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European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 Monica Urian de Sousa DG EAC, European Commission Rome, 15 January 2008

European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 Monica Urian de Sousa DG EAC, European Commission Rome, 15 January 2008. AGENDA. CONTEXT CHALLENGES OBJECTIVES THE YEAR IN A NUTSHELL APPROACH CIVIL SOCIETY ROLE

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European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 Monica Urian de Sousa DG EAC, European Commission Rome, 15 January 2008

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  1. European Year ofIntercultural Dialogue2008Monica Urian de SousaDG EAC, European CommissionRome, 15 January 2008

  2. AGENDA CONTEXT CHALLENGES OBJECTIVES THE YEAR IN A NUTSHELL APPROACH CIVIL SOCIETY ROLE NATIONAL LEVEL GET INVOLVED

  3. CONTEXT • Europe is more multicultural by the day • Enlargements of the European Union • Greater mobility in the Single Market • Old and new migratory flows • Globalisation • Increased interaction between cultures, languages, religions, ethnicities • UNESCO convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions • EC Communication for a European agenda for culture in a globalising world

  4. CHALLENGES Evolve from a multicultural society towards an intercultural one, where cultural diversity is a source of creativity, innovation, prosperity Respectful exchange between different worldviews, mutual understanding, intercultural competence European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (EYID) 2008

  5. OBJECTIVES • Promote intercultural dialogue as a process of integration in a more complex world • Encourage cultural diversity • Develop a European citizenship open to the world • Make Europe’s voice better heard in the world

  6. THE YEAR IN A NUTSHELL • Open Call for proposals 7 European flagship projects 2,4 M€ • Restricted Call for proposals 1 project per Member State 3 M€ • Information and communication campaign+ studies 4,6 M€ • Spaces of dialogue: learning space, working space, leisure, local level (neighbourhood, city) • Topics: education, arts and heritage, minorities, migration, religion, youth, multilingualism, world of work…

  7. Civil Society EYID2008 Youth features Media Partnership APPROACH

  8. CIVIL SOCIETY ROLE • Call for ideas in 2006  357 replies • Call for proposals  300 projects • Civil Society Platform for intercultural dialogue – « Rainbow Paper » • Website of the Year- Partner section

  9. AT NATIONAL LEVEL • National Coordination Body (NCB) • National Strategy for the Year + national communication campaign • Ambassadors for Intercultural dialogue

  10. GET INVOLVED www.dialogue2008.eu Partner section = network of civil society actors involved in intercultural dialogue where they can: - present their profile and work - contact colleagues involved in intercultural dialogue - share best practices - get Europe-wide visibility for their events, projects and contents - label their activities with the official image of the Year

  11. TO CONCLUDE The success of the Year depends on you! Thank you for your attention! Monica Urian de Sousa Monica.Urian-de-Sousa@ec.europa.eu

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