- Forum 2000
The Forum 2000 is a foundation and conference of the same name held in
Prague ,Czech Republic . The Forum 2000 was founded in 1996 as a joint initiative of the Czech PresidentVáclav Havel , Japanese philanthropistYohei Sasakawa , and Nobel Peace Prize laureateElie Wiesel .The main objective of the Forum 2000 is to identify the key issues facing civilization and to explore ways in which to prevent escalation of conflicts that have religion, culture or ethnicity as their primary components. Forum 2000 aims to provide a platform to discuss these important topics openly and to enhance global dialogue. Through its activities, the Forum 2000 Foundation also intends to promote democracy in non-democratic countries and to support the civil society, respect for human rights and religious, cultural and ethnic tolerance in young democracies.
Forum 2000 Annual Conferences
The Forum 2000 Conferences, along with other events organized by the Forum 2000 Foundation, are held in Prague. Since 1997, the Forum 2000 Conferences have attracted a number of prominent thought leaders, Nobel laureates, former and acting politicians, business leaders and other individuals, whose common denominative is experience with bearing responsibility.
El Hassan bin Talal ,Frederik Willem de Klerk ,Bill Clinton ,Nicolas Winton ,Oscar Arias Sánchez ,Dalai Lama ,Hans Küng ,Shimon Peres ,Madeleine Albright ,Mário Soares ,Hanna Suchocká ,Sergey Kovalyov ,Jorge Castaneda ,Alyaksandar Milinkevich , andWole Soyinka are just a few of those who have attended the Forum 2000 events. Video recordings of the conference discussions and Conference Report are available on the Forum 2000 website, as well as photo-galleries, transcripts, summaries and other information.Projects
* Forum 2000 Annual Conference – main topic of the upcoming conference: "Between Openness and Fundamentalism in the 21st Century: Tradition and Modernity at Issue" (Prague, October 12-14, 2008)
*NGO Market – the biggest gathering of non-governmental organizations in the Central Europe.
*Shared Concern Initiative – open and informal group of recognized personalities representing various cultures, historical backgrounds, religions, and traditions
*Exploring Water Patterns in the Middle East – project intends to help facilitate a peaceful and sustainable resolution of tensions over freshwater resources in the Middle East
*Interfaith Dialogue – platform for representatives of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions where they can discuss up-to-date issues regarding relations among religions.
*Long Term Training Course
*Interfaith Dialogue
*Shared Concern Initiative
*Roundtables on current issuesExternal links
* [http://www.forum2000.cz/ Official site]
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