[Gandur] Fwd: Culture Action Europe Newsletter Special - Edition Spéciale # 1

[Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir]

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> From: "Culture Action Europe Newsletter" <newsletter at cultureactioneurope.org 
> >
> Date: 16. október 2008 19:08:59 GMT+00:00
> To: <rosat at hi.is>
> Subject: Culture Action Europe Newsletter Special - Edition Spéciale  
> # 1
> Reply-To: newsletter at cultureactioneurope.org
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>  		
> Culture Action Europe Newsletter Special # 1
> Pour obtenir la version française, cliquez ici!
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> EDITORIAL
>
> Culture Action Europe made a big commitment to the European Year of  
> Intercultural Dialogue when it initiated the Civil Society Platform  
> for Intercultural Dialogue together with the European Cultural  
> Foundation two years ago. Our endeavour to reach out from the arts  
> and create Europe-wide links with other sectors has been ambitious.  
> To compare and coalesce intercultural dialogue practice from many  
> domains has sometimes been testing, but is now bearing fruit. We  
> present you with the “Rainbow Paper: Intercultural Dialogue – from  
> practice to policy and back” through this special single–issue  
> edition of our newsletter. Have a look, lend your support – it  
> counts in the political work that remains to be done!
>
> Those of you who will join us at our 16th Annual Conference in  
> Marseilles, will also have the opportunity to discuss the Rainbow  
> Paper there, to hear about the future of the just formally  
> established Platform for Intercultural Europe, and to explore how  
> the arts-based organisations in the Culture Action Europe fold might  
> continue or enhance their involvement.
>
> As we move from one European Year to the next, and public attention  
> shifts from Intercultural Dialogue to Creativity & Innovation, the  
> truly committed will separate from the temporarily interested.  
> Constructive engagement with cultural diversity clearly remains a  
> key challenge for our societies; and the arguments of the arts about  
> their contribution to Intercultural Dialogue leave scope for  
> refinement.
>
> Sabine Frank
> Deputy Secretary General
> and Coordinator of the Platform for Intercultural Europe
> www.intercultural-europe.org
>
>
> PLATFORM FOR INTERCULTURAL EUROPE
>
>
> “Rainbow Paper: Intercultural Dialogue – from practice to policy and  
> back”
> Add your signature and give the Rainbow Paper (available in English,  
> French and German) political impact!
> Endorse it on: http://rainbowpaper.labforculture.org
>
> It proposes a 5-step path from intercultural challenges to  
> interculturalism and makes 5 sets of recommendations: on educating  
> and building institutional capacity for Intercultural Dialogue, on  
> monitoring for sustained policies, mobilising across boundaries, and  
> resourcing of Intercultural Dialogue.
>
> The role of the arts in Intercultural Dialogue makes a strong show  
> in the paper under recommendations on informal education: The  
> contribution of artists, the effect of works of art and the  
> participatory processes which the arts can enable are all highlighted.
>
> Hundreds of views from many sectors have come together in this  
> paper. Many of you have participated, so crown the process and  
> endorse the outcome:
> You can do so as an individual – a very welcome first step, and on  
> behalf of your organisation when so authorised. We hope for lots of  
> organisational endorsement in particular – make it happen!
>
> LabforCulture has designed an easy endorsement process – give it a  
> try. Please also help spread the word about the Rainbow Paper  
> through your own communication tools.
>
> Coming up: Platform Members’ Meeting on 11th November in Stockholm
> By giving the Rainbow Paper your explicit support, you or your  
> organisations become eligible for formal membership of the Platform.  
> We have just signed the act of establishment for the “Platform for  
> Intercultural Europe”. As an association, the Platform will be able  
> to assume its assigned role as a “Structured Dialogue” partner of  
> the EU institutions fully. The first meeting of members, including  
> potential ones, will take place on 11th November in Stockholm  
> (13-18h). The Platform’s work plan for 2009 will be a key agenda  
> point.
>
> The Meeting will take place in conjunction with the Nordic  
> Conference on Intercultural Dialogue, Stockholm, 12-13 November,  
> organised by the Swedish Ministry of Culture. Participants of our  
> Platform meeting are welcome to stay on.

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