National Approaches to Intercultural Dialogue in Europe

The promotion of ICD has been identified in the European Commission's Agenda for Culture in a Globalising World (2007) as a tool contributing to the governance of cultural diversity within European societies, trans-nationally across European countries and internationally with other world regions.

Yet how do national governments across Europe actually address ICD?

The purpose of this study was to map national approaches, policies or strategies in Europe to ICD, including but not limited to those addressing:

• Education as a means to provide the basis for understanding and respecting diversity;
• Youth programmes and sports activities which facilitate practical experience with ICD;
• Culture connecting different value systems and challenging established aesthetic criteria.