is also chair of OneXOne, a charity working to improve the lives of children around the world. And he tells a great story…

December 12, 2011

寶馬集團和聯合國不同文明聯盟為十個最前沿計划頒獎

舉辦的第四屆聯合國不同文明聯盟論壇 (UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum) 上，來自世界各地的十個項目被授予“由聯合國主辦、寶馬集團 (BMW Group) 與不同文明聯盟合作推出的跨文化創新大獎”。不同文明聯盟高級代表若熱-桑帕約 (Jorge Sampaio) 和寶馬集團企業社會責任負責人 Konstanze Carreras 主持了頒獎活動。聯合國秘書長潘基文也在論壇上對獲獎者表示祝賀。