The annual conference on Interacting in diversity for social cohesion

Tid: 7-8 december 2009
Plats: Council of Europe, Agora Building, Strasbourg. Frankrike.
Arrangör: The Council of Europe, in partnership with the European Commission and the Government of Quebec.



"INTERACTING IN DIVERSITY FOR SOCIAL COHESION: frameworks and references to
adapt the organisation and competences of social services to the demands of
a pluralist society

The Council of Europe, in partnership with the European Commission and the
Government of Quebec, is organising this Conference - open to public
authorities, social workers, migrants, researchers, etc - whose purpose is
to analyse the social and operational frameworks, in particular the acquisition
of the intercultural competences more suited to fostering interaction in a
context of cultural diversity, especially the development of public services in our
pluralist societies.

This conference will deal primarily with the following topics:

* the advantages and limits of the concept of reasonable
accommodation in relation to the European standards on non-discrimination;

* the nature of constraints affecting and potential for the
interaction of "accommodations" deployed in Europe by social workers and mediators;

*the need to adapt institutional language.

Programme, registration form and practical information: