The following events are of interest to the Alliance as they promote similar goals. Although the Alliance takes note of these activities, representatives of the Alliance are not present at these events.

Youth for the Alliance of Civilizations Youth Camp and Intergenerational High-Level Conference

28 October – 2 November 2007, Baku - Azerbaijan

The Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation (ICYF-DC), an international institution affiliated to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), will be holding a “Youth for the Alliance of Civilizations Youth Camp” and an "Intergenerational High-Level Conference" from 28 October -2 November 2007 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The meetings will be hosted by H.E. Mehriban Aliyeva, First Lady of Azerbaijan, UNESCO and ISESCO Good Will Ambassador. This initiative will train a 45-member group of young leaders from Western, OIC and Asian countries gathered in the “Alliance Youth Camp” in historical, political and socio-cultural aspects of interaction between different civilizations. The Conference will be addressed by President de Sampaio, UN Secretary General's High Representative for the AoC and Her Highness Sheikha Mozah of Qatar, Member of the UN HLG on the AoC. The conference will discuss establishment of international advocates representing leading youth organizations, academic experts and decision makers from the regions mentioned above in support of the UN AoC objectives and will conclude with the adoption of an “Intergenerational Declaration on the Alliance of Civilization”.


The UN World Tourism Organization International Conference on Tourism and Religions
29-31 October, 2007, Córdoba - Spain

A Contribution to the Dialogue among Cultures. For more information please visit the site of the United Nations World Tourism Organization.


World Conference on Dialogue Among Religions and Civilizations: "The contribution of religion and culture to peace, mutual respect and cohabitation"
26 – 28 October 2007, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia

The Conference will be organized by the Ministry of Culture in cooperation with the Commission for Relations with the Religious Communities and Groups, as well as with the religious communities of the Republic of Macedonia. The Conference is being financially supported by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, UNESCO, World Islamic League as well as the World Conference of Religions for Peace as a partner. It will be organized within the UN and UNESCO Decade for Dialogue Among Civilizations and Decade for Culture of Peace.
For more information please visit www.wcdarc-ohrid.org.


Children of Abraham: Trialogue of Civilizations
22-23 October 2007

Conference organized under the auspices of Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Harvard Divinity School. To register for this conference please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .


Global Education and Youth Seminar
30 September - 7 October 2007, Mollina, Spain

The North-South Centre of the Council of Europe is organising, a Global Education and Youth Seminar, in partnership with the European Youth Forum in the framework of its annual University on Youth and Development which will be held in Mollina (Spain) from 30 September-7 October 2007.
The North-South Centre is launching the call for participants to youth leaders and youth workers active in youth organisations from non-European countries, while the European Youth Forum is targeting European participants.
We kindly ask you to disseminate this information to your partners beyond European boundaries who would be interested in attending this seminar.

Presentation
Application form

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United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) 2nd World Congress
28-31 October 2007, Jeju, South Korea
The event will focus on the crucial role local governments can play in the international agenda. For more information, please go to http://uclg2007jeju.org.

The Role of Migrant Women in the Promotion of Multicultural Identities
5-6 September 2007, Rome


Promoting intercultural dialogue: issues and perspectives of the Council of Europe
22-24 June 2007, Council of Europe/North-South Center


Global Forum on Migration and Development
9-11 July 2007, Brussels - Belgium


Derechos Humanos y Alianza de Civilizaciones
9-11 September 2007, Académie de la Latinité, Rio - Brazil


High-level Dialogue on Interfaith and Intercultural Relations
4-5 October 2007, New York

Organized by the office of the President of the UN General Assembly and the Tripartite Forum on Interfaith Cooperation for Peace, New York.


The OSCE Conference on The Challenge of Islamophobia
9-10 October 2007, Córdoba - Spain


The Contribution of Religion and Culture to Peace, Mutual Respect and Cohabitation
28-29 October 2007, Ohrid - Macedonia

World Conference on the dialogue among religions and civilizations.


Mass Media and Shared Security
14-17 November 2007, Necker Island - West Indies


Europe and Migration
November 2007, Paris – France

Second Media Conference organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), WDR Germany, TV France 1 and other EBU Members. EBU, ALF, COPEAM, UNESCO, and ALF will present the winners of the Call for Candidature for the first "Boundless Media Award on Cultural Diversity" for young audio - visual journalists.

RECENT EVENTS

Dialogue of Three Cultures and the European Heritage
Academia Europaea
Toledo, Spain -- 2007

Euro-Med Dialogue and the Alliance of Civilizations
31 May- 2 June 2007, Seville – Spain

Second International Workshop on Dialogue "Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Gulf" organized by Three Cultures Foundation, ALF, Euro Med Non Governmental Platform with the French and Spanish Governments.


Euro-Med Human Rights Education Workshop for Youth NGOs & Teachers
May 2007, Alexandria - Egypt

The ALF National Networks in partnership with the Council of Europe will organize this workshop focused on mutual exchange and regional cooperation among young people in the Euro-Med region in relation to human rights issues.


Waitangi Regional Interfaith Dialogue meeting
29 - 31 May 2007, Waitangi - New Zealand

New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines are co-sponsors of the Asia-Pacific Regional Interfaith Dialogue. This regional process brings together faith and community leaders, experts and other civil society representatives from 15 countries from Southeast Asia and the South Pacific to discuss and promote means of enhancing mutual understanding, tolerance and peaceful co-existence amongst the region’s faiths and communities – and in so doing to address the some of the potential causes of religious conflict and extremism in the region. Previous meetings of the Dialogue were held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in December 2004, and in Cebu, the Philippines, in March 2006.
The Regional Dialogue has a focus on the broad themes of peace, development, security and education, and the Waitangi meeting will aim to develop a plan of action with proposals for practical projects in these areas. The overall emphasis of the Waitangi meeting will be on developing relations – or building bridges – between faith communities.

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High Level Symposium on the Alliance of Civilisations Report
24 May 2004, Auckland - New Zealand

The New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark, with co-sponsorship by the government of Norway, will host a high level symposium in Auckland on 24 May 2007 to discuss the report of the Alliance of Civilisations High Level Group. Prime Minister Clark wishes to ensure that the report receives full consideration including in the Asia-Pacific region. The symposium, which will be by invitation only, will bring together a small group of leaders, community representatives and experts to discuss the implications of the report for the region. Norway’s involvement will bring to the event the benefit of its considerable expertise as a leader in peace and reconciliation processes.

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Fourth Arab Media Forum
April 2007, Beirut- Lebanon

Beirut is to host the fourth Arab Media Forum in April 2007. The forum is said to be a "unique event in the Arab world" and would be attended and encouraged by the majority of private and public media groups in Lebanon in addition to other Non governmental Organizations.


Universities and Alliance of Civilizations
Nobel Day and Global University Network
December 2006


The Arab Footprint by Javier de Salas
Festival of Muslim Cultures
London, UK -- October 2006


Exhibition
Ibn Khaldun. The Mediterranean in the 14th century: Rise and fall of Empires
Seville, Spain -- 19 May-30 September 2006
2006 sees the 6th centenary of the death of Ibn Jaldún. Although unheard of by many, he is a character with great cultural, political and economic relevance. His work is responsible for the bases of modern methodology in fields such as sociology, history and economy. The figure of Ibn Jaldún serves as a pretext for a broad examination of his time, the 14th century.


Memory; Religious Faith; Image and Laughter; Education; Common Values
Mediterranean Cultural Workshop: Intercultural Dialogue
Foreign Affairs Ministry of France
Paris, France -- June 2006


33rd Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers
Press Release
Baku, Azerbaijan –- June 19-21, 2006


The University and Alliance of Civilizations
Conference of Spanish University Rectors (CRUE), United Nations University, International Association of Universities
Consejo Universitario de America Latina
Conferencia de Rectores de las Universidades Espanolas
Madrid, Spain -- June-July 2006


The Arab Presence and Impact in America
"The Arab Footprint"
Festival of Muslim Cultures
New York, NY, USA -- September 2006


Prime Minister of Turkey at Parliament of Council of Europe
Welcome by Mr. Van Der Linden
Welcome of Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey by Mr. Van Der Linden, President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Coucil of Europe
Strasbourg, 28 June 2006


Danish Center for Culture and Development
Moving beyond Stereotypes
A report about stereotypes and mutual prejudices in education and media. Europe and the Middle East
Copenhagen May 2006
In May, 2006, the Danish Centre for Culture and Development, DCCD, held a conference in Copenhagen supported by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The conference dealt with stereotypes and prejudices in education and media, and the participants came from a wide range of countries in the Middle East and Europe. The Danish and the Arab media both use stereotypes to promote an image of the Dane or the Arab / Muslim as better and morally superior. In the Arab media, the West is often synonymous with moral deficiency, cultural incompatibility, political supremacy, and religious animosity towards Islam, whereas in the West, Arab or Muslim societies are often synonymous with moral puritanism, cultural confusion, political instability, and religious fundamentalism.

FUTURE EVENTS

Water and Alliance of Civilizations
Expo Zaragoza 2008

PAST EVENTS

Conference under the high patronage of Mr. Karel De Gucht, Belgium Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chairman in office on the OSCE
Brussels, Belgium
Monday May 29, 2006


Civilizations and World Orders International Symposium
Foundation for Sciences and Arts
Center for Global Studies, Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey -- 12-14 May 2006


Co-Chairs of UN High Level Group for Alliance of Civilizations to speak to OSCE
Vienna, Austria -- 3 May 2006


Building Dialogue: Beyond the Cartoon Crisis
Seminar on Cartoon Crisis
Helsinki, Finnland -- March 2006


Women in the Mediterranean: Working for the Future
Three Cultures - Tres Culturas
Seville, Spain -- 2-3 March 2006


Meeting of Imams and Rabbis
Seville, Spain -- March 2006
UN News Centre Story
Annan urges Imams and Rabbis to spread message of peace


Dialogue Among Cultures and Religions
Atman Encounter 2005
Madrid October 2005
A Dialogue among Cultures and Religions calls for a space for common values and for education to reflect these values. Delegates put the accent more on economic inequality and less on cultural differences. The principle of citizenship as an integrating, non-exclusive concept; the importance of education and of common values within teaching; the emphasis on economic rifts rather than on cultural clashes…all these, and other questions, made up the key areas of debate in the Atman Foundation’s “Dialogue among Cultures and Religions,” held in Madrid on 28 October 2005.


Peace and Tolerance II, Dialogue and Cooperation in Southeast Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
Declaration
Istanbul, Turkey -- 7-9 November 2005

OTHER EVENTS

European Community: The Roma presence in the music of Europe
Information for the National Association of the Roma's (Gypsy) Appearance