Conference on
Intercultural Dialogue for the Development of a New (Plural, Democratic) Citizenship

University of Padua, 2-3 March 2007
Aula Magna and Archivio Antico, Palazzo del Bo
Via VIII Febbraio, 2

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Final Declaration
List of Participants in the European Research Project

/ Intercultural Dialogue and Citizenship.
Translating Values into Actions. A Common Project for Europeans and their Partners
edited by Léonce Bekemans, Maria Karasinska-Fendler, Marco Mascia, Antonio Papisca, Constantine A. Stephanou, Peter G. Xuereb
Marsilio, Venezia, 2007 (pp.670).
Table of Contents(PDF, 33 Kb)
General Introduction(PDF, 53 Kb)
General Conclusion(PDF, 55 Kb)
Friday 2 March
Aula Magna ‘Galileo Galilei’, Palazzo del Bo
h 9.00 / Welcome addresses and Keynote speeches
VINCENZO MILANESI, Rettore Magnifico of the University of Padua
MARIALUISA COPPOLA, Councillor for Human Rights and International Relations, Region of Veneto
AMALIA SARTORI
Membro del Parlamento Europeo
MICHAEL FRENDO, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Malta
LUIGI LOMBARDI VALLAURI, University of Florence
h 11.00 / Coffeebreak
h 11.30 / General Introduction
ANTONIO PAPISCA, Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Research Project, Director of the Interdepartmental Centre on Human Rights and the Rights of Peoples, University of Padua
The voice of the Cities
PETER KNIP, United Cities and Local Governments, Director VNG International
FLAVIO LOTTI, Director of the Italian Network of Local Authorities for Peace and Human Rights
Panels presentation
h 15.30 / Intercultural Dialogue in and for Democracy
MARIA KARASINSKA-FENDLER, Lodz Team Coordinator, Communications of researchers involved in the Team
Discussion
h 16.45 / Intercultural Dialogue in and with the Mediterranean
PETER G. XUEREB, Malta Team Coordinator, Communications of researchers involved in the Team
Discussion
Friday 2 March
Auditorium “Cesare Pollini”, Via C. Cassan, 15
h 21.00 Music for a profession of peace
by Wolfango Dalla Vecchia, from the text of Anonimus Patavinus and fi nal invocation by Francis of Assisi, for Baritone, Readers, Choir, Children Choir, Orchestra
Saturday 3 March
Archivio Antico, Palazzo del Bo
Panels presentation
h 9.00 / Governance in and for a Multicultural Europe
CONSTANTINE A. STEPHANOU, Athens-ECSA Team Coordinator, Communications of researchers involved in the Team
Discussion
h 10.00 / Human Rights in and for Intercultural Dialogue in the City for the World
MARCO MASCIA, Padua Team Coordinator, Communications of researchers involved in the Team
Discussion
h 12.00 / General Conclusions
LÉONCE BEKEMANS
Presentation of the Final Declaration
MARIA KARASINSKA-FENDLER and PETER G. XUEREB

The Conference is organised in the framework of the European Research Project on “The role of intercultural dialogue for the development of a new (plural, democratic) citizenship”, promoted by a network of Jean Monnet Chairs, European Community Studies Associations and Jean Monnet Centres of Excellence.
The Project is co-fi nanced by the European Commission, DG Education and Culture, Unit A2: Higher Education: Socrates-Erasmus, Jean Monnet Action, and by the Region of Veneto.
The Transnational Research Group is articulated in four research teams.
The results of the research are published in the Volume “Intercultural Dialogue and Citizenship. Translating Values into Actions. A Common Project for Europeans and their Partners”, edited by L. Bekemans, M. Karasinska-Fendler, M. Mascia, A. Papisca, C. Stephanou, P. G. Xuereb, Venice, Marsilio, 2007.

Research Teams
University of Łodz and European Institut in Łodz
“Intercultural Dialogue and Democracy”
Maria Karasinska-Fendler (European Institute in Łodz, University of Łodz), Enrique Banus (University of Navarra), Léonce Bekemans (Poland University in Czestochowa), Anna Jedrzejewska (European Institute in Łodz), Stanislaw Konopacki (University of Łodz), Kazimierz Sobotka (European Institute in Łodz, University of Łodz), Johannes Thomas (University of Paderborn).

PanteionUniversity, Athens and ECSA-Greece
“Governing a Multicultural Europe: A New Republican Approach”
Constantine A. Stephanou (PanteionUniversity, Athens, ECSA-Greece), Dimitris Chryssochoou (University of Exeter), Kostas A. Lavdas (University of Crete), Iro Nicolacopoulou-Stephanou (Panteion University, Athens).

University of Malta
“Intercultural Dialogue and EU-Med Partnership”
Peter G. Xuereb (University of Malta), Neila Akrimi (Université de Tunis), Çigˇ dem Nas (Marmara University in Istanbul), Guy Harpaz (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Aomar Ibourk (University of Cady Ayyad, Morocco), Deniz Ilgaz (Bogazici University), Slim Laghmani (Université de Tunis), Erwan Lannon (University of Ghent), Jinan Limam (Université de Tunis), Fatiha Sahli (University of Cady Ayyad, Morocco), Gerald M. Steinberg (Bar Ilan University, Israel), Anneleen Van Bossuyt (University of Ghent), Peter Van Elsuwege (University of Ghent).

University of Padua
“Intercultural Dialogue and Human Rights, Civil Society and World Order Issues”
Antonio Papisca (University of Padua), Marco Mascia (University of Padua), Paola Degani (University of Padua), Giampiero Griffo (Disabled Peoples’ International), Giuseppe Grampa (Catholic University of Milan), Kumiko Haba (Hosei University, Tokyo, ECSA-Japan), Rosa Maria Pinon (University of Mexico, ECSA-Mexico), Enzo Pace (University of Padua), Roberto Scarciglia (University of Trieste), Klaus Starl (European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, Graz), Stefano Valenti (Council of Europe).

Simultaneous translation: Italian, English, French.

For any additional information please contact the Interdepartmental Centre on Human Rights and the Rights of Peoples
Via Martiri della Libertà, 2 – Padova
Tel +39 049 827 1813/1817 - Fax +39 049 827 3684
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