The Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF) is a 42 countries international organization working from the Mediterranean to promote intercultural and civil society dialogue in the face of growing mistrust and polarisation. The Board of Governors of the ALF is comprised of the Senior Officials and Ambassadors of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) of the 42 countries. The ALF was created on the political initiative of the President of the European Commission Romano Prodi, “to take action to restart dialogue and defuse the risk of a clash of civilisations”. A High Level Advisory Group was formed by Prodi to explore the roots of polarisation between societies, taking into account the impact of conflicts in the Mediterranean and the broader context of economic globalisation, immigration and “identity”. In its Report, that continues to serve as operational blueprint for the Foundation, the High-Level Group stress education, skills and media to renew cultural dialogue, and foresee the c (...)