iyouwe SHARE THE WORLD project and Intercultural Dialogue

The International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation submitted an original project within the framework of the call for proposals launched by the European Commission for the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008. The purpose of this call for proposals was to select seven emblematic projects in Europe, all illustrating the theme of intercultural dialogue.

We were overjoyed to learn that our project, entitled “iyouwe SHARE THE WORLD”, was among the seven projects approved by the DG Culture et Education experts.
work to children from several primary schools in Europe (Hungary, France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Portugal, Germany and Italy) with storytelling artists, assisted by plasticians and/or musicians, in order to recapture a common imaginary world and share it artistically as widely as possible. The unifying theme of the tales is the Cosmogony of the World.  This first stage will be followed by a sharing of experiences, which will take place in Hungary in the form of artists’ residential sessions. Communication-oriented tools will be produced, while the artistic practices developed in the seven participating countries will be disseminated with the support of world-renowned musicians during a multicultural closing event to be held at the Cirque Royal in Brussels on 3 December 2008.