Joel Anderson and Sukhvinder Kaur-Stubbs on Enabling free, full and equal participation

It is part of the mission of Platform for Intercultural Europe to develop understanding of the concepts behind intercultural dialogue and action.  The Discussion Papers 1 & 2 mark the beginning of a series of occasional papers intended to stimulate member organisations and wider network to reflect on their strategic orientation. "There is a particularly clear need for a more explicit statement of the relationship between power and dialogue, in order to highlight the ways in which genuine intercultural dialogue can be challenging and transformative for all involved," says Joel Anderson.

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The Platform for Intercultural Europe is a network that connects the work of grass-roots practitioners, associations, public bodies and European institutions, forming strong links from practice to policy and back again. In this way we aim to strengthen the work of and support for all those who work towards intercultural dialogue in Europe. The Platform is a civil society initiative developed as a response to the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue in 2008. It is supported by the European Cultural Foundation and Culture Action Europe, and financed by the Network of European Foundations and the European Union through the EU Culture Programme.