2017 - PACTO DE CONVIVENCIA

reunión de expertos del G20 “Preventing Radicalization” en Berlín

On 13 and 15 November in Berlin, Pact for Coexistence took part in the G20 experts' meeting. Preventing Radicalization.

This international conference was hosted by the German Ministry for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) as part of Germany's presidency of the G20 during 2017. The event brought together academics and specialists in preventive education against all aspects of radicalisation. The aim was to discuss the challenges of politically or religiously motivated radicalisation, as well as possible solutions.

Press invitation

Tribute to the victims of the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils. First public appearance of the Pact for Coexistence. Saturday 16 September at 11:30. Forest of Remembrance, Retiro Park.

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The Pact for Coexistence Platform pays tribute to the victims of the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks in Madrid

The Plataforma Pacto de Convivencia, made up of representatives of collegiate institutions, universities, religious denominations, NGOs and other civil society groups, will meet on Saturday 16 September to pay tribute to the victims of the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils. The event will take place in the Forest of Remembrance, located in Madrid's Retiro Park, just one day before the one-month anniversary of the attacks in which 16 people lost their lives and more than 100 were injured.

Under the slogan 'With the victims, in defence of peace and coexistence', representatives of all the organisations that make up this platform will read a communiqué and make a symbolic gesture by making a puzzle symbolising peace and coexistence. In addition, a minute's silence will be observed for the victims and their families. The event will end with the performance of the song 'Despertar - Canción de paz' by the composer and singer Noemí García, who, together with a choir, will honour the victims and call for peace in the world.

Programme:

11:30h- Arrival of the representatives of all the entities. Followed by a group photo
11:35h- Presentation and reading of the communiqué
11:40h- Time of silence in remembrance of the victims
11:45h- Tribute gesture: Pact of Coexistence Puzzle
11:50h- Music for Peace "Awakening". Noemí García and choir.
12:00h- Closing of the event

The meeting will be attended by the different entities that make up the pact and their corresponding representatives (in alphabetical order): Archbishopric of Madrid; Madrid Bar Association; Official Association of Psychologists of Madrid; Islamic Commission of Spain; Council of Victims of Hate Crimes and Discrimination; Coordinator of Development Cooperation Organisations; Crue Spanish Universities; Diaconia Spain; Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain; Federation of Evangelical Religious Entities of Spain; Movement against Intolerance; Third Sector Platform.

About the Pact of Coexistence

Pacto de convivencia is a platform made up of representatives of institutions and significant groups from civil society, with an inclusive will, constituted with the aim of reaching a consensus and implementing proposals aimed at strengthening us as a society in the face of the growing radicalisation process. It constitutes an unprecedented meeting space in Spain with the aim of designing joint lines of action in preventive ethics to strengthen us as a civil society in coexistence, peace and reconciliation, and especially in the prevention of violent radicalisation.

For more information:
www.pactodeconvivencia.org
info@pactodeconvivencia.org
Tel. 671205157 (Ana Ruiz, Coordinator of the Pact for Coexistence)
Communication offices of each member institution of the Pact of Coexistence

Documentation

Poster of the call (jpg):

Text of the press release (pdf)
Text of the press release (docx)

The platform Pact of Coexistencemade up of the undersigned civil society organisations and institutions, we wish to express our pain, affection and solidarity to the victims of the terrorist attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, to their families and friends, and to all citizens shocked by these events, which we condemn absolutely and unreservedly. With firm conviction and willingness to work, we reaffirm our civic duty to build coexistence and social cohesion, and our intention to work together to achieve a society that yearns to live together in plurality and with the utmost mutual respect;

We join all those who reject and condemn these terrorist attacks, and we repudiate the religious instrumentalisation by criminal organisations such as DAESH in the service of a fanatical intolerance that only leaves in its wake the pain and suffering of thousands of innocent people around the world.

We also denounce and condemn the Islamophobic reactions, the attacks on mosques and Muslim centres, and the acts of incitement to hatred in all its forms generated in recent days in Spain. In the face of hate speech and hate crimes we call for the intervention of the authorities of our country. We also express our solidarity with the victims.

We ask the institutions and citizens to show the greatest solidarity with the victims of terrorism and to make a common effort to eradicate these organisations of criminal fundamentalism. We also urge the maximum active commitment in defence of human dignity, human rights and democratic values for the construction of tolerant, welcoming and inclusive societies. To this end, we call today for the active prevention of violent radicalisation and, in particular, the protection of minors from such radicalisation.

The entities subscribing to this Pact of Coexistence express their intention to develop all kinds of initiatives within their reach, including calls for citizen mobilisation which, within the framework of their objectives of prevention and intervention against radicalisation towards violent extremism, contribute to the promotion of coexistence in a democratic, peaceful, free and egalitarian society.

Signatories

In alphabetical order: