Deadline: 30 October 2016
The Swedish Institute Alexandria is seeking academics and practitioners, analysts, researchers, religious leaders and civil society actors for its “Dialogue Forum on Pluralism”.
Pluralism is an organic component of human rights, and pluralism itself remains to be the recipe for developing societies.
The critique against the concept of human rights for being a Western idea is claimed with religious, political or cultural arguments. There is a relation between human rights and democracy.
Thematic Areas
- Citizenship Rights: Which approaches are suitable to move the debate from selective ownership to true universality?
- Pluralism: How do we live together in pluralism? What is the role of a common identity for all in society? And how do we respect and guarantee the rights of minorities?
- Freedom of Expression: is it a right, a responsibility or both?
- Women’s Rights and Gender Equality: What are the experiences of Arab states in applying international women’s rights standards in their legal framework?
Conference Schedule
- The first day of the conference will host public lectures on the theme.
- The second and third days will be divided into several parallel workshops that will present and discuss the papers on the subthemes in detail.
- The afternoon of the last day will present the outcome of the workshops. It is the hope of this forum that the outcome of the conference will be published in a book.
Selection Criteria
- The Statements of motivation should not exceed 500 words. They should explain why the applicant would like to join this forum given their current role in their organizations or function.
- A short list of the selected concepts will be invited to attend the workshop in Alexandria based on their submitted statements
- Once the applicant is selected, s/he will be requested to write a concept paper to contribute to the discussion of the forum.
- Submission can take place in both English and Arabic languages Important Dates.
- Invitation to attend and present a concept paper: 5th November 2016
- Forum Dates: 10-13th December 2016
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted electronically at the address given on the website.
Eligible Countries: Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom (UK), Vatican City (Holy See), Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia and Western Sahara.
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