1. Intercultural dialogue/ICD: The gaps between policy papers and policy reality Vesna Čopič

2. The comprehensive body of knowledge Back up materials for Opatija Declaration on ICD and conflict prevention Publications and papers around UNESCO Convention o promotion and protection of diversity of cultural expressions CoE White paper on ICD EU comparative study on Sharing diversity Rainbow paper Etc.

3. Proliferation of national strategic papers EU driven production of national strategic documents : Lisbon Strategy i2010- A European Information Society for Growth and Employment 2008 – European Year of ICD

4. Reality: policy makers versus policy doers The limitations and power of ideas Political courage Financial resources Structures Knowledge

5. The limitations and power of ideas Culture is not a magic tool. Culture is not a substitute. Culture and arts have their integrity.

6. Political courage Frozen situation Weak cultural policy research Unreliable cultural statistics Absent of solid evaluation

7. Financial resources

8. Missing structures HELP!

9. Unadequate Knowledge BUT……

10. Misunederstandings Institutional Technical Cultural Legal

11. Institutional misunderstanding

12. Technical misunderstanding

13. Cultural misunderstanding

14. FUTURE

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