PNAC

Aimed at the promotion and dissemination of the Alliance of Civilizations initiative

1. Establishing a permanent mechanism for the interministerial coordination of  awareness-raising campaigns of a general nature, and creating surveys on the  social perception of the principles that inspire the Alliance of Civilizations and  on the impact of the measures implemented to achieve it. With the aim of  optimizing this objective, educational materials will be created and distributed,  and specific publishing initiatives taken so that the Alliance of Civilizations may  be better known.
2. Promoting research and study projects related to the values of the  Alliance, together with education and awareness-raising initiatives concerning  the Millennium Development Goals, aimed at primary and secondary  schoolchildren.
3. With the aim of boosting cooperation and the coordination of action taken by  civil society in this sphere, and in particular in the fields of awareness-raising,  civic participation and intercultural dialogue, action will be taken to set up a  Network of Organizations for the Promotion of the values and principles that  inspire  the Alliance of Civilizations.
4. Incorporation in the UNESCO/Spain Trust Fund for Development  Cooperation of a multidisciplinary line of credit in the context of the goals of the  Alliance. Promotion and financial support of the UNESCO-approved  International Network on Religions and Mediation.
5. Introducing into training courses for national police forces matters related to  questions concerning cultural diversity, interculturality, tolerance and respect for  human rights. To this purpose, preparing Guidelines on Best Practices and   Recommendations. With the same aim, preparing Codes of Best Practices for  healthcare personnel, for prison workers and for business managers.
6. The promotion and dissemination by Spanish educational institutions abroad  (the Instituto Cervantes, and culture and education sections) of the nature  and goals of the Alliance of Civilizations.
7. The active presence of the Alliance in the activities to be developed both in  Spain and in international fora. 
8. Organizing the 2009 Alliance of Civilizations International Conference:  challenges and opportunities.
9. Inclusion of materials in the study programmes of Information Science  schools to enable greater knowledge of international reality; promotion of  Media Literacy.
10. Preparing a Guide for Treatment in the Media of questions related to the  issues addressed by the Alliance of Civilizations and, jointly with RTVE (the  Spanish public broadcasting corporation), of a plan to disseminate the values of  cultural diversity, tolerance and of peaceful conflict resolution. Extension of the  right of access to RTVE in order to expand the cultural content of programmes  related to diversity.
11. Supporting the production or joint production of films and TV series that  promote the values espoused by the Alliance of Civilizations.