Vignettes and Illustrations
on the Fundamental
Rights of the European Union  What
is Manifesta! ?
Manifesta! is a web-site proposing the use of satirical vignettes
and illustrations as a means of communicating and exploring the contents
of the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights. The project
Manifesta!, co-financed by the EU (DG Justice, Freedom and Security),
has been realized by Africa
e Mediterraneo in collaboration with the associations L'Afrique
Dessinée (Paris, France) and Multicultural
Center Prague (Czech Republic); its aim is to promote the awareness
and knowledge of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and
to encourage European citizens to respect these Rights. In order to
do this, European and African cartoonists have been invited to participate
in a great adventure: the representation of the Fundamental Rights
of the European Union through the art of drawing, cartoons and vignettes.
Why
Manifesta! ?
The decades which divide the new generations from the
horror of the last war give them less awareness about the importance of
peace and freedom that the process of European integration has been steadily
guaranteeing its citizens – young people, adults and elderly people – for
more than half a century. That's why we considered it necessary to realize
Manifesta!: to celebrate the route of peace which has been built during
the last 50 years; and to strengthen the awareness of the Charter’s
value as a way of protecting the individual’s rights and as the main
element for the creation of a common land in Europe. Thanks to the enlargement,
12 countries – European in their culture, geography, history and
aspirations - have been brought together.
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