Society
Mediterranean Community
Registration n. 2. 9/10/2014
Mediterranean Community
International Headquarters: Balos beach , Samos, Greece, 83104
Chapter 1: General Provisions
Mission
According to a popular saying "the culture comes from the sea". In antiquity, was the key area of communication, trade and defense of a city. The ships that left the ancient Greek ports transported goods, ideas and the democratic spirit of the colony, across the Mediterranean, from Tanaida (Don river) to Tartessos, outside Gibraltar.
This entire life network is the historical and cultural background of contemporary societies of the Mediterranean coastal cities and, in historical sequence, of the entire western civilization. So, if we are to accept that today’s inhabitants of the Mediterranean are the “continuity” of ancient people, then ancient ports are the basis of the modern society’s culture.
Therefore, the sailor, athletic, archaeological, nutritional, economic, tourist and other cultures are justifiably preserved and remain unchanged to this day.
Nowadays, however, the local culture tends to be eliminated, the sea is destroyed and peace is threatened.
Technological progress and commodity sufficiency cause marine and water pollution, from one hand, and bring local communities to their cultural oblivion, on the other, the latter being turned into a global, technological, and commercial culture.
Pollution and globalized culture interweave through factors such as oil management and thus, foment war conditions.
Therefore, who will deal with the cultural loss, the environmental issues and the peace of the Mediterranean, and how?
With the emergence of ancient ports, the promotion of contemporary city culture and of communal partnerships, cities and states and the study of the contamination factors, we can now vanquish to the deadly problems threatening the physical and social fabric of the culture of the Mediterranean area, as to not bequeath them to the future generations.
Objectives
The objectives of the A.M.S are:
1. Organizing the on line documentation (wiki) of subjects such as History, Culture, Ecology and Peace in the Mediterranean.
2. Creating a consortium (twinning) among institutions and organizations in the towns and ports of the Mediterranean with historical, cultural, environmental and developmental concerns and interests.
3. Motivating each historical town/city to build, organize and use ancient vessels as an essential cultural element of the historicity of that town or city.
4. Writing and publishing of Historical Water Pilots (of the ancient towns and destinations).
5. Networking of educational and research organizations in terms of cooperation for the preservation and the prominence of cultural norms in the Mediterranean.
6. Building an ancient Mediterranean ship with contemporary technological infrastructure.
7. Publishing an electronic newspaper (Newsletter).
8. Establishing an annual conference / convention.
9. Formation of a network of cultural, scientific and social exchange among ancient cities and ports.
10. Establishing cooperative working groups in each Mediterranean country.
11. Supporting of classical sports and athletic activities and events among ports-cities.
12. Motivating the active contribution to adjacent subjects such as electronic games, research projects, summer schools, 3D models of the ancient site, etc.
13. Recognition /documentation of the ancient Mediterranean languages and pilot programme implementation locally.
14. Sailing and motivating Associations to organize Regattas/Races among/all the Ancient Mediterranean Ports.
15. Embedding the Historical Mediterranean Routes in leisure or training and creative activity.
16 Other related activities
Worldwide
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