This event will take place in the context of the fact that Maribor is European Cultural Capital in the year 2012. The workshop will bring together experts/researchers on intercultural dialogue from Austria, Slovenia and SEE countries (with a focus on communication, education and sustainable development in cities) who will elaborate on possibilities to evaluate and improve intercultural dialogue policies and programs in Southeast Europe based on experience gained in the context of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue and SEE Regional Action plan of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAoC). www.unaoc.org Another field of interest of the workshop will be the role of intercultural dialogue as key element of sustainable development in cities with a link to Ljubljana Forum on the Future of Cities and potentials for providing specific SEE input to UN Conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20 www.uncsd2012.org which will take place in June 2012. If you would like to participate in this, please send an email indicating your references regarding the subject and objectives of the workshop as well as a suggestion for a 15 minutes presentation.

[ASO Ljubljana]