Programme

Monday 17 February 2003

10.00 : Registration of Participants
Coffee at the Committee of Ministers’ foyer

11.00-11.30: opening session

Addresses:

- Mrs Maud de BOER-BUQUICCHIO, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
- Ambassador Rokas BERNOTAS, Representative of Lithuania with the Ministers’ Deputies

11.30-12.15 : Introduction to the themes of the Ministerial Colloquy

- Rethinking Conflict: the Cultural Approach, Professor Johan GALTUNG

- From the Expert Colloquy on “Dialogue serving intercultural and inter-religious communication” to the Draft Declaration on “Intercultural Dialogue and Conflict Prevention”, Professor Jean PETAUX

12.15-12.45 : Inauguration of exhibition “World Cultural Heritage in Slovakia” (Slovak Republic)

12.45-14.15 : Lunch break

Lunch for Heads of Delegation hosted by Mrs Maud de BOER-BUQUICCHIO, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe (Restaurant Bleu – by invitation only)

14.15-15.45 WORKING SESSION 1 : CULTURE AND CONFLICT

- Prevention of Intercultural Conflicts
- Management of Intercultural Conflicts
- Post-conflict reconciliation

Chair: Mrs Jenny RANDERSON, AM, Minister for Culture, Sport and the Welsh Langauge of the United Kingdom

Introduction by Dr Antun VUJIC, Minister of Culture of Croatia

General Debate

15.45- 16.15 : Inauguration of exhibition "Bosnia and Herzegovina : dialogue and future" (Bosnia and Hezegovina)

Coffee break

16.15-17.45 : WORKING SESSION 2 : DIVERSITY AND DIALOGUE

- Intercultural Dialogue
- Cultural Diversity

Chair: Mr Hüseyin ÇELIK, Minister of Culture of Turkey

Introduction by Mr Evangelos VENIZELOS, Minister of Culture of Greece

General Debate

19.00 : Visit to the exhibition "Les dieux comme les hommes" followed by a reception offered by the City of Strasbourg (Musée des Beaux-Arts - Palais des Rohan) and a dinner for the Heads of Delegation (Hôtel de Ville)

Tuesday 18 February 2003

09.30-11.00 : WORKING SESSION 3 : GOVERNANCE AND INTER-SECTORIAL COOPERATION

- Governance
- Inter-sectorial cooperation
- Subsidiarity

Chair: Dr Pedro Manuel DA CRUZ ROSETA, Minister of Culture of Portugal

General debate

11.00-11.30: Inauguration of exhibition "Ottoman archives: a source of several examples of a positive
admissions policy" (Turkey)

Coffee break

11.30-13.00 : WORKING SESSION 4 : TOWARDS A DRAFT DECLARATION on “Intercultural Dialogue and Conflict Prevention”

- Examination of Draft Declaration and Recommendations
- Calendar of adoption

Chair: Mr Razvan THEODORESCU, Minister of Culture of Romania

General debate

13.00 -14.30 : Lunch break

14.30-16.00 : CONTINUATION OF WORKING SESSION 4 : TOWARDS A DRAFT DECLARATION on “Intercultural Dialogue and Conflict Prevention”

Continuation of General debate

Chair: Mr Yngve SLETTHOLM, Secretary of State for Culture of Norway

16.00-16.30 : Coffee break

16.30-17.00 : CLOSING SESSION

Chair: M. Polad BYULBYULOGLU, Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan

17.00 : END OF THE MINISTERIAL COLLOQUY