A new international prize to strengthen relations between peoples

The Common Memory Centre for Democracy and Peace is creating a new international prize titled "Memory for Democracy and Peace". This award, which will be presented during the fifth International Festival of Cinema and Common Memory (Nador), is honourably chaired by Teresa Fernández de la Vega, former Deputy Prime Minister and spokesperson for the Spanish government, and Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam."The idea of launching this prize came to crown all the stages we have covered in our work on memory, being aware of the importance and utility of this approach to strengthen democracy and peace. Knowing that the consolidation of human values, in their universal dimension, contributes to mitigating the impact of issues related to collective and common memory. And we, as the Common Memory Centre for Democracy and Peace (CMCDP), defend the principle of coexistence between peoples, cultur…