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 NATIONAL LEVEL GET INVOLVED

CONTEXT

Europe is more multicultural by the day

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Enlargements of the European Union

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Greater mobility in the Single Market

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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

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

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

THE YEAR IN A NUTSHELL

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Open Call for proposals

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7 European flagship projects 2,4 M €

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Restricted Call for proposals

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1 project per Member State 3 M €

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Information and communication campaign+ studies 4,6 M €

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Spaces of dialogue: learning space, working space, leisure, local level (neighbourhood, city)

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Topics: education, arts and heritage, minorities, migration, religion, youth, multilingualism, world of work…

APPROACH

Youth features Civil Society EYID 2008 Media Partnership

CIVIL SOCIETY ROLE

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Call for ideas in 2006

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357 replies

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Call for proposals

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300 projects

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Civil Society Platform for intercultural dialogue – « Rainbow Paper »

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Website of the Year- Partner section

AT NATIONAL LEVEL

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National Coordination Body (NCB)

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National Strategy for the Year + national communication campaign

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Ambassadors for Intercultural dialogue

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

TO CONCLUDE

The success of the Year depends on you!

Thank you for your attention!

Monica Urian de Sousa [email protected]