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Intercultural Dialogue As a Basis for Peace and Sustainable Development in Europe and Its Neighbouring Regions” “Intercultural dialogue as a basis for peace and sustainable development in Europe and its neighbouring regions” Conference of Ministers responsible for Culture Baku, 2-3 December 2008 Conference reader The opinions expressed in this work are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of the Council of Europe. All requests concerning the reproduction or translation of all or part of the document should be addressed to the Public Information and Publications Division, Directorate of Communication (F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex or [email protected]). All other correspondence concerning this publication should be addressed to the Directorate of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage. © Council of Europe, April 2010 CONTENTS FOREWORD.............................................................................................................................. 7 PROGRAMME............................................................................................................................ 9 REPORT ON THE CONFERENCE.......................................................................................... 13 BACKGROUND INFORMATION.............................................................................................. 27 Background document: Intercultural dialogue as a basis for peace and sustainable development in Europe and its neighbouring regions........................................................... 29 Round table: Common ground for intercultural dialogue ...................................................... 45 Panel 1: Cultural policy, programmes and initiatives for intercultural dialogue: new concepts on the governance of diversity....................................................................... 49 Panel 2: Heritage and intercultural dialogue: from national to universally owned heritage .55 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BAKU CONFERENCE.................................................................... 61 O PENING SPEECHES ................................................................................................................ 63 Mr Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan............................. 65 Rt Hon Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe..................................... 68 Mr Guillermo Corral Van Damme, representing the Spanish Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.................................................... 70 Mr Farid Mukhametshin, Representative of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.................................................................................. 72 Mr Rafael Huseynov, Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.................................................................................................... 74 Mr Mongi Bousnina, Director General of ALECSO ........................................................... 76 Mr Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, Director General of ISESCO........................................... 79 Ms Katérina Stenou, Director of the Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue of UNESCO............................................................................. 81 R OUND TABLE SPEECHES ......................................................................................................... 89 Mr Abulfas Garayev, Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan....... 91 Ms Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Director General of DG IV and Co-ordinator for Intercultural Dialogue of the Council of Europe ........................................................... 93 Mr Marc Scheuer, Director of the Secretariat of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations................................................................................................................... 98 Mr Ertuğrul Gnay, Minister of Culture and Tourism, Turkey......................................... 101 Mr Halvard Ingebrigtsen, State Secretary of Culture, Norway ........................................ 102 Mr Giuseppe Proietti, Secretary General of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities, Italy........................................................................................................... 103 Monsignor Claudio Gugerotti, Apostolic Nuncio in Azerbaijan, Holy See....................... 105 Ms Zoé Kazazaki, Head of the Department of International Relations, Ministry of Culture, Greece.............................................................................................. 107 Mr Kimmo Aulake, Deputy Head of Division, Directorate General for Cultural, Youth and Sports Policy, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland............................. 108 3 Mr Werner Wnendt, Director for Culture and Communication, Federal Foreign Office, Germany.......................................................................................................................... 109 P ANEL 1 SPEECHES ............................................................................................................... 111 Mr Yahya Sergio Yahe Pallavicini, Vice-President of COREIS, Italy.............................. 113 Mr Nebosja Bradic, Minister of Culture, Serbia............................................................... 114 Mr Farouk Hosni, Minister of Culture, Egypt................................................................... 116 Mr Vasyl Vovkun, Minister of Culture and Tourism, Ukraine (given by: Mr Tymofii Kokhan, Deputy Minister of Culture, Ukraine) .............................. 118 Mr Dragan Nedeljkovikj, Deputy Minister of Culture, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”.................................................................................................................. 120 Mr Halvard Ingebrigtsen, State Secretary of Culture, Norway ........................................ 122 Mr Siim Sukles, Secretary General of the Ministry of Culture, Estonia........................... 123 Mr Guillermo Corral Van Damme, representing the Spanish Chair of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe .............................................................................. 124 Mr Elshad Iskandarov, Secretary General, ICYF-DC .................................................... 125 Mr Rustam Ibrahimbekov, Oscar laureate...................................................................... 127 Mr Ahmed Saїd Ould Bah, ISESCO................................................................................ 128 Ms Eleni Nikita, Director of Culture, Department of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus ........................................................................................................ 130 Ms Alina L. Romanowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Professional and Cultural Exchanges in the Department of State, United States............................... 132 P ANEL 2 SPEECHES ............................................................................................................... 135 Ms Nina Obuljen, State Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Croatia............................. 137 Mr Hamad Abdulaziz Al-Kavari, Minister of Culture, Art and Heritage, Qatar ................ 138 Mr Božo Biškupić, Minister of Culture, Croatia................................................................ 139 Ms Touria Jabrane Kryatif, Minister of Culture, Morocco................................................ 141 Mr Bogdan Zdrojewski, Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Poland.................... 142 Mr David Jalagania, Deputy Minister of Culture, Monuments Protection and Sport, Georgia............................................................................................................................ 144 Mr František Mikeš, Vice-Minister of Culture, Czech Republic....................................... 146 Mr Arnold Christian de Fine Skibsted, Ambassador for Human Rights, Denmark......... 147 Mr Krzysztof Zanussi, Film director, Poland.................................................................... 148 Mr Olzhas Suleimenov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to UNESCO................................. 149 Ms Irina Subotić, Europa Nostra Council Member and Europa Nostra Serbia President ... 150 Ms Gerarda Ventura, Vice-President of the Euromed Platform...................................... 151 Mr Halit Eren, Director of IRCICA ................................................................................... 152 C ONCLUDING SPEECHES ........................................................................................................ 153 Mr Robert Palmer, Director of Culture and Cultural and Natural Heritage, Council of Europe ........................................................................................................... 155 Ms Sevda Mamedaliyeva, Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan......................................................................................... 157 Ms Nancy Bakir Naguez, Minister of Culture, Jordan ..................................................... 159 4 Mr Boon Soon Teng, Deputy Minister of Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage, Malaysia.... 161 Mr Jan Cornelius Henneman, Acting Director General for Regional Policy and Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands................................. 163 Mr Norbert Riedl, Director, Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, Austria..... 164 Ms Fifi Benaboud, Transmediterranean and Intercultural
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