Cuban National Writers and Artists Union

13. Recognises that grassroots people-to-people dialogue will be an inevitable part of a viable and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians; calls for EU action to strengthen civil society organisations, human rights organisations, peace campaigners, artists, writers, academics and public intellectuals who seek to promote dialogue, cultural exchange, peace building, people-to-people contact and cultural exchange on both sides; calls also for EU ...[+++] action to encourage Israeli-Palestinian intercultural exchange and people-to-people dialogue among young people, including in educational projects, sports and arts initiatives, as well as youth leadership programmes;

Here is the list: the Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec, the Association nationale des éditeurs de livres, the Association des professionnels des arts de la scène du Québec, the Société de gestion collective de l'Union des artistes, the Association québécoise des auteurs dramatiques, the Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec, Copibec, DAMIC, Artisti, the Guilde des musiciens et musiciennes du Québec, the Regroupement des artistes en arts v ...[+++]isuels du Québec, the Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinéma, the Société de développement des périodiques culturels, the Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers in Canada, the Société québécoise des auteurs dramatiques, the Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du Québec, the Union des artistes and the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois.

15. Moreover, calls on the Member States to give particular attention to the recognition at Community level of diplomas and other qualifications issued by all European conservatoires, arts academies and other official schools for the performing arts enabling their holders to work and study in all Member States, in accordance with the Bologna Process; in this connection urges the Member States to promote formal arts studies providing high-quality personal and vocational training not only enabling students to develop their artistic talents but also equipping them with general skills in other professional fields; stresses also the importance of proposing measures at European level to facilitate the recognition in the European ...[+++]Union of diplomas and other qualifications issued by national conservatoires and arts academies in third countries so as to facilitate mobility for artists seeking to enter European Union Member States;

This policy approach did not change after the refusal of Union official aid by the Cuban Head of State (26 July 2003), nor did the Union retaliate against any of the measures imposed on the Community missions which invited dissidents to their National Days.