Nov 7, 2006

CfP: SIETAR Europa congress, Bulgaria

Seven years after the bright hopes for a new millennium, wars, terrorism, fears in the marketplace and the threat of ecological disaster have become our daily fare. Politics, economics, religion, and ecology are embedded in cultural assumptions and played out in painful encounters between societies and individuals. Experts and
professionals in the intercultural field will come together in Sofia, Bulgaria, the City of Wisdom, for five days 25-29 April 2007 to share their latest research and best practices, as well as to plan strategies for cultural exchange, understanding and synergy. Please join us.

Deadline presentation proposals: 15 December
Deadline pre-congress workshop: 30 December

Paper and workshop proposals are invited for the following themes:
(1) New approaches in intercultural theory and research
(2) Ethics of intercultural education and training
(3) Environment, ecology and culture
(4) Religious diversity within Europe and religious challenges to cultural work
(5) Intercultural aspects of EU project work
(6) Cultural diversity in multicultural societies
(7) Cultural diversity in the corporate world
(8) New methods in intercultural training and education
(9) Intercultural trainings in business settings
(10) Intercultural trainings in healthcare, schooling and social work
(11) Special focus Eastern Europe: challenges of EU-accession
(12) Special focus Eastern Europe: state of the art of intercultural work

Available are scholarships for participants from the Eastern and Central Europe and possibility of free participation for best presenters from CEE Europe. Website:

http://www.sietar- europa.org/ congress2007/ en/index. htm

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