19May2012

About Rhodes Forum

Every autumn since 2003 the ancient Greek island of Rhodes hosts a session of the World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilization" called the Rhodes Forum that brings together public figures and statesmen, academics, religious figures and representatives of the arts, mass media and business spheres from all over the world. The sessions of the WPF "Dialogue of Civilizations" proved the urgency and efficacy of the Forum by brining the focus of world public opinion to the problems of intercultural dialogue and the need to work out instruments to make interaction among cultures and civilizations possible. The results achieved by the Forum give a hope for further harmonization of international relations and strengthening of stability in the world.

International Community

The participants of the Forum’s programs or Rhodes Forum claim that the dialogue of cultures and civilizations is quite possible. According to Vladimir Yakunin, the World Public Forum was constantly working in an international atmosphere of events that seemingly proved quite the opposite. But meeting at the Forum’s events the representatives of different civilizations have reaffirmed each time that beyond political sphere a dialogue on the level of civil society is not only desirable and necessary, but it is also practically possible. "Now the logic of Forum’s development has led us to the need of making this dialogue more substantial; in a way that would generate the functioning structures of a dialogue. Dialogue of Civilizations is called upon to develop a new culture of international partnership, co-operation and interaction, it has to foster new values and bring in new goals to the international community" — said Vladimir Yakunin.

Rhodes Forum - Main Photo

World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilizations"

The World Public Forum (WPF) “Dialogue of Civilizations” is a deliberative-consultative body that unites into a single network various international and national nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), representatives of public and state institutions, civil society organizations and faith-based groups, academics, representatives of cultural, spiritual, business, and media spheres from different countries, members of diverse civilizations and cultural traditions, and individuals who share the principles of openness mutual respect which form the basis of the contemporary dialogue of civilizations.

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Li Xin (China), Professor, PhD in Economics, Director of Institue for Economic Comparative Studies, Director of Dept.of Russian and Central Asian Studies, Shanghai Institute for International Studies

Professor and Director of Institute for Economic Comparative Studies and Center for Russia and Central Asia Studies of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS); Member of Shanghai Committee of People\'s Political Consultative Conference; Standing Director of National Council of China Society of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Research Centre; Vice President of Shanghai Association of Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies; Part-time Professor and director of doctoral students at Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and East China Normal University. Before joining SIIS, he taught in Department of Management at Zhengzhou University of Light Industry (1987-1989) after he graduated from Department of Economics at Wuhan University; Graduate student majoring in World Economics at Renmin University and Doctoral student majoring in Economics at Belarusian State University(1989-1994); Postdoctoral fellow at School of Economics, Fudan University(1994-1997); Associate Professor and Professor, and Director of Department of World Economy and Research Center for Economics of Transition at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in order of precedence(1997-2008); Senior Visiting Scholar at Department of Economics, St. Petersburg State University(2006). His major academic interest is in World Economy, Economics of Transition, Economies in Transition, and especially Russian Economy.

 

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