Rainbow [Rainbow Paper Online] Commit to change for Intercultural Dialogue. Make our collective voice heard. Support our advocacy with the European Union and its Member States. Sign up. This site serves the public endorsement of The Rainbow Paper, an initiative of the Platform for Intercultural Europe (previously the “Rainbow Platform”). The endorsement process started on 6th October 2008 and is open-ended. The Rainbow Paper is the result of several consultation exercises in the course of 2007 and 2008. The paper sets out five steps to making interculturalism our new human norm and proposes five sets of recommendations: Educating, building capacity by organisations, monitoring for sustained policies, mobilising across boundaries and resourcing of Intercultural Dialogue.
The endorsed document was first presented to the public and to the EU Council at the closing event of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue on 17-19th November 2008 in Paris. PANORAMA : A resource collection for Intercultural Dialogue. Introduction Panorama is a resource offered by the Platform for Intercultural Europe, which was initiated in 2006 (as the Civil Society Platform for Intercultural Dialogue) by Culture Action Europe and the European Cultural Foundation (ECF), with the support of the Network of European Foundations (NEF) and on the occasion of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue in 2008. Hundreds of civil society organisations and their individuals engaged in intercultural action accross Europe - at local, national and international level, have participated in the Platform during its informal phase; after establishing as an association in 2008, the Platform is open to subscribing members.
The context of Panorama The core principle of the Platform is cross-sectoral engagement – connecting and bringing people together from all sectors of the Interculturalism debate, from arts and culture, to education, to social and youth policies, to human rights policies... Read more An outline of Panorama Contact. Information Society - Digital Agenda for Europe. EVE. Relais Culture Europe: Accueil. Inspire, engage, empower. Qui sommes-nous? What is Culture Action Europe? Culture Action Europe is a non profit-making organisation that brings together individuals and legal entities around the following objectives: a) To put culture at the heart of the public debate and decision-making at every level – both local and European - as an essential component for sustainable societies based upon respect for universal human rights and to the benefit of present and future generations; b) To encourage the democratic development of the European Union, as the first and most ambitious attempt to establish a new form of democracy based on respect for human rights and the will to organize cultural life around a complex identity and not the hegemony of a single language, culture or religion.
Download Culture Action Europe’s statutes Statutes approved at the General Assembly 5 Oct 2013 in English Statutes approved at the General Assembly 5 Oct 2013 in French What is Culture Action Europe's mission? Our mission is to: Read more about membership here.