Rainbow Dialogue
Since October 2006 the Rainbow Platform (Civil Society Platform for Intercultural Dialogue) has brought together over 200 organisations from many sectors to share intercultural dialogue practices and discuss links to policy - at local, national and international level. The results were made public in January 2008 – the Rainbow Paper I “Practice makes perfect: A Learning Framework for Intercultural Dialogue”. Now the discussion of the Rainbow Paper II as tribute to the European Year of the Intercultural Dialogue is going on. On-line consultation is still possible ´till the 16th of May. Later on you will be informed what’s going on further.
The core principle of the Platform is that cross-sectoral cooperation leads to better policy– we want to learn and share across wide areas of expertise. We believe that the divisions in practice and thought must be overcome, from education to social and youth policies, from home affairs and justice - including issues of migration and human rights- to arts and culture.
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Where cultures meet
EFA, the European Festivals Association, will give Festivals a voice in Europe, says Kathrin Deventer, Secretary General EFA. [more]![[Internal]](fileadmin/templates/images/link_int.gif "Internal link")
Reviving the “Cool Britannia” spirit …
As the British Government seeks to make Britannia cool again, the founder of the visual music festival Optronica puts her case for supporting non-mainstream artforms. [more]
Do it NOW
Electronic music was a rather new thing among the general public in Slovakia, but Tibor Holoda and friends started the Wilsonic Festival – and succeded in Bratislawa. [more]
How do we deal with each other?
Kathinka Dittrich van Weringh, former Chair of the Board of the European Cultural Foundation, talks about ‘Year of Intercultural Dialogue’ 2008. [more]
Rainbow Dialogue
Millions of people are on the move in today’s world. As a result migration has become our cultural, social and political reality. Mobility is part of the aganda of the Rainbow Platform. [more]