CONFERENCE 2009 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 7-8 December 2009, Council of Europe, Agora Building, Strasbourg (France) 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: <http://www.coe.int/socialcohesion/forum2004> <http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/socialpolicies/socialcohesiondev/Forum/2009_en.asp > http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/socialpolicies/socialcohesiondev/Forum/2009_en.asp Marie-Claude Jemoli, Assistant Social Cohesion Development and Research Division DGIII - Social Cohesion Council of Europe F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex marie-claude.jem...@coe.int Tel +33 3 90 21 40 28 / Fax +33 3 88 41 27 18 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.112/2391 - Release Date: 09/23/09 18:00:00
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