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Council of Europe Interfaith Dialogue Insights

The document discusses intercultural and interfaith dialogue promoted by the Council of Europe and European Union. It outlines that the EU and Council of Europe support intercultural dialogue as a means to promote inclusion, tolerance, justice, and non-discrimination. Specifically, the Council of Europe adopted recommendations after its 2008 White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue to encourage dialogue between religious organizations and communities. As an example of interfaith events, the document describes an annual Jewish celebration of Hanukkah held in Greece starting in 2005 that was attended by Christians and others to foster understanding between religions.

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Council of Europe Interfaith Dialogue Insights

The document discusses intercultural and interfaith dialogue promoted by the Council of Europe and European Union. It outlines that the EU and Council of Europe support intercultural dialogue as a means to promote inclusion, tolerance, justice, and non-discrimination. Specifically, the Council of Europe adopted recommendations after its 2008 White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue to encourage dialogue between religious organizations and communities. As an example of interfaith events, the document describes an annual Jewish celebration of Hanukkah held in Greece starting in 2005 that was attended by Christians and others to foster understanding between religions.

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A.

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Point 36. Straßburg, France: “The Council of Europe Exchanges”

• Keywords: Council of Europe, religion, Intercultural Dialogue, Human


rights.
• The aim: Intercultural and interfaith dialogue.
• Objectives: The role of the European Union in promoting interfaith
dialogue.
• Target groups: Citizens
• Main activities: Religious activity
• Lessons learned. The EU values are common to the European Union (EU)
countries in a society in which inclusion, tolerance, justice, solidarity and non-
discrimination prevail. These values are an integral part of our European way of
life. Human rights cover the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of
sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation,
the right to the protection of your personal data, and or the right to get access to
justice [1].
Intercultural dialogue has long been a principle supported by the EU  and
its Institutions. The year 2008 was designated "European Year of Intercultural
Dialogue" (EYID) by the European Parlament and the Member States of the EU. It
aimed to draw the attention of people in Europe to the importance of dialogue
within diversity and between diverse cultures [2,3].
Based on the 2008 Council of Europe’s “White Paper on Intercultural
Dialogue”, the Council of Europe adopted recommendations to Member States on
the dimension of religions and non-religious convictions within intercultural
education and initiated annual exchanges on the religious dimension of
intercultural dialogue. The Council of Europe’s work in the intercultural field is
based on an open, sincere and lasting exchange between the main religious
organizations and communities, representatives of non-religious convictions and
all other stakeholders, whether from an institutional or civil society background.
• Follow up. The Jewish celebration “Hanuka” (see photo below) Among
the activities for a better understanding between religions, one can cite the Jewish
celebration of Hanuka in Psychiko Square that started in 2005 by the joint
endeavours of the Municipality of Psychiko, the Central Israeli Council of Greece
and the Israeli Community of Athens. Hanuka, celebration of the light, lasts for
eight days every year, functioned as a role model for the institution of Christmas
elebrations by the christian leadership at the time. In 2006, as a symbolic act, “a
peace march” was also held, with the participation of representatives from christian
dogmas. It is interesting that these events were also attended by foreigners of the
same religion [4].
References.
1. Goals and values of the EU. https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/eu-
in-brief_en
2. Evaluation of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 Contract
2008-0541/001-001EYI-ACICCS Final Report: Technical Annexes. July
2009. https://ec.europa.eu/culture/sites/culture/files/intercultural-dialogue-
year-evaluation-2009-annexes_en.pdf
3. European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Year_of_Intercultural_Dialogue
4. Com Unity Spirit Good Practices of Interfaith Dialogue.
5. Local government and interculturalism the contribution of the Greek local
authorities to the intercultural dialogue today. Αthens, 2008
https://ec.europa.eu/citizenship/pdf/doc891_en.pdf

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