“Unity in Diversity”Rome, Italy4–6 November 2006

Mondialogo

School Contestin support of Intercultural Dialogue

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CONTENTS

Foreword by Dieter Zetsche and Koïchiro Matsuura

Why the Mondialogo School Contest is important

Leading up to the Second Mondialogo International Symposium

Symposium Highlights and Outcomes

Mondialogo School Contest: Students’ Appeal for a Better Future

and Beyond…

Annexes

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Dieter Zetsche Koïchiro Matsuura

n October 2003 our two organizations,

DaimlerChrysler and UNESCO, initiated the

Mondialogo partnership to promote intercul-

tural dialogue and exchange among young people.

The Mondialogo School Contest is a pillar of this

public-private initiative and the largest internatio-

nal endeavour of its kind. To date, it has engaged

more than 60,000 students around the world in

practical intercultural dialogue projects.

Mondialogo promotes dialogue in the service of

peace. This effort is at the core of UNESCO’s mis-

sion and DaimlerChrysler’s commitment to social

responsibility and to giving globalization a human

face. Mondialogo creates a dynamic context for

students, encouraging them to learn to live to-

gether through intercultural dialogue and promo-

ting access to quality education for all. These are

prerequisites for a peaceful future.

When we met in Paris last year, we both agreed

that investing in this worthwhile endeavour is more

important now than ever. Today’s young people

are tomorrow’s stakeholders and decision makers.

They deserve all of the support and opportunities

we can provide to enable them to take the lead

in building strong new bonds of friendship and

solidarity that transcend borders and continents.

We need to help foster their learning capacity and

their vision for a better world.

The winning teams of students from Indonesia and

Italy, who created a school for street children in

Jakarta, Indonesia, are just one example of a suc-

cessful Mondialogo Project. In this Report, which

presents the highlights of the Mondialogo Inter-

national Symposium (Rome, November 2006) and

the culmination of the second round of the Con-

test, you will fi nd many more.

The Mondialogo School Contest has a posi-

tive, even formative impact on the thousands of

students and teachers who participate. We are

convinced that the third round of the Contest

(2007/2008) will increase its outreach, build new

cross-cultural bridges and mobilize even more

students to engage in this international forum de-

signed to promote “unity in diversity”.

Dieter ZetscheChairman of the Board

of Management of

DaimlerChrysler AG

Koïchiro MatsuuraDirector-General

of UNESCO

Foreword

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ver since the dawn of humanity the

world has witnessed confl icts of civiliza-

tions. Examples are endless – empires

stri ving to conquer one another, the diminuation

and often disappearance of indigenous peoples,

wars and agression as well as rampant discrimi-

nation and prejudice within societies as well as

within and between countries and regions.

Urgent need for intercultural dialogue

The emergence of the United Nations system in

1945 gave the peoples of the world new hopes

and new expectations.

“Ignorance of each other’s ways and lives has been a common cause, throughout the history of mankind…and has all too often broken into war…the wide diffusion of culture and the education of humanity for justice and liberty and peace are indispensable to the dignity of man and constitute a sacred duty which all the nations must fulfi l in a spirit of mutual assistance and concern…”

Preamble, UNESCO Constitution

Why the Mondialogo School

Having learned so much from the past

and with the constant advancement of

knowledge, science and technology the world

was hopeful that the new millennium could be

spared the plague of confl icts and violence. In

December 2000 some 200 Heads of State gath-

ered at the United Nations Headquarters in New

York City to adopt the Millennium Development

Goals (including education for all) and to herald

in a new Century of well-being and solidarity. The

following year 2001 was even declared by the UN

General Assembly as the United Nations Year of

Dialogue among Civilizations. However, that same

year, the anticipated dialogue was replaced with

an unprecedented clash of cultures.

A partnership initiated by DaimlerChrysler and UNESCO

Shortly afterwards, one of the world’s largest

corporations, DaimlerChrysler (Stuttgart, Ger-

many), in co-operation with the United Nations

Educational, Scientifi c and Cultural Organization

(UNESCO), decided to mobilize youth and explore

the effective use of information communication

technologies (ICTs) for the promotion of intercul-

tural dialogue. UNESCO was the logical choice

for such a partnership in view of it’s experience,

expertise and capacity to involve young

people in the much needed area

of learning to live together,

particularly through its As-

sociated Schools Network

(ASPnet) and in its quest

for quality education for

the 21st century.

21st Century and the aspiration

of lasting peaceEE

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Hans d’O

rville, Director, Bureau of Strategic Planning, UNESCO

Astrid Pietig, Head of Corporate Sponsorsh

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Mondialogo: a new educational approachfor a better

world

The two Organizations pro-

ceeded to sign a partnership (in

2003) in favour of Mondialogo, a new

initiative consisting of three main components:

the Mondialogo School Contest (for students aged

between 14 and 18 years old), the Engineering

Award (for young university students in the fi eld

of engineering and development) and the Mondia-

logo Web Portal to facilitate the two contests to be

implemented mainly through the use of ICTs. Rep-

resenting DaimlerChrysler, Ms Astrid Pietig, Head

of Corporate Sponsorship has played a key role in

ensuring a fi rm foundation for this high perform-

ing partnership which has been granted several

distinguished international awards (see Annex III)

in the fi eld of corporate sponsorship for social re-

sponsibility.

Mr Hans d’Orville, Director, Bureau of

Strategic Planning, spear-

headed this bold initiative

on behalf of UNESCO.

From the outset, Mr

d’Orville insisted on

a partnership that

would focus on the

capacity building

of young people to

become the prime

actors of intercultural

dialogue and on the im-

provement of the role of edu-

cation in this fi eld – so vital for the

future of humanity.

First round of the Mondialogo School Contest 2003/2004 bears precious fruit

In 2003, some 1,500 teams in 126 countries reg-

istered and conducted a wide range of innovative

projects in favor of intercultural dialogue. Repre-

sentatives from the 50 fi nalist teams were invited

to attend the fi rst Mondialogo School Contest In-

ternational Symposium held in Barcelona, Spain in

September 2004 where the winners of the Con-

test were announced.

The winning projects not only showed enormous

creativity but also represented true intercultural

bonding e.g. Azerbaijan and Nigeria won fi rst

place for their innovative game fostering intercul-

tural learning, followed by partnered schools from

Germany and Kuwait who adapted a chapter of

Shakespeare’s play: “The Tempest”, to refl ect con-

temporary life in both countries. The third prize

went to a school partnership involving Fiji and the

Czech Republic whereby the students conducted

a survey comparing lifestyles in the two countries.

The Mondialogo International Jury also awarded

a Special Prize to partner teams from Ghana and

Mexico who composed a song about the deadly

disease of HIV/AIDS and the beauty of life.

In the light of the quality of the intercultural dia-

logues conducted and the impact made on both

students and teachers, Mr W. Frank Foun-

tain, Senior Vice President – Exter-

nal Affairs and Public Policy (Au-

burn Hills), DaimlerChrysler

Corporation, Detroit, USA,

annouced in Barcelona

that a second round

of the Contest would

be launched.

“Cambodia is a very poor country and we did not have computers and email which were the obstacles we encoun-tered. But our partner school helped us with supplies and resources and we have now solved our problems.”

Sam Sokha, Teacher, Cambodia, Barcelona, 2004

Contest is important

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Mondialogo project: an interactive game on the conservation of water produced by s

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Iran

Leading up to theSecond Mondialogo

“Our school will never again be the same. I am defi nitely incorporating Mondialogo in our curricula.”

Ms Iolanda Krusnauskas, Teacher, Brazil

The second round

of the Mondialogo

School Contest (2005/2006)

involved the registration of many

more teams (2,600), composed of

some 35,000 students. Projects focussed

on a broad spectrum of challenges facing

us today ranging from identity to globalization ,

from sustainable development to children’s

rights , and from peace to the conservation of

water and resources.

Constant dialogue– day & night

After several months of intensive exchanges, often

communicating in the middle of the night due to

different time zones, during weekends and vaca-

tions, using their imagination and many talents,

students completed their projects and submitted

their intercultural dialogue joint project reports to

UNESCO along with all tangible results.

Evidence of intensive intercultural partnerships

Soon huge boxes started to arrive at UNESCO

Headquarters containing many unique items pro-

duced by students such as samples of cultural

monuments, paintings, collages, posters, originally

designed games (comprised of game boards, play-

ing cards, etc.). In other cases, small envelopes

but fi lled with massive material on DVDs and

CD-ROMS presenting video clips, photographs,

dramatic perfor mances, etc., were also sent.

ow to make a life-long impact on young

people in just three days? How to forge

deep bonds of friendship between

young people and teachers coming from many

different countries and continents around the

world ? How to create a climate of mutual trust

and respect in such a short time? Maybe some

people think that it is impossible. Yet the Inter-

national Symposium of the Mondialogo School

Contest in support of intercultural dialogue did

just that, and for the second time.

Hence, we are anxious to report to you on some

of the main ingredients used to enhance the

conduct of the Mondialogo Symposium and to

present its highlights, impact and outcomes. It is

often said that images are stronger than words

and a special effort has therefore been made to

illustrate, through photographs, the multiple fa-

cets of this unique event, which brought together

high school students and teachers from all parts

of the world.

Elizabeth KhawajkieMondialogo Global Consultant

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f Iceland, the fi rst European lady elected as President

Lourdes Arizpe (Mexico) – President of the International Socia

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and President of the 59th session of the UN General Ass

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Jean Ping (Gabon) – Minister of Foreign Affairs

Mounir Bouchenaki (Algeria) – Director-Gen

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for the Study of the Preservation and Restora

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of C

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Countess Setsuko Klossowska de Rola (Japan

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Peace,

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International Symposium

The Jury Members

International Jury makes selection of outstanding intercultural projects

All contributions received were thoroughly re-

viewed by a pre-selection committee of experts

and the Mondialogo School Contest International

Jury, who met in Paris on 20 September 2006, to

nominate 25 joint projects (involving 50 partnered

teams) and select the three main winners. The

Jury made its selection based on the reports and

concrete results received, the intensity of the dia-

logues pursued, creativity, originality and impact.

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Symposium Highlights

he 50 fi nalist teams, located in all parts

of the world, were immediately informed

of their nominations. The supervising

teacher and one student from each team were

then invited to attend the Second Mondialogo School Contest International Symposium and

the award winning ceremony to be held in Rome,

Italy from 4 to 7 November 2006.

Upon their arrival in Rome (4 November), par-

ticipants were welcomed at the Torre Rosa Hotel

perched high on one of the seven hills of the city.

Getting to know each other

All measures were taken to offer

everyone an unforgettable and memo-

rable week in Rome.

“I hope that the next two days will be among the most special of your entire life times!”

Astrid Pietig, DaimlerChrysler

The second day, 5 November, started

with discovering the many trea-

sures in the historical center

in Rome and tasting some

Italian specialities.

After an inspiring morn-

ing of Italian cultural

emersion, students

were ready to meet with

experts in order to share

their views and experience

on how to engage in mean-

ingful intercultural dialogues.

Panel debate: Intercultural Dialogue and Quality Education

Intercultural dialogue - it sounds easy! But how

does one actually go about achieving it? How do

you establish communication with a team of high

school students in another continent, often in

another language, and decide on a common proj-

ect of interest to both partners? Is it worthwhile?

Does it make the curriculum more relevant? Does

it improve the learning process? What are some

of the obstacles that one encounters?

These questions all relate to the four pillars of

learning for the 21st Century and were the topic

of a panel debate between young people, experts

and teachers. Let’s take a closer look.

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5 November: the panel debate

and Outcomes

Education provided today has to become more

pertinent. Today’s young people will soon become

the decision makers of tomorrow and hence it is

vital that they are not only well informed about the

current global concerns facing us but they also

require vision and solutions to deal effectively

with them.

Diana (Lebanon) and Marcos (Italy) presented

their joint project which took the form of an in-

teractive game (called Leb-It-Opoly) in order to

sensitize players to the need to achieve the UN

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to

learn more about important people from both of

these countries.

Paolo from the host country and his partner Ru-

ben (Mexico) spoke about their project which fo-

cussed on discrimination and immigration since

they come from countries which have faced and

continue to address this issue. Both teams con-

ducted extensive research tracing emmigration/

immigration patterns in their respective societies,

examined discriminatory practices applied to im-

migrants, compared aspirations and hardships

faced and sought possible solutions.

Students agreed that their Mondialogo projects

helped them to better understand some of the

main issues at stake today i.e. the eradication of

poverty and appropriate legislation concerning

immigration and the elimination of racism and

discrimination.

Pillar number one: Learning to know—about the UN Millennium Development Goals

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Nellie

Lagarde, D

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Gugulethu, student, South

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Pillar number

two: Learning to do—taking preventive

action against HIV-AIDS

In a constantly changing and challenging

world young people need to acquire life skills

and competencies which will help them to sur-

vive and to succeed throughout their life times.

Guguleth from South Africa and Emily from Aus-

tralia presented their joint project which aimed

to increase awareness about one of the world’s

biggest health issues facing us– the proliferation

of HIV-AIDS from which some 8,000 people die

every day. Whereas South Africa is one of the

hardest hit countries in the world with regard to

this epidemic, the young people in Australia knew

relatively little about it. Therefore, the South Afri-

can students conducted research on the causes

and consequences of HIV-AIDS and communi-

cated them to their partner team in Adelaide who

decided to produce a drama performance aimed

at sensitizing their school and community about

this proliferating and deadly disease.

Educator, Ms Nellie Lagarde, Man-ager of Education Programmes,

DaimlerChrysler, Detroit (USA) took note of this worthwile proj-

ect which was conducted in

spite of limited communication

channels since the South Afri-

can school did not have access

to Internet. She reiterated the

importance of drama in educa-

tion as refl ected in this project, not

only to communicate vital messages

but also to propose preventive action and

care for HIV/AIDS victims and orphans.

In reacting to the students’ presentations, peda-

gogue Ms Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta, Director, Division for the Promotion of Basic Education (UNESCO) and former Minister of Education (Gambia) praised the students for their choice

of topics. She underlined that qual-

ity education requires relevance

as well as learning by doing.

Education can no longer

be spoon fed. Ms Ndong-

Jatta concluded that ed-

ucation has to become

a dynamic and interac-

tive process such as

practiced through Mon-

dialogo projects which

enable students to be the

main actors and teachers

the facilitators.

“The MDGs are the ABCs for the 21st Century”.

Georgia El Hachem, science teacher,Beirut, Lebanon

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Florian, student, Germany

Aakash, student, India

Intercultural dialogue is values-oriented and the

proposed Mondialogo learning approach centering

on “I”, “you” and “we” proved to come true. But

how do two teams of high school students from

two different parts of the world actually come to-

gether to become “we”? Following several months

of intensive dialogue Aakash from India and Flori-

an from Germany told the incredible story on how

they were able to actually meet in

Germany and become real

friends.

The Indian students

raised funds for the

trip and they were

accommodated

in German fami-

lies. After one

week of intensive

discussions and

creative workshops

they realized that al-

though they come from

two very different cultures

they have much in common, which

they documented in a Mondialogo Newspaper.

They also produced a joint illustrated cal-

endar, a booklet of stories from both

cultures, posters and a video of

their encounter.

In his remarks Mr Mounir Bouchenaki, Director-General of the Interna-tional Centre for the Study of the Preserva-tion and Restoration of Cultural Property (IC-CROM) and a member of

the Mondialogo International

Jury, underlined the cultural lega-

cies of these two countries and their

multiple contributions to World Heritage.

The students’ exposé showed that by learning

about another culture we can learn much more

about our own civilization. Mounir Bouchenaki ex-

plained that he was concerned that intercultural

dialogue was still not yet suffi ciently incorporated

in school curricula and suggested that the results

of the Mondialogo Contest be presented to policy

makers in support of education reform.

Pillar number three: Learning to be—internalizing and practising mutual respect

Pillar number four: Learning to live together—as achieved by the Mondialogo Engineering Award

Three Mondialogo Engineering Award winners

were invited to the Symposium to share their

projects with the younger students and to recall

the value of engineering studies for development,

dialogue and a decent way of life for all.

Tony Marjoram, senior programme specialist, Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences,

UNESCO, and responsible for the Mondialogo

Engineering Award explained the nature and val-

ues of the awards. Teams of university students of

engineering, in many different countries, register

for the awards.They then select a partner team

and propose a joint project. The projects are de-

velopment-oriented and cover a broad spectrum

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Peter, Fu, Tony Marjoram, Martha

(Mondialogo Enginering Award special guests)

of engineering sci-

ences ranging from the

purifi cation of water to produc-

ing energy generators, from produc-

ing a new nourishing drink to low-cost

land mine detectors. All project proposals

submitted to DaimlerChrysler are reviewed

and a Mondialogo Engineering Award Interna-

tional Jury awards fi nancial grants for the imple-

mentation of 21 of them.

Tony Marjoram called upon 2005 Mondialogo

Engineering Award winners - Peter Ako Larbi

(Ghana), Martha Aguilera (Mexico) and Fu Ying

(China) to speak about their projects which dealt

respectively with environmental protection, mo-

bile platforms for industrial applications and ur-

ban transportation systems. It was obvious from

their presentations that engineering today is much

more than building bridges and dams but plays

a vital role in nearly all aspects of daily life. Fur-

thermore, students of engineering are not only

interested in science and technology but are very

open and interested in other cultures, in dialogue

and in meaningful exchanges. Also engineering is

not reserved for men but more and more women

are also graduating in this fi eld which offers many

employment opportunities.

At the outset of this session Tony Marjoram asked

how many of the young Mondialogo School Con-

test students planned to become engineers and

only two raised their hands. At the close of this

session he inquired if any more were interested

and several more hands went up!

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Former Barcelona Symposium student participant

from the Dominican Republic, Salvador Dipp, was

called upon to present his experience in organiz-

ing a Mondialogo Day and in becoming one of

six Mondialogo Junior Ambassadors during the

UNESCO World Youth Forum, July, 2006 in Stutt-

gart, Germany.

Salvador spoke about how Mondialogo changed

his life and that he was very proud to become one

of the fi rst Mondialogo Junior Ambassadors. His

interpretation of this function is to become a mes-

sanger of Mondialogo and a life-long practitioner

of intercultural dialogue. Salvador suggested a few

key roles to be played by Jr. Ambassadors:

continue to inform your school about the ben-

efi ts of Mondialogo and ensure its participation

in the next round of the Contest;

inform the press, radio, and television about

current Mondialogo initiatives and encourage

other schools to take part in the contest;

stay in contact, mainly through Internet, with the

other Mondialogo Jr. Ambassadors, and form an

active support group which could be available

to assist new teams and projects as well as

form an alumni to pursue the dialogues.

Although he is now a university student, Salvador

explained that he remained in contact with his

former high school and his Mondialogo teacher

and is committed to promoting the third round of

both the Mondialogo School Contest as well as

the second round of the Mondialogo Engineering

Award.

The moderator of the debate was Elizabeth

Khawajkie and the Rapporteurs were Amina

Hamshari (UNESCO) and Valerie Becker

( DaimlerChrysler Detroit).

Outcome

The empowerment of young people is an impor-

tant feature of Mondialogo and the panel debate

provided a unique platform for the the exchange

of experiences and views between experts and

young people. Both the students and the special-

ists learned from each other. The experts con-

fi rmed the value of the intercultural dialogues

conducted and the need to bring them to the at-

tention of decision makers in order to contribute

to improving the quality of education. The new re-

lationships forged between learners and teachers

also showed another valuable dimension of the

Mondialogo projects.

“Actually, Mondialogo is the best thing that has happened to me. I’ve gained lots of useful experience during the symposium and this is why I’am really interested in being a Junior Ambassador and later work in UNESCO.”

Anita Kousari, student, IranMondialogo Days and Mondialogo Junior Ambassadors

“The Symposium from Rome showed me that in a globalised world, that is in a permanently identity reconstruction, the multicultural diversity can be a way for fi nding stability. The Symposium has given me the opportunity to make new friends, to learn things that probably I would have never found in books and, why not, to rediscover myself.”

Aniela–Elena Gheorghe, student, Romania

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Dinner at theTaverna di Mercanti

to savour Italian food

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Culture of Clothing Fashion Show

The next morning (6 November)

it was not easy to recognize the

students as they had eagerly

replied to the invitation to take

part in the Mondialogo Culture

of Clothing Fashion Show and

dressed accordingly for the oc-

casion. The main objectives of

this event were to:

refl ect on the need to pre-

serve and promote traditional

clothing

perceive the culture and val-

ues of others through cloth-

ing

become more aware of new

opportunities to promote in-

tercultural dialogue through

the study of clothing (past,

present and future) and its

ramifi cations.

The show was like a journey

around the world which started

in Africa, the cradle of human-

ity and then headed northward

to the Arab States, across the

Altlantic to the Americas, over

to the Pacifi c and Asia and end-

ing up in the vast continent of

Europe.

Haneen(Sudan)

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Alla(Yemen)

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Emily designed her own ceremonial dress for the

future using silk hand dyed with gum tree bark,

dyed wool and twigs.

Timur (Uzbekistan) wore his national clothing

made of cotton and gold threads.

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Outcome

The Culture of Clothing Show was defi nitely one

of the major highlights of the Symposium. It was

a constant parade of colours, specially woven

fabrics and beautifully worn attire. Students and

teachers made enormous efforts to bring with

them all the way to Rome, not only special cloth-

ing but often accessories e.g. sandals, jewelery,

head gear as well as cultural artifacts e.g. musical

instruments, fans and even bread and sweets. To

the sound of music coming from each continent

and often from each country (arranged by Leszek

Bialy, UNESCO), everyone was completely im-

mersed in the wealth and beauty of diversity and

learned a lot about the links between culture and

clothing.

Even the teachers wore their traditional dress.

“The fashion show was very beautiful and I knew and saw a lot of traditional clothes.”

Yasmin Abu Al-Hala, student, Palestine

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“Building bridges between young people” – Exhibition of Mondialogo School Project Results

Another highlight was the inauguration of this

Expo where students presented their intercultural

dialogue joint projects. In addition to displaying

their results under the supervision of Aida Alhab-

shi (UNESCO), participants often gave away gifts

and souvenirs.

The projects were introduced in accordance with

three main topics: Peace, Children’s Rights and Elimination of Discrimination; Education for Sustainable Development; and Identity and Respect for Cultural Diversity. Each section

was introduced and commented on by a facilitator

Amina Hamshari, Stefan Bernhart (DaimlerChrys-

ler) and Elizabeth Khawajkie.

But the real actors, were once again, the students

who presented their results and confi rmed their

commitment to intercultural dialogue.

Outcome

It was obvious from all of the presentations that

Mondialogo does not mean mere lip service but

signifi es real and intensive dialogues, based on

research and creativity, between young people

from different continents. Each project leads to

incredible and tangible results which were not al-

ways so easily achieved. Students did not only re-

fer to their successes but also indicated problems

encountered such as fi nding a common working

language and coping with different school cal-

endars. However, commitment, motivtion and

responsibility overcame the obstacles and the

results spoke for themselves.

Everyone applauded the students’

presentations.

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Creative Workshops for Students

These sessions aimed to enable young people to

develop further their talent and imagination whilst

strengthening their capactiy to explore different

forms of intercultural dialogue. Each workshop was

conducted by a professional resource person.

Calligraphy

Under the expert guidance of world reknown artist

Countess Setsuko Klowosska de Rola, students

were introduced to the intricate Japanese art of

calligraphy by writing the word “Love” in Japanese.

The results were so eloquent that they presented

their work later on to Mr Dieter Zetsche, Chairman

of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler

and to Mr Marcio Barbosa, Deputy Director-Gen-

eral, UNESCO, at the Gala Ceremony.

Music

Music has become a universal language and a

passion shared by many young people around the

world. Nick the Nightfl y, a disc-jockey for Radio

Monte Carlo and a singer/composer led this work-

shop. Students discussed their favorite music and

songs and then selected and rehersed a couple

of them to be sung for everyone’s pleasure at the

Gala Ceremony.

Children’s Rights

Former child soldier (and a girl!) China Keitetsi told students about the horrors of being kid-

napped and forced to become a young soldier and

her ensuing fl ight to freedom. Such is the plight

of thousands of children today. Their most basic

rights - right to family life, to education, and to

security are violated and they face danger and

abuse on a daily basis. Students recommended

The hands-on workshop in the

Ateliers Tirelli, Rome

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that major information campaigns be launched to

increase awareness and measures taken to stop

and prevent the recruitment of children for war-

fare and violence. They hoped that Ms Keitetsi’s

book: “Fighting for my life” will be translated into

more languages and broadly diffused.

Symposium Internet Coverage

In order to share this very special week in Rome

with their other team members and peers in all

parts of the world, students were invited to be-

come reporters and photographers. Under the

guidance of the Mondialogo Web Master Roland

Grossmann, all the visitors of the Mondialogo Web

portal (www.mondialogo.org) could feel that they

were part of this unique event.

Culture of Clothing

A workshop was held to design a special Mondia-

logo piece of clothing. It took place at the Tirelli

Ateliers, the famous theatre and fi lm costume de-

signers.

Workshop for Teachers

Whilst the students were busy creating, the teach-

ers were in lively discussions about the value and

future of the Mondialogo School Contest. Tea chers

felt that Mondialogo has made a strong impact

on all those concerned, from students to school

offi cials, from parents to community members.

Thanks to their involvement in Mondialogo, teach-

ers claimed that students are: becoming global

citizens and developing essential life skills in such

vital areas as research, problem-solving, decision

making, time management, ability to communi-

cate in various languages and using effectively

information communication technologies.

Outcome

Young people have so

much talent. Yet if they are

not given the opportunity

to discover it they might not

ever be aware of all of their ap-

titudes. The workshops were hence

designed to enable students to explore

and reinforce their creative talents and to refl ect

upon issues of major concern. The fact that most

of the results were presented at the Gala ceremo-

ny speak for themselves - their outputs were im-

pressive! As for the Workshop for Teachers it gave

them a forum to exchange their ideas on how best

to develop intercultural dialogues. Each one had

so much to say and to offer. Their session resulted

in constructive proposals for the third round of the

Mondialogo School Contest including an extra day

at the next International Symposium in order to

have more time for discussions !

After another intensive day of sharing and ex-

changing, everyone got ready for a very exciting

evening and headed for the Spazio Etoile to attend

the Mondialogo School Contest Gala Award Cer-

emony and dinner.

“Everything was perfect in the Symposium. But for me, the best part was to get together with people from different countries, cultures and religions. We could talk to each other as if we had known each other for years. So it was unforgettable.”

Kamil Koc, Teacher, Turkey

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Andrea Feuer, Dieter Zetsche and Salvador Dipp

Marcio Barbosa, Deputy Director-General, UNESCO

Mr Dieter Zetsche,

Chairman of the Board of Management

of DaimlerChrysler makes his fi rst Mondialogo

appearance

In addressing students and teachers, Mr. Dieter

Zetsche declared that: “Like DaimlerChrysler’s

partnership with UNESCO, all of your partnerships

are unique and therefore rich with the potential

for new synergies. I see growing relationships

here not just between traditional allies, but also

between countries with strained diplomatic rela-

tions... between emerging economies

and countries in political and

fi nancial crisis. Your partner-

ships show that young

people can overcome

what seem to be in-

tractable conflicts

with optimism and

innovation.”

Mr Marcio Babosa, Deputy Director-General, UNESCO, was then invited to

take the fl oor and he

stated that: “This eve-

ning, you, the young people,

will become Mondialogo Junior

Ambassadors and we hope that you

will be in a position to share your experience with

others so that more students can benefi t from

Mondialogo and the next round of the School Con-

test. We need your creativity, your imagination and

your boundless energy to make this world a better

one for all. As for us, we will continue to use our

resources and our networks to make your results

Gala Award Ceremony

Once everyone was seated at tables prepared es-

pecially for them, DJ Nick the Nightfl y welcomed

everyone very warmly to this special event. Nick

introduced the two eminent hosts and co-spon-

sors of Mondialogo – Dieter Zetsche, Chairman

of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler

(Stuttgart, Germany) and Mr Marcio Barbosa, Dep-

uty Director-General, who represented Mr Koïchiro

Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO (Paris,

France).

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better known and to support you in hopefully your

life-long commitment to building bridges of peace

and well being between the peoples of the world

in a spirit of mutual respect and appreciation.”

Announcement of the Mondialogo Winners

Finally, the moment arrived that everyone had

been awaiting—the annoucement of the Mondia-

logo winners who were declared as follows:

1st Place and a cheque for 1,500 Euros: Indone-sia (Djakarta) and Italy (Trento) for their project

“Free School Trento” for creating a school for

impoverished children in Djakarta for which the

Italian students also raised money and which ex-

plains the name of the new institution.

2nd place and a cheque for 1,000 Euros: Turkey

(Bursa) and Japan (Kobe) for their project “Friend-ship beyond the Oceans” which consisted of

designing an interactive educational game on

the type of appropriate action to take in case of

natural desasters e.g. earthquakes (from which

both countries have severely suffered) tornados,

tsunamis, fi res, etc.

3rd place “ex aequo” and a cheque for 500 Eu-

ros: Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)

and Poland (Inowroclaw) for their project “Being a child“ which involved considerable research on

key problems faced by children in their everyday

life in both countries and which resulted in a well

documented and illustrated magazine refl ecting

the plight of children today particularly in the

Democratic Republic of Congo.

Argentina (Villa Tesei) and Czech Republic (Tre-

bon) for producing a DVD video entitled “Find Me!” showing the daily lives of two girls in each

country which clearly validated the concept of “I”,

“You” and “We” showing that in spite of different

cultures there are many similarities which bond

us together.

Special recognitions

Since all twenty-fi ve joint projects nominated were

of such high quality, the Mondialogo International

Jury who met in Paris in September (2006) de-

cided to designate some additional awards:

Special recognition for Communication

The Islamic Republic of Iran (Teheran) and the

United States of America (Land

O’Lakes, Wisconsin) for their joint

project entitled “Water Con-servation” and their ex-

ceptional tri-dimensional

communication chan-

nels including a speaker

of farsi living in Bolivia

and communicating in-

tensively in spite of very

different time zones.

“This experience was one of a life time, because I realized that it doesn’t matter the color of the skin, the racial or religious differences because teachers from around the world who were at the symposium had something in common: we share the same interest, the same love for our students and the same commitment, to make this a better world. I also realized that you and us together can change the way youngsters see the world and this may help for future world peace.”

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The “Unity in Diversity” award

Special recognition for

creativity

Yemen (Sana’a) and Romania

(Busau), two countries with cultural sites

inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage

List, proposed the creation of “Yero” City (Ye

for Yemen and Ro for Romania) an intercultural

community in which two completely different

cultures live together in peace and they produced

together a large maquette of it.

Special recognition for Education onHIV/AIDS

South Africa (Soweto, Johannesburg) and Aus-tralia (Adelaide) on the other side of the Indian

Ocean conducted their project on “Living with AIDS” (Acquired Immunodefi ciency Syndrome) a

virus very prevalent in South Africa but which the

Australians did not know alot about.

Students become Mondialogo Junior Ambassadors

Each and every student was then presented with

their Mondialogo Junior Ambassador Certifi cate in

recognition for their outstanding intercultural proj-

ects which forged intensive dialogues and deep

bonds of friendship.

Mondialogo Appeal

Having participated in the Mondialogo School

Contest over the past four years and having taken

part in the 2004 Barcelona Symposium, Andrea

(USA), Elize (Australia) and Salvador (Dominican

Republic) were invited to the Rome Symposium

as youth caretakers. Since they had a lot to say

about the Contest, they prepared and presented

an “Appeal” at the close of the Gala ceremony on

behalf of all the students.

“Unity in Diversity”Original Sculpture

The Italian artist, Mr Pasquale Basile, produced a

beautiful bronze sculpture symbolising “unity in

diversity”, an important goal of the Mondialogo

School Contest, which was offered to the winning

teams.

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Mondialogo School Contest:

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e, the Mondialogo Junior Ambassa-

dors from 37 countries around the

world, have met here in Rome in order

to continue our intercultural dialogue. We have be-

come even more determined to expand and keep

alive this spirit of friendship and outreach.

We believe that great changes have occurred in

our world such as: improvements in communica-

tion, globalization and technological innovations.

However, the world is also facing unprecedented

challenges including: the elimination of poverty,

the HIV/AIDS epidemic, environmental degrada-

tion, and the violation of human rights.

We strongly believe that participation in the Mon-

dialogo School Contest is vital in helping to meet

some of the world’s major issues because the key

to surmounting these diffi culties lies in awareness,

communication and education.

The Mondialogo School Contest helps to improve

the quality of education that is so desperately

needed by combining formal learning with learn-

ing by doing and learning to live together.

Not only do we learn about different cultures, but

we also develop key skills that will surely help us

to succeed in the future. We learn to overcome

linguistic, national, social, political, and econom-

ic barriers in order to work together towards the

common goal of peace and well-being for all.

Hence, we appeal to those responsible for educa-

tion and culture in all countries to diffuse informa-

tion on the results achieved through this Contest

and to encourage their high schools to participate

in the third round of the Mondialogo School Con-

test 2007/2008.

We express our appreciation to UNESCO and

DaimlerChrysler for taking the initiative to estab-

lish such wonderful opportunities for motivated

students to communicate globally and to fund this

Symposium, which we believe is a once-in-a-life-

time experience.

Mondialogo has changed our lives! You can count

on us to keep pursuing our mission in support of

intercultural dialogue.

We arrived as partners;we are leaving as young citizens of a global community committed to

peace and solidarity.

We came as guests; we are leavingas friends.

Rome, 6 November 2006.

Students’ Appeal for a Better Future

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he Mondialogo School Contest is shed-

ding valuable light on how students can de-

velop meaningful dialogues and exchanges

with their peers in another corner of the world.

Veni, vidi, vici – I came, I saw, I overcame ! For

many of the students, if not for most of them, trav-

eling to Rome was their fi rst major trip abroad and

they were not sure what to expect. But from the

outset a certain number of ingredients made them

feel at home and at ease—friendly youth care-

takers, a warm and sincere welcome, spacious

accommodations and an exciting and intensive

programme which gave them an opportunity to

appreciate their host country, to really get to meet

and know each other, and to internalize more the

value of intercultural dialogue and exchanges.

Interactions between young people, between

young people and experts, and between young

people, specialists, teachers and eminent hosts

all contributed to a greater awareness and ap-

preciation of the notion of a global community in

which each one is unique, each one equal and

each one is respected. Both students and teach-

ers were convinced that similarities amongst the

peoples of the world outweigh differences, and

that our aim is to achieve ‘unity in diversity’.

As many of them indicated in their evaluation

questionnaires of the encounter, although the In-

ternational Symposium came to an end, it was just

the beginning of many new friendships. Although

students and teachers departed from the cradle

of roman civilization, they pledged their commit-

ment to continue the Mondialogo journey in sup-

port of intercultural dialogue and exchanges. And

as the students stated in their appeal “we came

as guests, we are leaving as friends”.

So what next?

Third Round of the

Mondialogo School Contest 2007/2008

In view of the outstanding results of the

fi rst two rounds of the Mondialogo School

Contest, the fruitful UNESCO/DaimlerChrysler

partnership will be pursued with the conduct of

the third round of the Contest. Registration in the

contest will begin on 21 May 2007 (International

Day for Cultural Diversity) and will close on 1 No-

vember. Registered teams will be matched and in-

formed of their partners by 1 January 2008 and at

which time they will receive the new and revised

Mondialogo SchoolKit to facilitate their participa-

tion in the Contest. Intercultural dialogue projects

will be conducted until 31 May and all Mondia-

logo Project Reports and documented evidence

are to be submitted to UNESCO by that date. The

Mondialogo International Jury will meet in Paris in

July 2008 to select the 50 nominated teams (repe-

senting 25 partnerships) as well as the winners.

One student and one teacher from each of the 50

teams will be invited to attend the Third Mondia-

logo International Symposium in September 2008

somewhere special in the world… and you might

be one of them!

and Beyond…

“My close friend from Oman, Raya, is an African-Arabian Muslim. Both my Hindu religion and my home country, America, tend to be prejudiced against followers of the Muslim faith. However, Raya and I both have the same hopes and dreams and I cannot imagine how anyone could look upon her or her people as any less remarkable than anyone else. Mondialogo showed me how our world should be.”

Kurchi Basu, Student, USA30

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The Mondialogo Team

Ann Belinda Preis Stefan Bernhart Amina Hamshari

Giovanni Palazzo

Elizabeth Khawajkie

and left to right: Salvador Dipp, Andrea Feuer, Elize Adams, Martina Eifert, Jair Torres, Christian Tenkhoff, Inga Bathke, Francisco Cintra.

Michele Baracco Marcos Ormeno Leszek Bialy

Roland Grossman Aida Alhabshi Andre Paris Robin Karakash

Laura Bernhart Wong

Sandra Heimann, China Keitetsi (special guest)and Oliver Michels

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Annexes

Annex I:Programme

Symposium 2006Rome/ Italy, 4 – 7 November — Rome/ Italie, 4 – 7 novembre

Saturday, 4 November — Samedi, 4 novembre

Arrival of Participants — Accueil des participants

All Day Shuttle from airport to Hotel TorreRossa, time to relax and settle in

Journée Navette aéroport – hôtel Torre Rossa,continue installation des participants

10.00 – 17.00 Lunch buffet at the Lounge area in Hotel Torre Rossa

10h00 – 17h00 Buffet au salon Mondialogo de l’hôtel Torre Rossa

19.00 Dinner and offi cial welcoming of participants

“Getting to know each other” thanks to intercultural dialogueDinner at Mondialogo Lounge area in Hotel Torre Rossa

19h00 Dîner et accueil offi ciel des participants« Se rencontrer » grâce au dialogue interculturelDîner au salon Mondialogo de l’hôtel Torre Rossa

Sunday, 5 November — Dimanche, 5 novembre

06.45 – 08.30 Breakfast in the Restaurant Il Borgo at the Hotel Torre Rossa

06h45 – 08h30 Petit déjeuner au restaurant Il Borgo à l’hôtel Torre Rossa

09.00 – 15.00 Sightseeing Tour in Rome incl. lunch09h00 – 15h00 Visite guidée de Rome et déjeuner16.00 – 18.30 Plenary debate16h00 – 18h30 Discussion plénière18.30 – 20.00 Free time18h30 – 20h00 Temps libre20.00 “Italian Night” at the “Taverna di

Mercanti” restaurant20h00 Soirée italienne au restaurant de la

« Taverna di Mercanti »00.00 Departure to Hotel Torre Rossa00h00 Retour à l’hôtel Torre Rossa

Monday, 6 November — Lundi, 6 novembre

06.45 – 09.00 Breakfast in the Restaurant Il Borgo at Hotel Torre Rossa

06h45 – 09h00 Petit déjeuner au Restaurant Il Borgo à l’hôtel Torre Rossa

10.00 – 11.00 Culture of clothing fashion show10h00 – 11h00 Défi le interculturel11.00 – 12.00 Offi cial inauguration of the project

exhibition11h00 – 12h00 Vernissage de l’exposition des projets12.00 – 14.00 Lunch in the Restaurant Il Borgo at the

Hotel Torre Rossa12h00 – 14h00 Déjeuner au Restaurant Il Borgo à l’hôtel

Torre Rossa14.00 – 17.00 Intercultural & creative workshops for

students and teachers14h00 – 17h00 Ateliers interculturels & créatifs pour

élèves et professeurs

17.00 – 18.30 Free time17h00 – 18h30 Temps libre18.30 Departure to « Spazio Etoile » to

celebrate the Award Ceremony18h30 Départ au « Spazio Etoile » pour célébrer

la remise des prix20.30 – 22.00 Gala evening and announcement of

Awards20h30 – 22h00 Soirée de gala et annonce des prix22.00 International buffet followed by an

intercultural party22h00 Buffet international suivi d’une soirée

interculturelle00.00 – 02.00 Shuttle service to hotel Torre Rossa00h00 – 02h00 Navette jusqu’à l’hôtel Torre Rossa

Tuesday, 7 November — Mardi, 7 novembre

6.45 – 10.00 Breakfast (Restaurant Borgo at Hotel Torre Rossa

6h45 – 10h00 Petit déjeuner au Restaurant Borgo à l’hôtel Torre Rossa

Departure of Participants

Départ des participants

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Annex II:List of Participants

Finalists invited to Rome

Country Student Name Teacher Name School name City

Argentina Yanina Etel Puertas Jose Felipe Barrenechea Tecnica no 1 Concepcion

Daiana Perrone Patricia Andrea Moglia Instituto San Jose Hurlingham

Australia Emily Catherine Morris Amanda Elizabeth Palmer Scotch College Adelaide

Bangladesh Lazina Hossain Subrata Kumar Das Bangladesh Rifl es College

Dhaka

Belarus Alena Zaparozats Vladimir Ilyich Kalinin Gymnasium n°4 Smorgon

Brazil Luiza Correa de Medeiros Iolanda Krusnauskas CEI Wellington Sao Paulo

Bulgaria Radoslav Rumenov Naydenov Daniela Delcheva Stefanova 2 Secondary School Acad. Emilian Stanev

Sofi a

China Chen Barbara Meng Yuan Shen Li Beijing 57th high school Beijing

Congo (Democratic Republic of )

Jacques Papy Diabanza Jeanpy Kasonga College Saint Joseph Mondimi

Kinshasa

Cyprus Maria Pavlou Stamati Charoulla Eleftherios Fantis Technical School Nicosia

Czech Republic Radka Vosahlikova Petra Dufkova Gymnzium Na Sadech 308

Trebon

Dominican Republic

Lorelis Tejada Cruz Nancy Altagracia Ramirez de Coradin

Colegio Santa Rosa de Lima

Santo Domingo Este

Fiji Ashnita Ashvini Jai Narayan Penang Sangam High School

Vaileka

Georgia Tamta Sikharudlize Nana Chivchiuri St Ninos 47th Secondary Tbilisi

Germany Florian Benedikt Weitzel Barbara Elisabeth Scheu Koenigin Katharina Stift Stuttgart

Judith Nickel Thomas Günter Foerster Freie Werkschule Meissen

Kilipphausen

Hilaria Renata Hilda Giulia von Saldern

Florentine Irmtraud Baumann Nelson Mandela School Berlin

India Aakash Lamba Simmi Kher Springdales School New Delhi

Indonesia Aaron Pushparatnam Adrian Marcus Thirkell British International School

Tangerang

Iran, Islamic Rep.of

Fatemeh Sheibani Arani Mehrnaz Akbari Roumani Imam Mahdi Highschool Tehran

Anita Kousari Farzaneh Rasi Shahid Mahdavi Educational

Tehran

Italy Costanza Pozzo Fabio Rosa Liceo Classico G. Prati Trento

Valerio Centini Rosanna Cipressi L.s.s. Aristotele Rome

Fulvia Coletta Susan King L.s.s. Aristotele Rome

Japan Miho Toyooka Maria Rosannie Muyuela Sabanal Kobe Municipal Fukiai Senior

Kobe

Korea (Republic of )

Neulsaem Ha Seowon Eom Busan international Metropolitan City

Lebanon Diana William El Chayeb Georgia Michel Nicolas El Hachem

Beirut Evangelical School for Girls and Boys

- Rabiya

Beirut

Mexico Ruben Omar Hernandez Medina

Siladllin Wusterhauss Jaramillo Cbt No. 2 ing. Guillermo Gonza Lez Camarena,

Naucalpan

Julieta Alvarez Manjarrez Lidia Borrayo Cristobal Colon Tepic

Nigeria Tonye Richard Warmate Ebiye- Koripamo Boumogha Albertine

Cita International School, Rumu

Port Harcourt

Mirabel Chimelum Osakwe Gloria Ejiofor Loyola Jesuit College Abuja

Oman Raya Rashid Al Harthy Badria Ali Al-Sibani Dohat Al-adab Secondry Muscat

Palestine Yasmin Ghassan Abu Al-Hla Dalal Zuhair Abd Al Quader Al Adawiya School Tulkarm

Peru Aasith Villavicencio Paz Ana Magdalena Campos Ticona Santa Rosa Pedagogical Public

Cusco

Philippines Anna Karina Lumbad Jardin Ellenor Nobleza Sibal Phillipines Women´s University

Manila

Poland Malgorzata Alina Motlawska Ewa Furman I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace

Inowroclaw

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Country Student Name Teacher Name School name City

Romania Teodora Maria Nuta Magdalena Angela Dujleag Colegiul National Sibiu

Roxana- Adriana Cioltan Felicia Vranau Colegiul National Mihai Emine

Suceava

Irina Constantin Aniela Elena Gheorghe College National B. P. Hasdeus

Buzau

Russian Federation

Valeria Leonidovna Dubinskaya Elena Yuryevna Abakumova Moscow economic school

Moscow

Yulia Alexandrovna Mironenko Elena Nikolaenko Gymnasia n°1 Volzhsky

Senegal El Hadji Abdoul Aziz Dieye Antoine Diatta Groupe CITCS Afrique Dakar

South Africa Gugulethu Kunene Nokulunga Lulama Felicity Thobejane

Lavela Secondary School Johannesburg

Sudan Haneen Amin Hassan Melissa- Elvira Dyer- Causton Khartoum International Community School

Khartoum

Turkey Furkan Cetin Kamil Koc Ozel Nilufer Lisesi Bursa

United States of America

Colin Rhys Hill Ellen Marie Mart Atlanta International school

Atlanta

Kurchi Basu Nancy Louise Schwartz Conserve School Land O’Lakes

Shane Michael Niederriter Sandra Lee Niggel Beattie Technical School Pittsburgh

Uzbekistan Timur Mirzayev Sufi ya Dekhkanova Gimnazia n°1 Zarafshan

Yemen Alla Mohamed Al-Tayeb Essia Dahdouh Yemen Modern School Sana’a

Mondialogo Engineering Award Special Guests

Country Name City

China Fu Ying Wuhan

Ghana Peter Ako Larbi Kumasi

Mexico Martha Aguilera Hernandez Nvo. Laredo

Offi cials:

Jury members Ms Setsuko Klossowska de Rola, UNESCO Artist for Peace

Ms Vigdis Finnbogadottir, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador

Mr Mounir Bouchenaki, Director General of ICCROM

UNESCO Mr Marcio Barbosa, Deputy Director-General

Ms Ann Therese Ndong-Jatta, Director of the Division for the Promotion of Basic Education

Ms Ann Belinda Preis, Bureau of Strategic Planning

DaimlerChrysler Mr Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler AG

Mr Bram Schot, CEO of DaimlerChrysler in Italy

Ms Astrid Pietig, Head of Corporate Sponsorship, DaimlerChrysler AG

Mr Stefan Bernhart, Communications, Corporate Sponsorship, DaimlerChrysler AG

Italian Offi cials Mr Biolato, Secretary General of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO

Mr Jean-Léonard Touadi, Youth Assessor, City of Rome

Mr Dino Trapetti, Director of the Tirelli Ateliers

Mr Basile Pasquale, Italian sculptor

Mr Susanto Sutoyo, Ambassador of Indonesia in Italy and his spouse.

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Annex III:International awards granted to the UNESCO-DaimlerChrysler Mondialogo initiative

5 December 2006 Award “Germany - Land of Ideas”. “Deutschland - Land der Ideen”. For this award Mon-

dialogo was chosen as one of 365 landscapes all over Germany as a project honored for

innovation out of 1.500 applications. The assigned date for project presentation out of

the 365 days is the 1st October 2007.

2 November 2006 “WebAward 2006” for the best Online Community.

20 June 2006 “CSR Award 2006” in the category “Diversity Communications” for outstanding imple-

mentation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

15 December 2005 Award of the initiative “Freiheit und Verantwortung” (“freedom and responsibility”) in the

category big companies Mondialogo was honored for outstanding commitment.

16 September 2005 “Best Global Website Award 2005” by Localisation Research Centre of Limerick Univeristy

in Ireland.

7 September 2005 “Clarion Award 2005” in the category of “strategic communication”. An Award by the

association International Visual Communication Association (IVCA). Mondialogo was

awarded for exemplary communication in the fi eld of social responsibility in worldwide

sustainable development as well as social and cultural integration.

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