"Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival".
Rene Dubos
living togetherLiving Together was a major British Council initiative that brought diverse groups together from 27 countries across Europe, to contribute to the global debate on intercultural dialogue.
Intercultural dialogue covers a wide range of issues from ethnically based conflict and economic migration, to religious tolerance and equal opportunities. It is one of the most important priorities for societies worldwide today.
AIM OF THE PROJECT
The aim of Living Together was to contribute to the intercultural dialogue and understanding among the countries in South East and Northern Europe, as well as the UK, by delivering a series of networks and public forums on the opportunities, threats and implications of increasingly complex societies.
PROJECT THEMES
Living Together project focused on two main themes which are highly important in terms of intercultural dialogue: “Participation of minority communities in public life” and “New migrant communities & their impact on society”. Each participating country was running project activities under one of these themes. Living Together also covered a series of multilateral projects including photography and film exhibition, young people’s programmes and international workshops.
PROJECT SUPPORT
In line with the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue in 2008, Council of Europe also strongly supported Living Together and has granted their patronage to the project.
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
In addition to multilateral and regional collaborative projects, photography exhibition and film competition, there were two high profile events: an international summit and a regional congress.
A detailed outline of the project can be found in the dedicated website www.britishcouncil.org/livingtogether. You can find out what the other countries are taking part under one of the two themes of Living Together in the What’s going on in my country? section of the website.
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