• PROGRAMME
• REGISTRATION
• ACTUALITÉS
• ANNÉE EUROPÉENNE DU DIALOGUE INTERCULTUREL

International Youth Exchanges : the Intercultural Challenge

Paris - Maison des Associations de Solidarité – April 25th, 2008

Programme

8:30am
Registration – coffee

9:00am

• Welcome - Gérard SAUTEREAU, Chair of AFS Vivre Sans Frontière and Francisco "Tachi" CAZAL, President and CEO of AFS Intercultural Programs
• Opening - Catherine LALUMIERE, Chair of the Maison de l’Europe, former Secretary General of the Council of Europe, former  Vice President of the European Parliament

Moderator : Michel ANTOINE, Chair of AFS Paris Chapter

9:30am
The development of intercultural exchanges

• The intercultural challenge of today’s world
  Jörg ESCHENAUER, President of the Linguistic Training Department at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
  
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  From interliguistic to intercultural
  Jean-Pierre VAN DETH, Chair of the Office National de garantie des Séjours et Stages Linguistiques and founder of Expolangues
  

11:00am
Long term exchanges for the 15-18 age group

• The aims and objectives of exchange programmes offered by AFS
  Bettina HANSEL, Director of the AFS Centre for the Study of Intercultural Learning

12:30pm

• Presentation by Marc FOUCAULT, Director of European and International Relations of the Ministry of Education
  

1:00pm
Lunch (buffet)

Moderator: Michel ANTOINE, Chair of AFS Paris Chapter

2:30pm

• The corporate world, intercultural relations and the resulting training needs
  By a consultant of Crossroads, Intercultural Consulting, Coaching and Training
  

3:00pm
Impact on life and professional paths

• Key issues and actors. Examples of actions and implementation steps
  Geneviève DAHAN-SELTZER, Sociologist, Professor at Sciences Po and at Dauphine, Researcher at LISE (Interdisciplinary laboratory for economic) – CNRS
  
• Intercultural exchanges and social diversity
  Joëlle BORDET, psychosociologist at the CSTB (Scientific and technical centre for construction)
  

4:00pm
Perspectives on development

• The future for the Comenius programme
  Piia HEINÄMÄKI, in charge of the Comenius programme at the DG Education and Culture of the European Commission
  
• How to reduce obstacles to European mobility
  Annick WEINER, Vice President of international relations at Paris XI, French representative within the European Commission working group on reducing obstacles to European mobility
  
• Actions that can be undertaken at the level of a Rectorat
  Jean-Paul DE GAUDEMAR, Rector of the Aix-Marseille Academy
  

5:30pm

• Closing by Martin WINCKLER, writer

6:00pm
Cocktail

Venue:
MAS (Maison des Associations de Solidarité)
10-18 rue des Terres au Curé
75013 Paris
Metro: Bibliotheque François Mitterrand, Olympiades ou Porte d’Ivry

Download the summary of the debates in English.