The UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group are pooling their expertise in the area of intercultural understanding in a joint initiative, the ‘Award for Intercultural Innovation’. An … [Read more...]
High Representative President Sampaio speaks at 1st International Congress on Ethics and Tourism
UNAOC High Representative President Jorge Sampaio delivered the inaugural speech at the First International Congress on Ethics and Tourism in Madrid, Spain, on September 15, 2011. The First … [Read more...]
Fellowship News: Announcing 24 new fellows for the Fall 2011 UNAOC Fellowship Programme!
This year, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations will hold the 2nd edition of its Fellowship Programme for emerging leaders from the US, Europe and the Arab World. Developed in partnership … [Read more...]
2nd UNAOC SUMMER SCHOOL “Bridging Hearts, Opening Minds and Doing Things Together”
28 August – 3 September 2011 University of Lisbon, Portugal The week-long course will gather close to 100 participants aged between 18 to 35 years old. Geographical, cultural and gender balance was … [Read more...]
100 Questions About Islam
UN Alliance of Civilizations, British Council and top US universities release timely video series Debates on the role xenophobic anti-Muslim rhetoric played in influencing Anders Breivik have … [Read more...]
High Level Meeting on Youth at the United Nations General Assembly
On July 25 and 26, over 500 youth representatives from all over the world came to the General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the occasion of the High Level Meeting for the … [Read more...]
High Representative Sampaio Expresses Condolences to Norwegian PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs
In two separate letters sent to Norway's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs respectively, High Representative Jorge Sampaio expressed condolences for the attacks in Oslo and Utoya on … [Read more...]
UNAOC’s Cairo Dialogues on Democracy
In collaboration with the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, the UN Alliance of Civilizations organized a symposium in Cairo July 27-28 2011 to compare the experience of democracy and … [Read more...]
Second Annual Muslim Jewish Conference held in Kiev, Ukraine
Young Muslims and Jews gathered together for the second annual 'Muslim Jewish Conference' (MJC) 2011, held 3-8 July in Kiev, Ukraine. Students and young professionals from more than 25 countries came … [Read more...]
Clinton, Sampaio address Community of Democracies
NEW YORK - Discussions on the importance of democracy and human rights featured prominently in the 6th Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies, held last week in Vilnius, Lithuania. … [Read more...]
UNESCO and UNAOC signs with 8 universities the creation of UAC-MILID, a global University Network on Media and Information Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue
At the First International Forum on Media and Information Literacy, held at the Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco, (June 15-17), UNESCO and UNAOC lauched UAC-MILID, an important step … [Read more...]
Tunis Forum highlights the role of civil society in current democratic processes
For the first time since the Arab Spring, the Exchange Forum in Tunis, organized from 23rd to the 26th June by the Anna Lindh Foundation, a UNAOC key partner in the Mediterranean, brought together … [Read more...]