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Favorite website: http://www.crossingborder.org

When it comes to peace, how would you describe yourself?: I am a born activist

What do you believe are the 'burning issues' today?: War, Hunger, Poverty, Education, Our Planet, Violence, Human Rights, Our Shrinking Freedom

What must we overcome to achieve peace?: Fear

More: Fear of losing control by the powerful. The actual or perceived exclusion of the vast majority of the world population from their rightful to equal share in the global space and resources, which in turn makes them unenable to participate in the global process on equal terms. These are among the symptoms of fear, fear especially by the powerful, as the cause for violent conflicts.

Can we change the world?: Definitely

More about me: I am an organisation that was formed in 1999 in order to provide youth, young media people and educatrs with impartial dialogue space and skills training in communication, conflict management and culture, conflict and gender sensitive media skills in order them to actively and positivel participate in the development processes of their societies.

Promise to respect others and refrain from spamming?: Yes

Crossing Borders presentation

Crossing Borders (CB) is a non profit, nongovernmental organisation (NGO) whose mission is to provide impartial dialogue space and enabling skills training for youth, media people and educators to participate actively in the development processes of their societies. The overall goal of Crossing Borders is to increase the possibilities for world peace and international understanding through learning to live together on equal terms.

The visible face of Crossing Borders is the youth magazine written for and by Euromed youth. Crossing Borders started as a project in 1999 in Elsinore, Denmark in support of a aningful dialogue between the conflict parties in the Middle East. In response to increased activities and demands for the CB concept and educational activities, it was decided to transform Crossing Borders from a project into an international non governmental organisation (NGO) with a base in Elsinore, Denmark and activities both within Denmark and abroad. Thus, Crossing Borders was inaugurated at a general assembly meeting on 27 August 2004 of the Danish and Middle East partners.

Crossing Borders’ activities consist mainly of
• The publication and distribution of the bi-monthly magazine, “Crossing Borders” for distribution in high schools, youth clubs, community centres and organisations in the Middle East and abroad.
• Training courses, seminars and workshops in conflict management, journalism/media and intercultural communication skills for EuroMed youth, young journalists and educators
• Development and publication of educational materials for dialogue in schools
• Advocacy and networking with civil society and public institutions

Crossing Borders partners
Crossing Borders is one of the very few dialogue and co-existence organisations that have remained active in facilitating dialogue between Israeli and Palestinian youth in spite of the political deadlock. CB partners are:

• The Israeli Jewish Arab Centre for Peace at Givat Haviva, Israel.
• Peace and Democracy Forum, Palestine, Palestinian
• NGO, MASAR, Jordanian.
• The Organisation for Democracy and Human rights Dialogue (Moltaka), Egypt
• dialogue lab e.V. Germany
• The Finnish Institute in the Middle East, Finland
• The Jerusalem Intercultural Center, Jerusalem

Since it started in 1999, Crossing Borders has received grants from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the EU Partnership for Peace, Anna Lindh Foundation, UNESCO Participation Programme, the EU Youth in Action Programme through the Danish Ministry of Education’s Cirius programme, Politikens Foundation, Hermod Lannungs Foundation, People to People, Norway and Jyllands Postens Foundation.

For further information see www.crossingborder.org