The Concept
Exploration for New Values through Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue
The General Conference of UNESCO adopted, at its 32nd session (2003), the holding of a double-purpose event targeting youth and religious leaders from the SAARC region to be held in Auroville, Tamil Nadu (South India), within the framework of the Organisation's Inter-religious dialogue programme. The project is a collaboration between the UNESCO office in New Delhi and the Auroville Foundation and will be held from 21 to 28 February 2005.
This international event will focus on the following themes:
Exploration for new values in:
1. Spirituality and Religion
2. Spirituality and Society
3. Education, Art and Culture
4. Science and Integral Development
The main aim of the event is to focus, through the above mentioned themes, on the relationships of religions and how to overcome the conflicts of the region and the role of these communities in building peaceful, tolerant, multi-cultural societies.
Full concept paper for the 2005 conference
Other Background Papers:
Final report of the 2003 conference
Final report of the 2000 conference
The Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable
Development from 
the U.N. World Summit
on Sustainable Development 2002
Declaration on a Culture of Peace from the United Nations 1999