Conferences, Symposia & Workshops

This regional conference, jointly organized by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and UNESCO, takes its departure in the International Ministerial Conference held in New Delhi from 9-10 July 2003 and related Executive Board and General Conference decisions and resolutions, the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference seeks to provide a forum for direct and open dialogue among institutions and individuals dedicated to dialogue among cultures and civilizations to discuss orientations, strategies and measures for political action at different levels and cross-cutting sectors. The relevance for the Asia-Pacific region of UNESCO's intensified dialogue agenda and related new perspectives will be at the core of the event. Participants will be requested to highlight exemplary approaches and innovative strategies for promoting the dialogue among cultures and civilizations, especially those relating to education and culture. Ideas and recommendations for consolidating, advancing and networking the regional joint approaches will also be identified with a view to adopting a final policy-oriented conclusion for future action in this domain.
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This Regional Summit, co-sponsored and co-organized by UNESCO and the Albanian authorities, will focus on the contribution of religion and multi-ethnicity to the dialogue among civilizations and cultures. It will seek to examine and assess how religion and multi-ethnicity can be put constructively to work through dialogue in the areas of UNESCO's expertise - education, culture, the sciences and communication and information - as an important contribution to the stability and progress of the Balkans. Participants expected to attend include: high-levels representatives as well as scholars, experts and members from civil society.
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Held under the joint auspices of the President of Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, the event will specifically focus on the topics of shared values, cultural diversity and heritage, as well as water and sustainable development. Drawing on the regional and interregional specificities and their future potential, while bearing in mind the impact of overall global developments, the High-Level Conference will seek to strengthen and sustain cooperation between Central Asian and neighbouring countries. The overall aim is to open up new avenues for a policy dialogue and draw lessons from past experiences, while pursuing concrete and practical action in various fields addressed by this dialogue.
A number of eminent personalities and experts have been invited, drawing on national and international policy-making and academic and scientific expertise as well as religious and spiritual leaders.
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Organized by the Center for Yemeni Studies and Research In cooperation with The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).  The Colloquium on the Dialogue among Civilizations and Cultures will offer an opportunity to promote the creation of a regional space based on tolerance and dialogue, and it will solicit new recommendations on future pathways to dialogue and understanding at the regional and sub-regional levels. The colloquium will also provide an occasion to evaluate the coherence and complementarities between the regional and sub-regional methods of approach aimed at dialogue among communities, cultures, and civilizations.
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          Under the High Patronage of the President of France, H.E. Mr Jacques Chirac, the Patronage of H.E. Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO and the sponsorship of H.E. Mr. Dominique de Villepin, French Foreign Minister, the Forum Euro Méditerranée Science, développement & paix, organization will hold an international conference entitled "The Clash of Civilizations will not take place.
          This Forum will gather prominent international figures, including political leaders, economists, scientists, sociologists, intellectuals and diplomats from around the globe, who will redefine the foundations of a new constructive dialogue between the peoples of the Mediterranean region.
          Its purpose is to attract the attention of and elicit a response from a broad audience comprising international figures in the scientific community and the worlds of business, culture and politics, scholars, students corporate leaders as well as all others interested in the future of civilizations.
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Organised with the objective of rooting dialogue, in its diverse forms in Africa, the Congress was successful at  raising the awareness of the urgent need to address issues of reconstruction and reconciliation through pro-active attitudes in the handling of potential conflict situations rather than reacting to the as they occur, thereby encouraging sustainable development and mutual respect among the populations.
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UNESCO, in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Gabon, the Francophonie, Omar Bongo University and the International Centre for the Study of Bantu Civilization, organised this International Conference that brought together over 100 political leaders, traditional Chiefs, authors, intellectuals, academics and students from 24 countries including those in Central Africa and the Great Lakes Region, as well as certain others, including France, Canada and Switzerland throughout the 2-day event.
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This international experts' symposium was organised jointly by UNESCO and the Institute of Strategic Innovations. It brought together several participants from throughout the Russian Federation, the international intellectual and decision-making community, and included several high-level guest speakers.
The "culture of innovation" can be described briefly as a series of complex and interrelated economic and governance changes underway in various countries aimed at ensuring systematic and reinforced competitiveness in a global economic environment.
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The conference is held under the auspice of UNESCO and the Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The Conference will focus on peace and stability, democracy and civil society and cultural diversity, and is a welcome opportunity to strengthen and sustain cooperation in South-East Europe. The famous, international Struga Poetry Festival will also be opened by the Director-General of UNESCO on this occasion.
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This International Conference, organized by UNESCO and the United Nations University, will will bring together leading experts on globalization to discuss the challenges we face in making globalization work for the benefit of all humankind. It will take stock of the achievements made in understanding the multiple linkages between the economic and political driving forces of globalization and socio-cultural development. And it will evaluate the effectiveness of political action taken to balance the negative with the positive effects of globalization on people’s lives. This assessment will serve as a basis to identify areas and means for improving the policy response on part of governmental and civil society actors on the international, regional, national and local levels to the challenges of globalization.
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The Conference is conceived to become a major contribution to defining global interaction of the 21^st century through the lenses of intercultural dialogue and mutual interaction between cultures and civilizations. It focuses on issues at the heart of UNESCO‘s mandate: 1) education as an instrument of dialogue; 2) science and technology (incl. IT) as the new frontiers for global unity and connectivity; 3) preservation of cultural diversities and spiritual values in an era of globalization.
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