Greater Horn Horizon Forum - Conference on Identity, Citizenship and Regional Integration

Conference

Djibouti, Djibouti From08/11/2009 09:00 To 09/11/2009 17:00 The Greater Horn Horizon Forum, whose creation in 2007 was sponsored by UNESCO, organizes in November 2009 in Djibouti, a conference on the theme "Identity, Citizenship and the Integration".

Various papers will be presented, including that of the author of the reference document, Professor Kidane Mengistead. Using these presentations, experts, academics and researchers from the region will critically analyze the prevailing conceptions about these issues, explore new conceptual approaches and definitions and define a vision of civic identity that could create the conditions for genuine cooperation between the countries of the Horn of Africa.

The Conference also plans to focus particular attention on communication, in order to promote the results of the Forum. Besides regular updating of the website and the newsletter of the Forum, the creation of regional radio stations and television channels will be on the agenda.

Emphasis will also be placed upon collaboration with the private sector in the region, with a meeting planned the day before the opening of the Forum on November 7, where the possibilities of fruitful collaboration between these two entities will be explored.

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