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The Council
of Europe, in partnership with the European Commission and the Government of
Quebec, organised a Conference – open to public authorities, social
workers, migrants, researchers, etc - whose purpose is to analyse the social
and operational frameworks, in particular the acquisition of the
intercultural competences more suited to fostering interaction in a context
of cultural diversity, especially the development of public services in our
pluralist societies.
This
conference has dealt primarily with the following topics;
- the advantages and
limits of the concept of reasonable accomodation in relation to the European
standards on non-discrimination;
- the nature of
constraints affecting and potential for the interaction of "accommodations"
deployed in Europe by social workers and mediators;
- the need to adapt
institutional language.
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