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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Dr. Kamran Mofid (United Kingdom), Adjunct Professor, Dalhousie School of Business, Dalhousie University, Canada

Founder of “Globalization for the Common Good Initiative”

Kamran Mofid is an Iran-born British-Canadian scientist and public thinker. He received his BA and MA in economics from the University of Windsor, Canada in 1980 and 1982 respectively. In 1986 he was awarded his doctorate in economics from the University of Birmingham, UK. His work is highly interdisciplinary, drawing on Economics, Business, Politics, International Relations, Theology, Culture, Ecology, Ethics and Spirituality.

Dr. Mofid is a founder of the NGO “Globalization for the Common Good Initiative” and is developing this issue in other projects as well. In recent years he has developed short courses, seminars and workshops on economics and theology, the economics of the common good, religions and globalization, business ethics and corporate social responsibility, spiritual economics and non-violent conflict resolution and other problems on which he has been invited to speak at many international universities and conferences.

Dr. Mofid’s writings have appeared in leading scholarly journals, popular magazines and newspapers. Among his works are: “Development Planning in Iran: From Monarchy to Islamic Republic” (1987), “The Economic Consequences of the Gulf War” (1990), “Globalisation for the Common Good” (2002), “Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Globalisation for the Common Good” (2003).

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