Alliance of Civilizations: Experiences and Challenges - Press and inter- religious co-habitation in Albania

Albanian Forum for Alliance of Civilizations (AFALC) has the pleasure to invite you to the conference:

Alliance of Civilizations: Experiences and Challenges

Press and inter- religious co-habitation in Albania

08 June 2011,  09.00 am

 Hotel Tirana International

AFALC will disscuss with you the outcomes of the project: “RAPID RESPONSE MEDIA MECHANISM” supported  by UNESCO-UNDP.

Alliance of Civilizations National Conference

Rapid Response Media Mechanism and other AoC activities

Hotel Tirana International, Tuesday, 08.06.2011

VIP:                  Minister of MoFA, UNRC, Spanish Ambassador, UNRC, UNESCO director, MP.

PROGRAM

08:30               Registration

09.00              Opening ceremony

Opening by:     Mr. Besnik Mustafaj - AoC national coordinator & president of AFALC

Greetings by:   Mr. Edmond Haxhinasto, Minister of MoFA & Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Rafael Torno Perez, Ambassador, Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain to    Tirana,

Mrs. Zineb Touimi- Benjelloun, Resident Coordinator, United Nations, Albania,

                        Mr. Engelbert Ruoss, Director, UNESCO Office in Venice

09.40               Coffee break

Session I:         Introduction of Rapid Response Media Mechanism Project

                        Key speaker: Mr. Besnik Mustafaj

10:00               Media a potential force in challenging stereotyped perceptions and a channel for new ideas and perspectives, Mr. Besnik Mustafaj

General findings of the Albanian Monitoring report - Prof. Ferit Duka, Project expert (inter-religion, ethnic and inter-cultural component)

The constructive role the media can play in bridging cultural gaps and helping to build understanding among religious communities, Mr. Sami Neza – “Hand to Hand” expert

                        Practical application of the intercultural dialogue inter-ethnic subjects in the written Albanian media, Ms. Anila Basha and Mr. Andi Tela- “Hand to Hand” experts

Final recommendations on the Hand to Hand project, by Prof. Ferit Duka

11:00- 11.20    Coffee break

Session II:        AoC activities carried out in the framework of AoC National Strategy

                        Key speaker: Mrs. Zhulieta Harasani

11:20               AoC library on “Dialogue”, Mr. Remzi Lani, AMI; Mr. Pirro Misha, IDC

AoC history and Geography textbooks analysis, Mrs. Tidita Abdurrahmani, IED

Essay Competition “Instead of Clashes, Alliance of Civilizations” Mrs. Zana Tabaku; Reading of the best Essay by the student author.

Cultural Diplomacy, Mr. Virgil Muci/ Mrs. Anila Lani, MoFA

11:50               “Isle of peace”: AoC documentary film, Mr. Fatos Baxhaku and Mr. Eno Milkani.

Session III        Discussions and Conference conclusions

13:30               Lunch