Oceanic basin an active - and growing - oceanic basin include an elevated mid-ocean ridge, flanking abyssal hills leading down to abyssal plains. The elements of an active oceanic basin often include the oceanic trench associated with a subduction zone. The Atlantic ocean and the Arctic ocean are good examples of active, growing oceanic basins, whereas the Mediterranean Sea is shrinking. The Pacific Ocean is also an active, shrinking oceanic basin, even though it has both spreading ridge and oceanic trenches. Perhaps the best example of an inactive oceanic basin is the Gulf of Mexico, which formed in Jurassic times and has
Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje Nansen Dialogue Centre Skopje is an NGO based in Skopje Macedonia which was founded in 2000. It won the 2011 Max van der Stoel Award from the Netherlands and OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Its mission is to support intercultural and interethnic dialogue processes with the aim of contributing to conflict prevention, reconciliation and peace building through program activities, in particular in education. Nansen Dialogue Center Skopje is a local non-governmental and non-profit organization, established in 2000 supported by the Nansen Academy from Lillehammer, Norway. NDC Skopje is part of the Nansen Dialogue Network that