Lisbon, May 12, 2024, The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) is organizing a Global Dialogue Forum in Lisbon, Portugal, from May 14 to 16, 2024.
This event, themed "Transformative Dialogue: Building Alliances for Peace in a Rapidly Changing World," is an important milestone in KAICIID's decade-long efforts to promote interreligious and intercultural dialogue for global change and peacebuilding.
The forum, an exclusive gathering of influential leaders from decision-making institutions, offers a unique opportunity to develop comprehensive partnerships that address our times' complex and interconnected challenges. It represents a platform for global political figures, intellectual leaders, and clerics from around the world to discuss the challenges facing peaceful coexistence and sustainable development in the face of rapid transformations.
Some of the influential figures attending this forum include former French President François Hollande, Sheikh Dr. Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid, Imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, Matteo Renzi, former Italian Prime Minister, and former President of Austria, Mr. Heinz Fischer.
The KAICIID Global Dialogue Forum will take place in Lisbon, a modern and vibrant city, and aims to explore the transformative potential of dialogue in advancing human rights, enhancing social cohesion, promoting reconciliation, and facilitating environmental cooperation. The forum aligns with KAICIID's mission to address and mitigate the world's most pressing challenges through inclusive, dialogical tools and approaches.
The forum aims to enhance cooperation among countries, international institutions, and civil society to build bridges of understanding and coexistence between cultures and religions.
This forum, which will include prominent figures from various fields, can significantly impact shaping policies and setting priorities to promote peaceful coexistence and build more prosperous and advanced societies.