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FRANCAIS – Appel à projet artistique, résidence de création et réalisation: «Art dans la ville et mobilier urbain» – Quartier Yacoub Al Mansour de Rabat

Dans le cadre de son projet « Opération bien vivre ensemble », et dans une logique de réappropriation de l’espace public par les deux communautés marocaine et migrante, la Fondation Orient Occident en partenariat avec la Deutsche Gesellschaft für InternationaleZusammenarbeit (GIZ), lance un appel à projet artistique « Art dans la ville et mobilier urbain ». Cet appel est

February 20, 2018

The GIZ Delegation visits the Fondation Orient-Occident

The Minister for European Affairs of the Land of Bavaria, Mrs Beate Merk, and the delegation of GIZ ( Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH ) visited on the 19th of February 2018 the Fondation Orient-Occident in Rabat. She was driven by the interest regarding assistance provided to migrants and refugees in Morocco, thanks also

February 20, 2018

Launch of the project: “Opération Bien vivre ensemble” – 31st January 2018

The 31st January 2018 at 10 am, The Foundation Orient-Occident presented the project “Opération Bien Vivre Ensemble” during the launching workshop. This project realized by the Fondation Orient-Occident in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, aims to contribute to the integration of migrants in the borough of CYM by raising awareness on the

February 10, 2018

5 Days of meeting and exchange with sub-Saharan minors at the Fondation Orient-Occident

5 Days of exchange through several workshops and ateliers have been organized by American students from the Moroccan Center of Arabic Studies. The project intends to involve students from the school together with sub-saharan minors in several activities in order to create a point of encounter and a dialogue between these diverse cultures. The week

December 30, 2017

Migrants Intercultural Week at the Fondation Orient-Occident (14th-20th December)

In occasion to the International Migrants Day, the Fondation Orient-Occident has orgaized the “Migrants Intercultural Week” at the Center of Rabat. During this week, several workshops and activities are organized: music and theatrical performances, photographic expositions, artistic corporeal exhibitions, cooking workshops and debates. The youngests are also welcome, with activities entirely devoted to the development

December 18, 2017

Fondation Orient-Occident stands for the “16-Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” Campaign

Fondation Orient-Occident participated to the “16-Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” Campaign, through the organization, in partnership with UNHCR, of sensitization workshops against sexual and gender-based violence against women, in various FOO centers, namely Rabat, Casablanca, Oujda, Fez and Tangiers. The workshops have seen the participation of arab-speaking Refugees and Refugees coming from sub-Saharan Africa.

December 18, 2017

Yasmina Filali, President of the Fondation Orient-Occident, panelist at the Opening Plenary of the UNHCR’s 10th High Commissioner’s Dialogue on Protection Challenges (12-13 December 2017)

English – On the 12 of December 2017, at the United Nations Palais in Geneva, Yasmina Filali, President of the Fondation Orient-Occident, addressed the Delegations of the Member States at the inaugural session, with an intervention on the topic: “Morocco can be regarded as an example in terms of integration of refugees”. After recalling the New

December 14, 2017

Refugee children participate to the “Tolerance Ambassadors Forum” organized by the Ministry of Youth & Sport in partnership with UNICEF

Funded by the Embassy of Japan, the “Tolerance Ambassadors Forum”, brought together children and adolescents from various reception centers and structures of support, the youth in difficult situation, or under supervision regime. The event took place at the Al Masbahiyat Sports and Recreation Center in Mohammedia between November the 11th and 18th (2017), days that coincided

December 14, 2017