Forum 2000 is a foundation and conference of the same name held in Prague, Czech Republic. The Forum 2000 Foundation was founded in 1996 as a joint initiative of the Czech PresidentVáclav Havel, Japanese philanthropist Yohei Sasakawa, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel. Mr. Havel based his idea for Forum 2000 on the principle that, “it would be good if intelligent people, not only from the various ends of the earth, different continents, different cultures, from civilization's religious circles, but also from different disciplines of human knowledge could come together somewhere in calm discussion.”[1]
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The main objective of the Forum 2000 conferences is “to identify the key issues facing civilization and to explore ways to prevent the escalation of conflicts that have religion, culture or ethnicity as their primary components.”[2] Forum 2000 aims to provide a platform to discuss these important topics openly and to enhance global dialogue. Through its activities, the Forum 2000 Foundation also intends to promote democracy in non-democratic countries and to support the civil society, respect for human rights and religious, cultural and ethnic tolerance in young democracies.[3]
The annual Forum 2000 Conference, along with other events organized by the Forum 2000 Foundation, are held in Prague. The mission of these conferences is to “map the globalization process and to note its positive results as well as the perils encountered by an increasingly interconnected world.”[4] Since 1997, the Forum 2000 Conferences have attracted a number of prominent thought leaders, Nobel laureates, former and acting politicians, business leaders and other individuals, whose common denominative is experience with bearing responsibility. Prince Hassan bin Talal, Frederik Willem de Klerk, Bill Clinton, Nicholas Winton, Oscar Arias Sánchez, Dalai Lama, Hans Küng, Shimon Peres, Madeleine Albright, Mário Soares, Hanna Suchocká, Sergey Kovalyov, Jorge Castaneda, Alyaksandar Milinkevich, and Wole Soyinka are just a few of those who have attended the Forum 2000 events.
Video recordings of the conference discussions and Conference Reports are available on the Forum 2000 website (www.forum2000.cz), as well as photo-galleries, transcripts, summaries and other information from each of the annual conferences. The conferences generally open with a speech by former President Havel and then host a series of panels that discuss topics relating to the conference theme, business and the economy, interfaith dialogue, or specific regional issues.
List of Previous Conferencesedit
1997: "Concerns and Hopes on the Threshold of the New Millenium", September 4–6, Prague Castle
1998: "Globalization-Experiences, Instruments, Procedures", October 12–14, Prague Castle
1999: "Process of World Integration-Alternative Visions", October 11–13, Prague Castle
2000: "Education, Culture and Spiritual Values in the Age of Globalisation", October 15–18, Prague Castle
2001: "Human Rights-Search for Global Responsibility", October 14–17, Prague Castle
2002: "Searching for Global Consensus", October 18–20, Prague Castle
2003: "Bridging Global Gaps", October 15–17, Municipal House, Prague Castle
2004: "Civil Society in a Globalized World", October 17–19, Municipal House, Prague Castle
2005: "Our Global Co-Existence: Challenges and Hopes for the 21st Century", October 9–10, Žofín Palace
2006: "The Dilemmas of Global Coexistence", October 8–10, Žofín Palace
2007: "Freedom and Responsibility", October 7–9, Žofín Palace
2008: "Openness and Fundamentalism in the 21st Century", October 12–14, Žofín Palace
2009: "Democracy and Freedom in a Multipolar World", October 11–13, Žofín Palace
2010: "The World We Want to Live In", October 10–12, Žofín Palace
2011: "Democracy and the Rule of Law", October 9–11, Žofín Palace
2012: "Media and Democracy", October 21–23, Žofín Palace
2013: "Societies in Transitions", September 15–17, Žofín Palace
2014: "Democracy and its Discontents", September 12–15, Žofín Palace
2015: "Democracy and Education", September 13–16, Žofín Palace
2016: "The Courage to Take Responsibility", October 16–19, Žofín Palace
2017: "Strengthening Democracy in Uncertain Times", October 8–10, Žofín Palace
2018: "Democracy: In Need of a Critical Update?", October 7–9, Žofín Palace[5]
Projectsedit
Hiroshima-Nagasaki 1945-2010 – This exhibition commemorates the 65th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945.The exhibition, which recounts the story of the dropping of the bombs and the subsequent renewal of the two cities, was held both in Prague's New Town Hall and the Moravian Museum in Brno from October 12 to November 14, 2010.
NGO Market – Held annually since 2000, this event is the biggest gathering of non-governmental organizations in the Czech Republic. NGOs active in education, volunteering, human rights, environmental and other issues are given an opportunity to present their activities to the broad public, establish new partnerships, address potential sponsors and volunteers, and gain valuable know-how needed for successful NGO-management. The 2010 NGO market took place on April 16, and was attended by nearly 150 NGOs from countries throughout Europe.
Shared Concern Initiative – The Shared Concern Initiative (SCI) was conceived in 2005 by the Dalai Lama in cooperation with Václav Havel, El Hassan bin Talal and Frederik W. de Klerk. The SCI is an open and informal group of recognized personalities representing various cultures, historical backgrounds, religions, and traditions. The SCI endeavors to “address the important challenges of today's world with the understanding that changes towards the better can be effectively promoted with a common voice.” It has recently issued joint statement appeals on human rights abuses in Burma, Russia and China.
Exploring Water Patterns in the Middle East – This project addresses a problem that is key to the Middle East's development—namely, water resources. Water has become a subject of international relations with significant security, economic, social and humanitarian implications. As a result, the project intends to help facilitate a peaceful and sustainable resolution of tensions over freshwater resources in the Middle East by collecting and exchanging know-how, experience and opinions among all stakeholders in order to create a situation of common understanding where a plan for concerted action becomes possible.
Interfaith Dialogue – The Interfaith Project is a platform where representatives of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions can discuss up-to-date issues regarding interreligious relations. Through frank dialogue at the Forum 2000 conferences, participants work towards a better collective understanding of global issues, explore the role of religion today and search for ways to increase mutual cooperation and understanding.
Educational Programs - The main aim of the long term educational programs is to strengthen democracy and civil society in the Balkans, Central Asia, Central & Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, which are still in the process of transforming into democracies. The program strives to aid them in stabilizing, diversifying, and professionalizing their political systems. Training courses for youths in these regions include Youth in Conflicts – Training on Conflict Management and Active Participation, Youth Leadership Training, and the Long Term Training Course.
Conferences and Roundtables - The Forum 2000 Foundation also holds various conferences and roundtables outside of the primary annual conference event. In April 2010, Forum 2000 held an international conference entitled “Forgotten Victims” in cooperation with the Remembrance, Responsibility and Future Foundation. This conference dealt with “the situation of victims of hate crime/hate violence and victim assistance in the Czech Republic.” The goal of the conference was to contribute to a useful exchange of experiences on how to effectively and consistently address the issue of the hate violence. Other recent conferences include a “Workshop on EU – Central America Relations” in February 2010 and a conference entitled “Freedom and its Adversaries” in November 2009.
Other Activities - On March 31, 2010, the Forum 2000 and many former delegates of its conferences demanded the release of Dr. Oswaldo Álvarez Paz in an open letter addressed to the Venezuelan government. Álvarez Paz, a former Forum 2000 participant himself, was arrested on March 22 by the Venezuelan government for comments he made on a television show. As a result of this letter and pressure by other human rights organizations, Álvarez Paz was released in May and all charges against him were dropped.
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For the website of the same name see Q amp A website For the SCO UNIX conference see Forum 2000 Caldera This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Forum 2000 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Forum 2000 is a foundation and conference of the same name held in Prague Czech Republic The Forum 2000 Foundation was founded in 1996 as a joint initiative of the Czech President Vaclav Havel Japanese philanthropist Yohei Sasakawa and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel Mr Havel based his idea for Forum 2000 on the principle that it would be good if intelligent people not only from the various ends of the earth different continents different cultures from civilization s religious circles but also from different disciplines of human knowledge could come together somewhere in calm discussion 1 Forum 2000 Logo The main objective of the Forum 2000 conferences is to identify the key issues facing civilization and to explore ways to prevent the escalation of conflicts that have religion culture or ethnicity as their primary components 2 Forum 2000 aims to provide a platform to discuss these important topics openly and to enhance global dialogue Through its activities the Forum 2000 Foundation also intends to promote democracy in non democratic countries and to support the civil society respect for human rights and religious cultural and ethnic tolerance in young democracies 3 Contents 1 Forum 2000 Annual Conferences 1 1 List of Previous Conferences 2 Projects 3 See also 4 External links 5 NotesForum 2000 Annual Conferences edit nbsp Forum 2000 in Zofin Palace 2011 nbsp Joey Wang Annette Lu Eva Sykova and Mark Chen during 2016 conference The annual Forum 2000 Conference along with other events organized by the Forum 2000 Foundation are held in Prague The mission of these conferences is to map the globalization process and to note its positive results as well as the perils encountered by an increasingly interconnected world 4 Since 1997 the Forum 2000 Conferences have attracted a number of prominent thought leaders Nobel laureates former and acting politicians business leaders and other individuals whose common denominative is experience with bearing responsibility Prince Hassan bin Talal Frederik Willem de Klerk Bill Clinton Nicholas Winton Oscar Arias Sanchez Dalai Lama Hans Kung Shimon Peres Madeleine Albright Mario Soares Hanna Suchocka Sergey Kovalyov Jorge Castaneda Alyaksandar Milinkevich and Wole Soyinka are just a few of those who have attended the Forum 2000 events Video recordings of the conference discussions and Conference Reports are available on the Forum 2000 website www forum2000 cz as well as photo galleries transcripts summaries and other information from each of the annual conferences The conferences generally open with a speech by former President Havel and then host a series of panels that discuss topics relating to the conference theme business and the economy interfaith dialogue or specific regional issues List of Previous Conferences edit 1997 Concerns and Hopes on the Threshold of the New Millenium September 4 6 Prague Castle 1998 Globalization Experiences Instruments Procedures October 12 14 Prague Castle 1999 Process of World Integration Alternative Visions October 11 13 Prague Castle 2000 Education Culture and Spiritual Values in the Age of Globalisation October 15 18 Prague Castle 2001 Human Rights Search for Global Responsibility October 14 17 Prague Castle 2002 Searching for Global Consensus October 18 20 Prague Castle 2003 Bridging Global Gaps October 15 17 Municipal House Prague Castle 2004 Civil Society in a Globalized World October 17 19 Municipal House Prague Castle 2005 Our Global Co Existence Challenges and Hopes for the 21st Century October 9 10 Zofin Palace 2006 The Dilemmas of Global Coexistence October 8 10 Zofin Palace 2007 Freedom and Responsibility October 7 9 Zofin Palace 2008 Openness and Fundamentalism in the 21st Century October 12 14 Zofin Palace 2009 Democracy and Freedom in a Multipolar World October 11 13 Zofin Palace 2010 The World We Want to Live In October 10 12 Zofin Palace 2011 Democracy and the Rule of Law October 9 11 Zofin Palace 2012 Media and Democracy October 21 23 Zofin Palace 2013 Societies in Transitions September 15 17 Zofin Palace 2014 Democracy and its Discontents September 12 15 Zofin Palace 2015 Democracy and Education September 13 16 Zofin Palace 2016 The Courage to Take Responsibility October 16 19 Zofin Palace 2017 Strengthening Democracy in Uncertain Times October 8 10 Zofin Palace 2018 Democracy In Need of a Critical Update October 7 9 Zofin Palace 5 Projects editHiroshima Nagasaki 1945 2010 This exhibition commemorates the 65th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 1945 The exhibition which recounts the story of the dropping of the bombs and the subsequent renewal of the two cities was held both in Prague s New Town Hall and the Moravian Museum in Brno from October 12 to November 14 2010 NGO Market Held annually since 2000 this event is the biggest gathering of non governmental organizations in the Czech Republic NGOs active in education volunteering human rights environmental and other issues are given an opportunity to present their activities to the broad public establish new partnerships address potential sponsors and volunteers and gain valuable know how needed for successful NGO management The 2010 NGO market took place on April 16 and was attended by nearly 150 NGOs from countries throughout Europe Shared Concern Initiative The Shared Concern Initiative SCI was conceived in 2005 by the Dalai Lama in cooperation with Vaclav Havel El Hassan bin Talal and Frederik W de Klerk The SCI is an open and informal group of recognized personalities representing various cultures historical backgrounds religions and traditions The SCI endeavors to address the important challenges of today s world with the understanding that changes towards the better can be effectively promoted with a common voice It has recently issued joint statement appeals on human rights abuses in Burma Russia and China Exploring Water Patterns in the Middle East This project addresses a problem that is key to the Middle East s development namely water resources Water has become a subject of international relations with significant security economic social and humanitarian implications As a result the project intends to help facilitate a peaceful and sustainable resolution of tensions over freshwater resources in the Middle East by collecting and exchanging know how experience and opinions among all stakeholders in order to create a situation of common understanding where a plan for concerted action becomes possible Interfaith Dialogue The Interfaith Project is a platform where representatives of Christianity Judaism Islam Buddhism Hinduism and other religions can discuss up to date issues regarding interreligious relations Through frank dialogue at the Forum 2000 conferences participants work towards a better collective understanding of global issues explore the role of religion today and search for ways to increase mutual cooperation and understanding Educational Programs The main aim of the long term educational programs is to strengthen democracy and civil society in the Balkans Central Asia Central amp Eastern Europe and the Caucasus which are still in the process of transforming into democracies The program strives to aid them in stabilizing diversifying and professionalizing their political systems Training courses for youths in these regions include Youth in Conflicts Training on Conflict Management and Active Participation Youth Leadership Training and the Long Term Training Course Conferences and Roundtables The Forum 2000 Foundation also holds various conferences and roundtables outside of the primary annual conference event In April 2010 Forum 2000 held an international conference entitled Forgotten Victims in cooperation with the Remembrance Responsibility and Future Foundation This conference dealt with the situation of victims of hate crime hate violence and victim assistance in the Czech Republic The goal of the conference was to contribute to a useful exchange of experiences on how to effectively and consistently address the issue of the hate violence Other recent conferences include a Workshop on EU Central America Relations in February 2010 and a conference entitled Freedom and its Adversaries in November 2009 Other Activities On March 31 2010 the Forum 2000 and many former delegates of its conferences demanded the release of Dr Oswaldo Alvarez Paz in an open letter addressed to the Venezuelan government Alvarez Paz a former Forum 2000 participant himself was arrested on March 22 by the Venezuelan government for comments he made on a television show As a result of this letter and pressure by other human rights organizations Alvarez Paz was released in May and all charges against him were dropped See also editJan Richter for Radio Praha Sarah Borufka for the Prague Post http aktualne centrum cz domaci politika clanek phtml id 679462 1 Leora Moreno for The New PresenceExternal links editOfficial siteNotes edit Vaclav Havel Forum 2000 Archived from the original on 2013 08 19 Retrieved 2013 07 16 Members of DEMAS Demas 23 October 2009 Forum 2000 Forum 2000 Forum 2000 Conferences Forum 2000 Previous Years Democracy In Need of a Critical Update Forum 2000 Retrieved January 28 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Forum 2000 amp oldid 1175799953, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
