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Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue in Youth Work Symposium Report Yp P INTERRELIGIOUS and INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE in YOUTH WORK Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue in Youth Work Symposium Report yp p INTERRELIGIOUS AND INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE IN YOUTH WORK Istanbul, 27 – 31 March 2007 Symposium Report Edited by Silvia Volpi The views expressed in this report are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Council of Europe. Copyright of this publication is held by the Council of Europe. No parts of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted for commercial purposes in any form or by any means, electronic (CD-Rom, Internet, etc.) or mechanical including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without the permission in writing from the Publishing Division ([email protected]), Communication and Research Directorate of the Council of Europe (copy to the European Youth Centre Budapest, 1-3 Zivatar utca, H-1024 Budapest, Hungary; e-mail: [email protected]). Reproduction of material from this publication is authorised for non-commercial education purposes only and on condition that the source is properly quoted. Design: Merán studios © Council of Europe, October 2007 Council of Europe Publishing F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex Published by the Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe ISBN: 978-92-871-6389-9 Printed in Hungary European Youth Campaign ''all different – all equal'' Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe 30, rue Pierre de Coubertin F-67000 STRASBOURG France Tel:+ 33 3 88 41 23 00 Fax: + 33 3 88 41 27 77 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.alldifferent-allequal.info TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface . .5 Introduction . .7 Istanbul Youth Declaration . .16 Conclusions by the General Rapporteur . .22 Documentation . .41 Opening Statements . .41 The Programme of the Symposium . .63 Turkey and Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue: From Indifferent Tolerance to Critical Engagament, Ibrahim Kalin . .65 Is Europe Ready for Multiculturalism? Magdalena Sroda . .71 Working Groups on Common Issues, Expectations and Challenges . .76 Human Rights and Religion: Frameworks for Dialogue, Nazila Ghanea . .80 The Council of Europe's White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue . .94 The European Year for Intercultural Dialogue . .100 Best Practices in Youth Policies . .107 Institutional Responses to Challenges Posed by Religious and Cultural Diversity . .116 Tool-Kit on Interreligious Dialogue . .121 Conclusions of the Thematic Working Groups . .123 Closing Speeches . .167 Appendices . .178 1.The Programme . .178 2.The List of Participants . .182 PREFACE Intercultural dialogue is one of the key missions of the Council of Europe, along with fostering democracy,human rights and the rule of law.Young people are crucial actors in that process as the main stakeholders of societies who are freer from the prejudice, discrimination and segregation that have characterized most of Europe for the past decades. The Directorate of Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe has been playing a key role in awareness raising and training on these matters, notably through the provision of intercultural education and training activities in the European Youth Centres of Strasbourg and Budapest, the funding of intercultural youth projects by the European Youth Foundation, and the development of youth policy strategies that take into account the multicultural realities of young people in Europe today. A cornerstone of this work was the European youth campaign against racism, antisemitism, xenophobia and discrimination, 'All Different – All Equal',that was run in 1995. This campaign highlighted the importance of intercultural learning and intercultural dialogue for addressing discrimination and exclusion, together with public awareness and political action. It stressed the need for giving a positive dimension to cultural diversity while acknowledging the inherent equal value of all cultures.The Education Pack 'All Different – All Equal' and, later, 'Compass" – the manual on human rights education with young people – were only two of the long lasting results of that campaign.The Youth Programme of Human Rights Education and Intercultural Dialogue (2006-2008) has built on these experiences and extended them, notably in Euro-Mediterranean activities carried out within the framework of the Partnership on Youth with the European Commission. The 'All Different – All Equal' European youth campaign for diversity, human rights and participation, run in 2006 and 2007, was part of the action plan adopted by the official Summit of heads of state and government in Warsaw (2005), which states the following: "(…) To promote diversity, inclusion and participation in society, we decide to launch a Europe-wide youth campaign, in the spirit of the 'European Youth Campaign against racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance' (1995)." The campaign was run in cooperation with the European Union and the European Youth Forum and was based on national campaign committees who mobilized the relevant partners and organised their own programme for the campaign in each member state. 5 The aim of the campaign has been to encourage and enable young people to participate in building peaceful societies based on diversity, human rights and inclusion, in a spirit of respect, tolerance and mutual understanding. Diversity provides the key for developing common values in Europe, assuring its economic success and enriching its cultural landscape.The big diversity project which is Europe is found within each city and state and, obviously, between member states. Human rights provide the framework in which a plurality of cultural expressions, traditions and modernities co-exist. Religion is part of this landscape, so much so that it is often confused with culture. While serving the function of uniting people and communities, religion can, unfortunately, also be a factor of division, intolerance and hatred.The awareness of the diversity of religions and religious practices across the continent needs to be accompanied by a commitment to secure freedoms of religion and belief to everyone. Intercultural and interreligious dialogues are goals and approaches that can positively contribute to this. The Symposium that this report documents was the main event in the 'All Different – All Equal' campaign dealing with intercultural and interreligious dialogue.The Symposium served to identify priority areas for policy and action with and by young people. The Istanbul Youth Declaration is the main outcome of the Symposium,but perhaps not the most important.The process experienced by the participants was certainly as valuable, however, as it is also multiplied by them in their organisations and communities. Another process, the 'Istanbul Youth Process', was also initiated. This refers to the cooperation between youth organisations and institutions concerned with intercultural and interreligious dialogue, including the Council of Europe's Directorate of Youth and Sport and the Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation. It is an open process in which a vital role is to be played by national authorities, in the same way that the Turkish youth authorities made this Symposium possible. The process is first of all a commitment to work further on these matters and to include young people from all faiths, beliefs and cultures in this process to practise and experience dialogue and cooperation. It is based on this that today's young generation can probably embrace the first realistic vision of a planet in which the common concerns and aspirations are more important than domination and racism. But this vision will not be realised without commitment, motivation and hard work: all different, all equal, and all committed too. In a very modest way,this report is another contribution and support to this commitment. 6 INTRODUCTION To have been invited, as general rapporteur,to the symposium on interreligious and intercultural dialogue in youth work, is a real privilege. It has been a pleasure to accept the invitation, to take the challenge of reporting the conclusions and outcomes of the symposium, and to try to represent the diversity of the participants attending the symposium itself in term of opinions, personal histories, lifestyles, ethnic origins, religions and belief, cultures and nationalities, and from countries such as Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Kenya, Spain and the United Kingdom. It has also been a great opportunity to listen to the challenging and enriching speeches and reflections, the emotional debates on controversial issues, and the reports on relevant experiences within the framework of interreligious and intercultural dialogue in youth work. Furthermore, I feel privileged to have had the chance to meet more than 250 people willing to demonstrate, with their presence at the Symposium, that dialogue among people is a mission we can accomplish. In the report, I have tried to summarize the process and results of the Symposium, looking for a balance between objectivity and personal remarks and conclusions on the issues debated during three days in Istanbul. I would like to thank the organisers for the great opportunity they gave me, the preparatory team who supported my work in Istanbul, and all the participants who produced reports and complemented my reflections with their opinions and comments. I very much hope that the report will serve its purpose, reminding us that dialogue among people is the pre-requisite to living together peacefully and constructively in a multicultural society. 7 Background information: facts
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