December 12, 2011

First “Intercultural Innovation Award” at UN’s 4th Alliance of Civilizations Forum in Doha

The “BMW Group Award for Intercultural Innovation  in cooperation with the Alliance of Civilizations under the auspices of the UN” was bestowed upon ten initiatives from around the world at the fourth UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum on December 12..

December 12, 2011

Palestinian Organization Wins 1st Place in Intercultural Innovation Award

Middle East Justice and Development Initiatives (Mejdi) won the first place in the Intercultural Innovation Award in ceremonies held in the Qatari capital Doha, according to a press release received by WAFA on Monday. Mejdi, a local grassroots Palestinian organization, received the award for a project to promote tourism in Jerusalem as an international cultural […]

December 12, 2011

Le groupe BMW et l’Alliance des civilisations des Nations unies (UNAOC) rendent hommage à dix initiatives révolutionnaires

Le ” Prix du groupe BMW pour l’innovation interculturelle en collaboration avec l’Alliance des civilisations sous les auspices de l’ONU ” a été décerné à dix initiatives du monde entier à l’occasion du quatrième Forum de l’Alliance des civilisations de l’ONU le 12 décembre…

December 12, 2011

First “Intercultural Innovation Award” at 4th Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Doha / BMW Group and UNAOC honor ten cutting-edge initiatives

The “BMW Group Award for Intercultural Innovation in support of the Alliance of Civilizations under the auspices of the UN” (The Intercultural Innovation Award) was bestowed upon ten initiatives from around the world at the fourth UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum on December 12…

November 21, 2011

BMW Has Launched the ‘Award for Intercultural Innovation’

by Anna Sanina The BMW Group signed an agreement with the UN Alliance of Civilization (UNAOC) to explore in a joint initiative, the ‘Award for Intercultural Innovation’. The award represents a new kind of partnership between the private sector and the UN system …  

September 26, 2011

BMW and the UN Spark Intercultural Innovation

by Scott Noppe-Brandon In our 2009 book, Imagination First, Eric Liu and I discuss “challenge awards” as catalysts for imaginative thought and action. We especially like challenges that are open-ended and have broad parameters, that not only call for solutions—as those with a narrow, specific purpose do—but invite people to dream up new goals as […]

September 25, 2011

El papel de la Alianza de Civilizaciones es ahora más importante para la ONU

La ONU reconoció hoy que la iniciativa de la Alianza de Civilizaciones, impulsada por España y Turquía en 2004, juega ahora un papel más importante que nunca en el mundo a la hora de promover el entendimiento entre los pueblos y luchar contra la intolerancia, el extremismo y el fanatismo. "El trabajo de la Alianza de Civilizaciones toca muchas de las amenazas que se encuentran en lo alto del programa de trabajo mundial", aseguró el secretario general de la ONU, Ban Ki-moon...