Documents and links

The policy of the Council of Europe for the promotion of intercultural dialogue has evolved through a long series of European ministerial meetings and expert colloquies.
The most important steps are connected to the following documents.

• Declaration on cultural diversity, adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 7 December 2000

• Declaration on intercultural dialogue and conflict prevention, adopted by the European ministers responsible for cultural affairs, Opatija (Croatia), 22 October 2003

• Declaration by the European Ministers of Education on intercultural education in the new European context, Athens (Greece), 10-12 November 2003

• Declaration on 50 years of cultural cooperation in Europe, adopted by the ministers responsible for culture, education, youth and sport of the signatory states of the European Cultural Convention, gathered at Wroclaw (Poland), 10 December 2004

• Action Plan of the Third Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe, Warsaw, 16-17 May 2005

• Declaration on the Council of Europe’s Strategy for Developing Intercultural Dialogue, adopted by the ministers responsible for cultural affairs in the States Party to the European Cultural Convention gathered in Faro (Portugal), 27-28 October 2005 (“Faro Declaration”)

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