{"id":350122,"date":"2024-10-25T16:47:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T14:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/together4europe.org\/?p=350122"},"modified":"2025-01-15T17:16:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T16:16:38","slug":"the-dialogue-project-at-the-european-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.together4europe.org\/en\/the-dialogue-project-at-the-european-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"The DialogUE project at the European Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s October 16 in the morning and we are in one of the meeting rooms at the European Parliament. \u201cIt\u2019s very clear that something is happening when people of peace are talking\u201d, comments Catarina Martins, Portuguese MEP, beginning her <strong>concluding presentation of the DialogUE Project<\/strong>, in which <em>Together for Europe <\/em>is participating. \u201cThis is precisely this kind of moment\u201d, Ms Martins continues, \u201cDialogue is a powerful instrument of peace\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Present are 50 representatives of the Project\u2019s partners: people involved in European institutions, religious leaders, and also from civil society. The purpose of the meeting is to present recommendations to the European Union, which are summarised in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.new-humanity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DialogUE-to-Action-citizen-led-policy-recommendations-to-Europe-on-Communication-Ecology-and-Social-Policies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brochure &#8220;DialogUE Kit&#8221; &gt;&gt; <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the two year project, <strong>four dialogue groups<\/strong> have collaborated in <strong>three main areas: communication, ecology and social policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The groups were the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Christians of various Churches, through the <em>Together for Europe<\/em> network<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catholics and Muslims, through the Focolare Movement\u2019s Centre for Interreligious Dialogue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catholics and people with no formal faith, through the DIALOP platform for transversal dialogue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Citizens from Western and Eastern Europe, through the Multipolar Dialogue group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project aimed to transmit the importance of, and the methodologies needed for, fruitful dialogue. It brought together international expertise in these three key areas, helping the participants to understand the main documents of the UE on these topics, and to explore their various dimensions. About 10,000 people from 23 European countries took part.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its full title: \u201cDialogUE: Diverse Identities Allied, Open to generate a United Europe\u201d. <strong>The final discussion showed how necessary it is to be close to the institutions, in order to share ideas and projects which promote more inclusive and sustainable policies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the afternoon of the same day, a discussion was held at the KU Leuven (University of Louvain) in Brussels, where the participants analysed some of the good practices that emerged from the project and spoke about how these practices could be spread through the \u201cDialogUE Kit\u201d. The event was streamed lived and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/AWsnTB57Uo8?si=Ka_iBK2YQj4VRIGy.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is available on Youtube&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To know more about the Project, to see the recommendations made, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.new-humanity.org\/en\/project\/dialogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explore further resources click here &gt;&gt; <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by <em>Maria Wienken<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: New Humanity NGO Media Office; Photo: Szilvia Ber\u00e9nyi and Team <em>TfE <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img alt=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"63\" src=\"https:\/\/together4europe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EN-Funded-by-the-EU-PANTONE-1-300x63.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350923\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representatives of the Project\u2019s partners, people involved in European institutions, religious leaders and and also from civil society are present in a meeting room of the European Parliament. 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