From now until 16 May you can rewrite how Europe should tackle cultural diversity. Help shape the future by going online and responding to a paper produced by the 'Rainbow Platform' (Civil Society Platform for Intercultural Dialogue, an initiative of the ECF and Culture Action Europe (EFAH), facilitated by LabforCulture.

You can comment on the recommendations in the paper and even add your own submissions! Just go to the site http://rainbowplatform.labforculture.org, read Rainbow Paper II and contribute your comments/changes.

This paper brings many issues of intercultural dialogue to the fore. Should there be a system of monitoring and reporting on the practice of intercultural dialogue, and if so, who should do this? Is it right that the EU should 'mainstream' diversity policies in its various programmes? Can there be an agreed 'European standard' for supporting culture?

The set of recommendations is very much a work-in-progress. Your constructive feedback is absolutely vital. The results will be discussed at a plenary meeting of the Rainbow Platform in Brussels on June 4th 2008 - the same date on which the Platform becomes an officially recognised discussion partner with the EU institutions.

The Rainbow Paper process started in January 2008 at the launch of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue and the start of the Slovenian EU Presidency.

Let the platform know your thoughts. The Platform intends to present a set of standard-setting recommendations at the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 closing colloquium.

To read the paper and contribute: http://rainbowplatform.labforculture.org