UNOAC
• 21 September 2004
  HE José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President of the
  Government of Spain, called for the creation of the
  Alliance of Civilizations during the 59th Session of the
  General Assembly of the United Nations, New York,
  USA.
• 13 June 2005
  Upon consultations with the Spanish Government, HE
  Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey, joined
  HE José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero as the co-sponsor of
  the Alliance of Civilizations initiative.
“   What is responsible leadership? Regardless of the context
    in which we think of it, the level or any sectoral perspective,
    “responsible leadership is geared toward the concerns of
    others and asks for what and to whom leaders are
    responsible”, as an author puts it. Now of course the key
    questions are who “the others” are and what responding to
    their concerns entails.
    In placing the issue of “Responsible Leadership in diversity
    and dialogue” at the core of the Vienna Forum, our take is
    that this topic matters in the most relevant way to the
    Alliance of Civilizations’ vision and mission.
“   Youth, political leaders, lawmakers, but
    also business people, philanthropies,
    religious leaders, researchers or simply
    you, as a citizen, are all invited to
    contribute with your experience, your
    particular insight, your mindset, your
    questions, and your concrete proposals
    to address this topical and most
    challenging question.
                                               Jorge Sampaio, High
                                               Representative of
                                               the United Nations
                                               Alliance of
                                               Civilizations
“   In Vienna, we want to achieve a deeper, more insightful
    understanding of what responsible leadership means from
    the perspective of the Alliance of Civilizations, what it
    represents in its main fields of action - education, youth,
    media and migration - how leadership is about change and
    transformation and how the principles, values and vision of
    the Alliance can help shape a leadership focused on caring
    concern for others or a high level of other-regard. I strongly
    belief that Vienna can make a difference if you join in! “
http://www.youthforvienna5unaoc.at
Tuesday, February 26 Youth Event (9 am - 7 pm),
February 27 – 28 Main Forum
Themes
• Promotion, protection and full enjoyment of the
  right to religious freedom in a context of religious
  pluralism which consists not only of greater
  diversity, but also of perceptions of that diversity
  and new patterns of interaction among religious
  groups;
• Media pluralism and diversity of media content
  and their contribution to fostering public debate,
  democracy and awareness of diverse opinions;
• Shaping a new narrative for migration, integration
  and mobility in the global economy.
Education About Religions and Beliefs

The education about religions and beliefs community
includes a network of academic and NGO partners as well
as organizations active in the field of education about
religions and beliefs, intercultural education, and interfaith
harmony.

http://erb.unaoc.org
The Education about Religions and Beliefs
program consists of three components.

• A web-based portal for resources on education
  about religions and beliefs including civic
  education, ethics education, and tolerance
  education
• A platform for partners to present research and
  findings from theory and practice
• A network to promote the positive role of religion
  and interfaith harmony
At this stage, our clearinghouse focuses primarily on
school education for the following reasons:

a) It is the stage that is the most important in forming
educated opinions;
b) It is the stage where public policy can have the most
influence, because in many states public funding of
education offers the opportunity to have concomitant
curricular influence; and
c) It is probably the area where resources are available
but scattered across different regions and therefore the
UNAOC mechanism can be particularly useful.
Intrinsic to the goal of educating students about religions
and beliefs are the instruments of civic and peace
education, tolerance and ethics education, as well as global
and cross-cultural education. These mechanisms also offer
a different way of advancing the ultimate pillar of education
to "live together," especially in the context of some
societies where teaching about religions themselves may
raise issues of "church-and-state separation."
In defining "religion" and "belief," this site follows the
OSCE's ODIHR Toledo Guiding Principles on Teaching
about Religions and Beliefs (2007) on this point, which
takes a broad view of "religion" and "belief," encompassing
not only "traditional and long-established religions" of
today's world as well as "less well known and less well
understood systems of belief." It also includes "non-
religious systems of belief," based on earlier United Nations
Human Rights documents (pp. 30-31).
Next Events
December 11th, 2012
Media pluralism and diversity of media
content and their contribution to fostering
public debate, democracy and awareness of
diverse opinions;
January, 2013
Shaping a new narrative for migration, integration
and mobility in the global economy.

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UNOAC

  • 2. • 21 September 2004 HE José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President of the Government of Spain, called for the creation of the Alliance of Civilizations during the 59th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, New York, USA. • 13 June 2005 Upon consultations with the Spanish Government, HE Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister of Turkey, joined HE José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero as the co-sponsor of the Alliance of Civilizations initiative.
  • 3. What is responsible leadership? Regardless of the context in which we think of it, the level or any sectoral perspective, “responsible leadership is geared toward the concerns of others and asks for what and to whom leaders are responsible”, as an author puts it. Now of course the key questions are who “the others” are and what responding to their concerns entails. In placing the issue of “Responsible Leadership in diversity and dialogue” at the core of the Vienna Forum, our take is that this topic matters in the most relevant way to the Alliance of Civilizations’ vision and mission.
  • 4. Youth, political leaders, lawmakers, but also business people, philanthropies, religious leaders, researchers or simply you, as a citizen, are all invited to contribute with your experience, your particular insight, your mindset, your questions, and your concrete proposals to address this topical and most challenging question. Jorge Sampaio, High Representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
  • 5. In Vienna, we want to achieve a deeper, more insightful understanding of what responsible leadership means from the perspective of the Alliance of Civilizations, what it represents in its main fields of action - education, youth, media and migration - how leadership is about change and transformation and how the principles, values and vision of the Alliance can help shape a leadership focused on caring concern for others or a high level of other-regard. I strongly belief that Vienna can make a difference if you join in! “
  • 6. http://www.youthforvienna5unaoc.at Tuesday, February 26 Youth Event (9 am - 7 pm), February 27 – 28 Main Forum
  • 7. Themes • Promotion, protection and full enjoyment of the right to religious freedom in a context of religious pluralism which consists not only of greater diversity, but also of perceptions of that diversity and new patterns of interaction among religious groups; • Media pluralism and diversity of media content and their contribution to fostering public debate, democracy and awareness of diverse opinions; • Shaping a new narrative for migration, integration and mobility in the global economy.
  • 8. Education About Religions and Beliefs The education about religions and beliefs community includes a network of academic and NGO partners as well as organizations active in the field of education about religions and beliefs, intercultural education, and interfaith harmony. http://erb.unaoc.org
  • 9. The Education about Religions and Beliefs program consists of three components. • A web-based portal for resources on education about religions and beliefs including civic education, ethics education, and tolerance education • A platform for partners to present research and findings from theory and practice • A network to promote the positive role of religion and interfaith harmony
  • 10. At this stage, our clearinghouse focuses primarily on school education for the following reasons: a) It is the stage that is the most important in forming educated opinions; b) It is the stage where public policy can have the most influence, because in many states public funding of education offers the opportunity to have concomitant curricular influence; and c) It is probably the area where resources are available but scattered across different regions and therefore the UNAOC mechanism can be particularly useful.
  • 11. Intrinsic to the goal of educating students about religions and beliefs are the instruments of civic and peace education, tolerance and ethics education, as well as global and cross-cultural education. These mechanisms also offer a different way of advancing the ultimate pillar of education to "live together," especially in the context of some societies where teaching about religions themselves may raise issues of "church-and-state separation."
  • 12. In defining "religion" and "belief," this site follows the OSCE's ODIHR Toledo Guiding Principles on Teaching about Religions and Beliefs (2007) on this point, which takes a broad view of "religion" and "belief," encompassing not only "traditional and long-established religions" of today's world as well as "less well known and less well understood systems of belief." It also includes "non- religious systems of belief," based on earlier United Nations Human Rights documents (pp. 30-31).
  • 13. Next Events December 11th, 2012 Media pluralism and diversity of media content and their contribution to fostering public debate, democracy and awareness of diverse opinions; January, 2013 Shaping a new narrative for migration, integration and mobility in the global economy.