PLACE AND DATES: 10th November / From 4:30pm to 8pm Ajuntament de Barcelona, Saló de Cent (Pl. St. Jaume, 1 - Barcelona) 11st November / De 9am to 8pm Sede de Casa Asia, Auditorio Tagore (Av. Diagonal, 373 - Barcelona) FREE ENTRY / LIMITED CAPACITY Register by phone (0034-933684894), e-mail (gpatinlaloy@casaasia.es) or in the website		Programme in PDF format

The 6th edition of the East-West Dialogue focuses on "Migration and Diversity: New Challenges and Opportunities". Along with globalization, transnational migration is one of the key characteristics of our time and it has attracted growing concern and increased political attention both at international and local levels. The rising scale of international migration has increased social diversity in societies and communities in many parts of the world. The debates will focus around issues such as "Leadership for Dialogue, Diversity and Social Cohesion", "Common Values Education", "Gender and Migration", "Migrations and Human Rights", "Challenges and Opportunities for the Cities" and "Perspectives for the Future". One of the priorities of the East-West Dialogue is to integrate the youth perspective and involve young people from the East and the West in the debates with the experts. Every year, the East-West Dialogue also includes the gender perspective as a constant theme for the debates and reflections. For this sixth edition, we encourage especially local Asian migrant communities to participate actively.

This sixth edition of the East-West Dialogue is organized with the collaboration of prestigious institutions such as UNESCO, the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), the United Nations Association for Spain (ANUE), the City Council of Madrid and the Club of Madrid, with the support of the Barcelona City Council and with the sponsorship of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID).

Since 2004, the East-West Dialogue annually brings together a group of policy makers, including former heads of state and government, pre-eminent scholars, representatives of key non-governmental organizations and of the civil society from the East and the West working together for a common cause, to examine today's most pressing global, regional and local challenges, exchange best practices and engage themselves to support action-oriented policies. It aims at stimulating reflexions and constructive debate while promoting mutual understanding, unity in diversity and common actions towards sustainable development and world peace and it intends to build bridges for cooperation through dialogue. One of the objectives of the East-West Dialogue is to give Asia a stronger voice in cross-cultural dialogues which take place in the West, in the initiatives in place and in the challenges at stake. The East-West Dialogue is strongly committed to the Millennium Development Goals and the Alliance of Civilizations of the United Nations and the Spanish Action Plan.

The East-West Dialogue continues with its labour in favour of dialogue as a prerequisite tool for understanding between cultures, peaceful coexistence and sustainable development.

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