The Italian Center for Peace in the Middle East is the promoter and the coordinator of the Italian Committee in support of the Geneva Accord. The Committees was created to support and promote the Geneva Accord, which is the unofficial document signed by the Israeli Dr. Yossi Beilin (formerly Deputy Minister of Foerign Affair and Minister of Justice) and the Palestinian Yasser Abed Rabbo (formerly the Palestinian Minister of Communication) and welcomed by the European Union in a statement on December 2nd 2003, and by many illustrious personalities on the international scene, such as Colin Powell and Tony Blair.
On December 5th, 2003 the Geneva Accord was presented to the Municipality of Venice, with the Israeli Dr. Menakem Klein (Senior Researcher, the Jerusalem Institute) and the Palestinian Riad El Malki, (Director of Panorama Center).
On December 18th 2003, the Center inaugurated the Italian Committee in Support of the Geneva Initiative in Rome, at the presence of Rome's Mayor, Walter Veltroni, Dr. Yossi Beilin and Yasser Abed Rabbo. Many private and public institutions adhered to the Committee: Trade Unions, Municipalities, central-left wing parties, the Municipality of Milan, the Municipality of Rome, the Municipality of Venice, Campania Region, Umbria Region, and many other institutions.
On March 8th, 2004, The Milanese Committee in support of the Geneva Accord was inaugurated.
Since its constitution, the Italian Committee has promoted many events in order to increase Italian knowledge of and support for the Geneva Accord.

Events
Meetings during 2005

Naples – January 27th: Meeting organized by the NGO “27 gennaio” ("January 27th") in cooperation with the Naples Municipality. Among those present were: the Mayor of Naples - Rosa Russo Jervolino, Representative of Geneva Initiative - Michal Radoshitzky, coordinator of Desk CIPMO in Rome - Maurizio Debanne.

Rome, Campidoglio – February 8th: the Annual National Meeting of the Italian Committee in Support of the Geneva Accord.

Turin – April 11th: Meeting with the Turin Bishop, Monsignor Lanzetti; Meeting with the Mayor of Turin, Mr. Sergio Chiamparino and with the President of the City Council, Mr. Mauro Marino. Meeting with the President of the Turin Province, Mr. Antonio Saitta, and with the Councillor to International Cooperation Mrs. Aurora Tesio. Seminar at Conference Hall - Gallery of Modern Art, on the issue of “Israeli- Palestinian:  two peoples, two states”

Biella – April 12th: Meeting with students from Biella's high schools. Meeting with representatives of C.O.R.D.A.R. (a company that works in filtering of water, and which takes part in the Project “Ali della Colomba”). Meeting with members of “Tavolo della Pace” ("Peace Table") of Biella Province. Meeting with the Mayor of Biella, Mr. Vittorio Barazzotto, with the President of the Province, Mr. Sergio Scaramal, with members of the City Council and of other Local Authorities.

Alba – April 13th: Meeting with students from Alba's high schools with an introduction given by Prof. Mimmo Candito, correspondent of “La  Stampa”, on the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. In the afternoon, meeting with representatives of cultural and business associations in the Municipality and a guided tour of the city. Meeting with the Mayor of Alba, Mr. Giuseppe Rossetto, and with representatives of Local Authorities. In the evening a dinner and meeting in the Council Hall on the issue of “Israel and Palestine: the possibility of peace among free and independent peoples”.

Pavia – April 18th: Convention on Geneva Accord at the University of Pavia, with Prof. Manuel Hassassian (University of Bethlehem), Prof. Menachem Klein (University of Bar Ilan), Dr. Janiki Cingoli (CIPMO) and Professor Vaggi.

Tour of Italy 2004
In March and April 2004 CIPMO organized a “Tour of Italy for Peace in the Middle East” in order to promote knowledge of and support for the Geneva Accord throughout Italy.
The events were attended by the Director of the Center, Dr. Janiki Cingoli and by representatives of the Palestinian and the Israeli delegations supporting the Accord.
The delegations in the tour included:
•    Israelis: Mr. Daniel Levy, among the drafters of the Geneva Accord and International Crisis Group Analyst, and Mr. Dror Sternshuss, Director of the Campaign for the Geneva Initiative in Israel;
•    Palestinians: Mr. Sama'an Khoury, Member of the Peace and Democracy Forum in Jerusalem, and Mr. Ibrahim Khraishi, General Director of the Palestinian Trade Unions.
The events of the Tour included the following:
March 29th, Naples: The President of the Campania Region, Mr. Bassolino, awarded the Israeli-Palestinian delegation and Mr. Cingoli with the “Campania for Peace 2003” prize. The event was attended by the Councillor Adriana Buffardi, civil and military authorities, members of the Committee for Peace and Human Rights, associations registered in the regional register for the organisations working for Peace and the representatives of the Jewish and Palestinian communities.
March 30th, Rome: The delegations and of Mr. Cingoli took part in the event “For a new global democracy”, which was held on March 30-31, and organised by CGIL (the Trade Unions). The delegations also participated in the conference “Peace is possible: presentation of the Geneva Accord for Peace in the Middle East”, which was organised by The Young Left Wing Party. This Conference also saw the participation of the National President of the Young Left Wing Party, Mr. Stefano Fancelli.
March 31st, Pisa: Attendance of the delegations and of Mr. Cingoli at the conference “The model of the Geneva Accord for Peace”, organised by the DS Federation and at the presence of Gino Nunes, President of Pisa Province and of Paolo Fontanelli, Mayor of Pisa.
April 1st, Genoa: Attendance at the conference Federation “The model of the Geneva Accord for Peace”, organised by DS, with Franco Manzitti, Repubblica journalist, and at the presence of Alessandro Repetto, President of Genoa Province as well as Giuseppe Pericu, Mayor of Genoa. In the evening, participation in the conference “Israeli/Palestinian: the model of the Geneva Peace Accord” at Cinema Moderno, organised by local authorities, at the presence of Giuseppe Ricciardi, president of the Province of La Spezia.
April 2nd, Turin: Conference with Local Authorities.
April 3rd, Turin: Participation of the delegation at a conference during the ACLI National Congress.
April 4th, Perugia: Attendance at the conference organized by Umbrian Local Authorities and Members of World Social Forum at the presence of Moreno Caporalini, Councillor of Foreign Relations for Umbria Region. 
April 5th, Florence: Attendance at the conference organized by Florence Local Authorities at the presence of Mr. Martini, President of Tuscany Region.

2004 meetings
In addition to the "Tour", the following activities were also organized by CIPMO in 2004 as part of the Italian Committee in Support of the Geneva Accord:
Rome, January 31st: Participation in the National Initiative of DS (Left Wing Party), “Europe in the World that is changing”, with the Israeli former Knesset Member Avshalom Vilan, and Palestinian Ambassador Nemer Hammad.
Milan, March 8th: Inauguration of the Milanese Committee in support of the Geneva Accord.
Milan, March 12th: Conference “Israelis/Palestinians. The model of the Geneva peace accord”, with Dr. Ron Pundak, Director of Peres Center for Peace in Tel Aviv, and Mr. Riad El-Malki, Director of Panorama Center in Ramallah.
Rome, July 7th: Meeting of the Italian Committee in Support of Geneva Accord, with Prof. Menachem Klein (Israel) and Dr. Hanna Siniora (Palestine) as representatives of Geneva Initiative.
Genoa, Milan, Venice, September 10-12th: Attendance at Festa dell'Unità 2004, with Israeli Knesset Member Mrs. Colette Avital and Palestinian representative Dr. Hanna Siniora.
Milan, September 20th: Convention, "Peace is possible", promoted by Trade Unions CGIL, CISL and UIL to celebrate the collection of over some 5,000 signatures of Lombardian retired persons in support of the Geneva Initiative . With the participation of: Ali Rashid, Stefano Levi Della Torre, Riccardo Terzi,  Spi-Cgil Lombardia, Giovanni Tevisio,  Secretary General of Uilp-Uil Lombardia, Carlo Borio, General Secretary  Cisl Lombardia.  
Florence, September 27th: The awarding of the first MacBride Peace Prize to the promoters of the Geneva Initiative - Dr. Yossi Beilin, Mr. Yasser Abed Rabbo and Prof. Alexis Keller - in Sala del Gonfalone,  Tuscany Region.        
Trento, October 28th: Meeting titled “Middle East: The rights of the ones and the rights of the others. The right for peace” organized by Centro Evangelico Ecumenico, in cooperation with the Trento Province. With the participation of: Lorenzo Dellai - President of Trento Province, Nemer Hammad -Palestinian Ambassador, Mossi Raz - Israeli Lecturer, Paolo Naso - Director of  the magazine “Confronti” and Dott. Janiki Cingoli.

2003 meetings
Venice, December 5th: Presentation of the Geneva Accord, with Prof. Menachem Klein, Senior Lecturer at Bar Illan University and researcher at the Jerusalem Institute and Mr. Riad El-Malki, Director of Panorama Center in Ramallah.
Rome, December 18th: National presentation of the Italian Committee in Support of the Geneva Accord, at the presence of the Major of Rome - Walter Veltroni, with Dr. Yossi Beilin and Mr. Yasser Abed Rabbo.
Rome, December 18: Meeting between the Italian Committee and Franco Frattini, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Frattini discussed with the Committee representatives the content of the initiative, which he considers as a valid contribution to the engagement of the Quartet (United States of America, Russia, EU, UN) in favour of the re-launching of the Peace Process.

The Modular Project
The Italian Center for Peace in the Middle East, as the promoter of the Italian Committee in Support of the Geneva Initiative has created a modular project that can serve as the basis for activities promoted by organizations supporting the Geneva Initiative. As such, this Modular Project aims to lay the foundations for developing the Supporting Committee’s activities.
The project’s structure includes a general and introductory module, concerning the introduction of the Committee’s general activities, as well as four more detailed thematic modules. The thematic modules include: Local Authorities, Trade Unions and the working sphere, Young Leaders and NGOs, and Schools (including work with School Teachers and School-Twinning).
An introductory module of activities is also included in the project, with a more limited budget, so that this module might be promoted and financed by smaller organisations that are nonetheless interested in involving themselves in favour of the peace in the Middle East and in favour of the Geneva Initiative.
The thematic modules are repeatable and articulated according to areas of interest: Italian interlocutors from specific geographical or thematic areas are selected in order to let them deal with their counterparts in loco.
The activities in the region might be unilateral - only with Israelis or Palestinians- and/or bilateral, when this is possible, and they will be coordinated by our partners in the region.