3rd World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue List of Participants as of 8.05.2015 1. Irina Bokova Director General UNESCO 2. Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri Director General ISESCO 3. Nassir Abdulaziz Al- Nasser UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations 4. Halit Eren Director General IRCICA 5. Iyad bin Amin Madani Secretary General Organization of Islamic Cooperation 6. Düsen Kaseinov Secretary General TÜRKSOY 7. Valeri Chechelashvili Secretary General GUAM 8. Shamil Alaskarov Secretary General Economic Cooperation Organization 9. Nabil Elaraby Secretary General League of Arab States 10. Ramil Hasanov Secretary General Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States 11. Faisal Bin Muaammar Secretary General KAICID 12. Rabbi Abraham David Cooper Simon Wiesenthal Center USA 13. Jean-Christophe Bas Director Democratic Citizenship and Participation Council of Europe 14. William Vendley Secretary General Religions for Peace 15. Sheikh Abdallah bin Bayyah President Forum for Peace in Muslim Societies 16. John Cardinal Onaiyekan Archbishop of Abuja 17. Metropolitan Emmanuel Vice President Conference of European Churches 18. Penelope Denu Executive Secretary Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes Council of Europe 19. Rabbi Marc Schneier President Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, USA 20. Lala Muradova UNESCO Chair Intercultural Dialogue in the Mediterranean Spain 21. Silvia Monserrate UNESCO Chair Intercultural Dialogue in the Mediterranean Spain 22. Lidija Georgieva UNESCO Chair Intercultural Studies and Research Macedonia (FYROM) 23. Priyankar Upadhyaya UNESCO Chair Peace and Intercultural Understanding India 24. Hassan Nadhem UNESCO Chair Development of Inter-Religious Dialogue Studies in the Islamic World (2015) Iraq 25. Fethi Mansouri UNESCO Chair Cultural Diversity and Social Justice Australia 26. Melloni Alberto UNESCO Chair Religious Pluralism and Peace Italy 27. Selin Şenocak UNESCO Chair Cultural Diplomacy, Governance and Education Turkey 28. UNESCO Chair Mustafa Aydın Cultural Diplomacy, Governance & Education President of Istanbul Aydin University, Turkey 29. Alberto García JD UNESCO Chair Bioethics and Human Rights Italy 30. Gyulchokhra Seidova UNESCO Chair Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions Russian Federation 31. Emeritus Gary Bouma UNESCO Chair Interreligious and Intercultural Relations – Asia Pacific Australia 32. Basilius Groen UNESCO Chair Intercultural & Interreligious Dialogue in South-Eastern Europe Austria 33. Roger Koussetogue Koude UNESCO Chair Memory, Cultures and Interculturality France 34. Rosa Guerreiro International expert in Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue France 35. Nino Chikovani UNESCO Chair Intercultural Dialogue Georgia 36. Aviva Doron UNESCO Chair Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue Israel 37. Alon Gottstein UNESCO Chair Interfaith Studies Israel 38. Laura Yerekesheva UNESCO Chair Sciences and Spirituality Kazakhstan 39. Denis Brusilovskii UNESCO Chair Study of Culture and Religion Kyrgyz Republic 40. Antoine Messarra UNESCO Chair Comparative Study of Religions, Mediation & Dialogue Lebanon 41. Evelyne Bou Mitry Messarra Lebanon 42. Emil DRAGNEV UNESCO Chair South-East European Studies Moldova 43. Paul Morris UNESCO Chair Inter-Religious Understanding and Relations New Zealand 44. Martin Hauser UNESCO Chair Study of Intercultural and Interreligious Exchanges Romania/Switzerland 45. Dimitri Spivak UNESCO Chair Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions Russian Federation 46. Efim Rezvan Deputy Director Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology & Ethnography Russian Federation 47. Munzifakhon Babadjanova UNESCO Chair Intercultural Dialogue in the Modern World Tajikistan 48. Steven Shankman UNESCO Chair Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue and Peace USA 49. Ioanna Papavasileiou Assistant Professor University of Macedonia Greece 50. Jonathan Bach Student Assistant for the UNESCO Crossings Institute University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication 51. Durbek Abidjanovich Rakhimdjanov UNESCO Chair Comparative Studies of World Religions Uzbekistan 52. Marietta Stepanyants UNESCO Chair "Philosophy in the Dialogue of Cultures", Sciences Russian Federation 53. Liubava Moreva Programme Specialist for Culture UNESCO Moscow Office 54. Dinara Khalikova Programme Assistant for Culture UNESCO Moscow Office 55. Joseph Kreidi Programme Officer for Culture UNESCO Regional Office - Beirut 56. Patrice Brodeur Director of Research KAICIID 57. Hillary S. Weisner Director of Programmes KAICIID Dialogue Center, Vienna 58. Shahram Nahidi Head of Humanities and Education KAICIID Dialogue Cente, Vienna 59. Katerina Khareyn Research Department Coordinator KAICIID Dialogue Center, Vienna 60. Nada Al-Nashif Assistant-Director-General Social and Human Sciences UNESCO 61. Ann-Belinda Preis UNESCO Chief Section of Intercultural Dialogue, Social and Human Sciences Sector 62. Ali Moussa Iye UNESCO Chief Section of History and Memory for Dialogue 63. Jacques Rao Director Governing and Bodies of UNESCO 64. Mehrdad Shabahang Programme Officer UNESCO Silk Roads Online Platform 65. Amina Hamshari Social and Human Sciences Sector Intercultural Dialogue Section, UNESCO 66. Hugue Ngandeu Ngatta Focal Point UNESCO Chairs on Intercultural Dialogue 67. Hegazi Idris Program Specialist UNESCO Office in Beirut and Regional Bureau for Education 68. Maysoun Chehab Project Officer UNESCO Office in Beirut and Regional Bureau for Education 69. Salma Negra UNESCO Rabat Office National Coordinator UNESCO/European Union NET-MED Youth 70. Susan Vize Regional Advisor for Social and Human Sciences UNESCO Bangkok 71. Aliénor Salmon Research Assistant Education Policy and Reform Unit UNESCO Bangkok 72. Shirin Akiner Professor Oriental studies of the Cambridge University Silk Roads 73. Jacques Legrand Professor French Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures ‘INALCO’ 74. Doudou Diene Vice-President Scientific Board International Research Institute on Civilization Policy 75. Deputy-director M. Meruert Abuseitova Institute of East Conducting, Almaty 76. Lu Zhou Director of National Heritage Centre Tsinghua University, Beijing 77. Sheikh Mohamad Nokari Sheikh at Dar Al Iftaa Lebanon 78. Ibrahim EL Assiri Assistant of Secretary General King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Centre for National Dialogue 79. Suleiman Abdul Moneim Alexandria University 80. Kidong Bae Chairperson of the Governing Board APCEIU 81. Herve Sabourin Director Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie in the Middle East 82. Elaissa Mendoza Senior Research Associate SEAMEO INNOTECH 83. Terje Magnussønn Watterdal Country Director Norwegian Afghanistan Committee 84. Julian Edwards Head of Learning NIST International School 85. Nour Kaabi Coordinator Jamaity Platform 86. Nagla Abed Coordinator Anna Lindh Foundation 87. Lawrence Ndambuki Muli President and Regional Coordinator Libreville Network Youth and Culture of Peace 88. Processor of Political Philosophy Edouard Delruel Université de Liège 89. Cordula Wohlmuther Programme Coordinator Institutional Relations and Resource Mobilization Programme, UNWTO 90. Amr Abdel-Ghaffar Advisor to the UNWTO Secretary-General on Tourism&Peace Regional Director for the Middle East UNWTO 91. Natalia Naranjo Ramos Tourism and Development Advisor Global Sustainable Tourism Council Ecuador&Colombia 92. Rami Isaac Senior Lecturer in Tourism NHTV Breda University, Netherlands 93. Rina Alluri Programme Officer Business and Peace Programme, Swisspeace 94. Pranil Kumar Upadhayaya Researcher Expert on Codes of Ethics Nepal 95. Maria Soledad Giado Regional Programme for the Middle East UNWTO 96. Nicole Häusler Advisor on Sustainable Tourism Development Myanmar Tourism Federation 97. Tariq Al-Ansari Ambassador Chief of Cabinet of the Office of the HR UNAOC 98. Nihal Saad Spokesperson for the UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations 99. Alessandro Griola Project Manager IIA, UNAOC 100. Jordi Torrent Project Manager Media& Information Literacy, UNAOC 101. Vanessa Suen Assistant Project Manager 102. Johnny Gerges UNAOC - Intercultural Innovation Award Alumni Lebanon 103. Rama Shyam UNAOC - Youth Solidarity Fund Alumni India 104. Muhammad Shahzad Khan UNAOC - Youth Solidarity Fund Alumni Pakistan 105. Ayat Mneina Libyan Youth Movement 106. Victor Greves COEXISTER France 107. Hans Shakur Hi-tech expert Israel 108. Maged El Samny Egypt Foundation for Youth & Development 109. Ed Maklouf Expert in Citizen Journalism UK 110. Priscilla Brice UNAOC – Intercultural Innovation Award Alumni 111. Ahmed O O S Alenezi Director of Culture and Communication ISESCO 112. Tahir Salahov Vice-President Russian Academy of Arts 113. Varvara Salahova Russian Federation 114. Blum Annette Cynthia International Consultant for Interfaith Affairs Simon Wiesenthal Center 115. Tahsin Gorgun Head of the Department of Philosophy Istanbul 29 Mayıs University 116. Barend van Driel Vice-President International Association for Intercultural Education Editor-in-Chief of Intercultural Education 117. Jean- Luc Lemahieu Director of the Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs UNODC 118. Christopher Reynolds Education Policies Division Council of Europe 119. Călin Rus Director of the Intercultural Institute, Timişoara, Member of the core Expert Group, Council of Europe 120. Jean- Marie Heydt Chair of the Executive Committee The North-South Center of the Council of Europe 121. Carmen Fischer NSC Global Education and Youth trainer 122. Malek Ben Ammar NSC Global Education and Youth trainer 123. Andreia Henriques Youth Cooperation Programme