http://rainbowplatform.labforculture.org/site/ 2008-06-18T06:48:32+02:00 http://rainbowplatform.labforculture.org/site/ http://rainbowplatform.labforculture.org/site/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-06-16T13:37:50+02:00 sabine http://rainbowplatform.labforculture.org/site/rainbow Array An initiative under the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 Join in. Make your voice heard. Shape a little piece of the future. THIS ON-LINE CONSULTATION IS NOW CLOSED. THE CONTENT ON THIS SITE IS NOW FOR INFORMATION ONLY. AT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER THIS SITE WILL BECOME INTERACTIVE AGAIN: THE FINAL RAINBOW PAPER ON INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE WILL BE POSTED WITH AN INVITATION FOR ENDORSEMENT. text/html 2008-06-16T11:46:10+02:00 pike http://rainbowplatform.labforculture.org/site/public/paper/part2/policy-recommendations Policy recommendations II Recommendations for European public policy " " NOTE: The following recommendations have been collected with various inputs. They are neither prioritised nor made coherent. This will follow later. We repeat, this is work in progress. The recommendations are all open to change, adaptation or rejection. Only you can improve the content and the form, in order to get over the involved sectors’ position as clearly and forcefully as possible. Please tell us what you think.… text/html 2008-06-16T11:44:09+02:00 pike http://rainbowplatform.labforculture.org/site/public/paper/part2/self-recommendations Policy recommendations I Voluntary commitments for civil society organisations " "NOTE: The suggestions , once refined through consultation, will be the basis for a series of self-binding,voluntary commitments on behalf of civil society organisations. (A signing-up process is envisaged).Organisations will be asked to look into these issues, to draw up action plans, to implement them, to assess them annually and to report publicly. The Rainbow Platform will record the state of affairs and fee… text/html 2008-06-16T11:41:53+02:00 pike http://rainbowplatform.labforculture.org/site/public/paper/part2/page1 Introduction to recommendations Intercultural Dialogue, or different related topics, already occupy a lot of space in academic writing, in political debates and in civil society organisations. In other words, “the page is not blank”. Yet there remains a lot to do. Building on past efforts, the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue is an opportunity to decide on further directions. Thus the Rainbow Platform as a civil society initiative does not just want to make demands of politicia… text/html 2008-06-16T11:24:49+02:00 pike http://rainbowplatform.labforculture.org/site/public/paper/paper On this page, you can download the full Rainbow Paper II for printing, in PDF format. download * [Rainbow Paper II - English version(pdf)] * [Rainbow Paper II - French version(pdf)] * [Rainbow Paper II - German version(pdf)] text/html 2008-06-16T11:24:09+02:00 pike http://rainbowplatform.labforculture.org/site/menu INTRODUCTION * About this consultation site * About the Rainbow Platform * Download the full Rainbow Paper RAINBOW PAPER ONLINE * PART I: The Rainbow Platform * Formation and mission * Background * Terms * PART II: Encouragement to action * Introduction to recommendations * Policy recommendations: * Voluntary commitments for civil society organisations * Recommendations for European public policy text/html 2008-06-13T13:38:58+02:00 sabine http://rainbowplatform.labforculture.org/site/public/platform Array An initiative under the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 Since October 2006 the Rainbow Platform (Civil Society Platform for Intercultural Dialogue) has brought together over 200 organisations from many sectors to share intercultural dialogue practices and discuss links to policy. The results were made public in January 2008 ( Rainbow Paper I ) and have been built upon since: Rainbow Paper II is now subject to on-line consultation.