19May2012

Rhodes Forum

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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.

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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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Ibrahim ?zt?rk (Turkey), Associate professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Marmara University

Ibrahim ?zt?rk (Turkey), Associate professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Marmara UniversityProf. ?brahim ?zt?rk has been a lecturer at Marmara University (Istanbul, Turkey) since 1992.
?zt?rk carried out his PHD researches at Keio University, (Japan, Tokyo) and his dissertation is on “the rise and decline of Japan’s development institutions and policies in the post-second world war era.”
His field of expertise is development economics and area of interest is Asian economies.
Professor ?zt?rk spent his sabbatical at Tokyo University for one semester in 2004, worked for Institute of Developing Economies (an academic and policy oriented affiliate of JETRO) in 2005.
His major publications both in English and Turkish cover development studies, Japanese and the Turkish economy.
?zt?rk is a columnist at daily Zaman and Today’s Zaman in Turkey. He has been the chief economic advisor to Independent Industrialist and Businessmen Organization (M?S?AD) since 2002. Recently he is also an economic advisor to Istanbul based Chamber of Turkish Exporters (T?M)
He is a board member of Istanbul-based Japan Research Association (JAD) and a founder lecturer of Center of Asian Studies at Bo?azi?i University.
He is also a voluntary advisor to Dialogue Eurasia (DA), a multilateral grass root movement, supports peace and security in the wide geography in Eurasian geography.

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