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The culture of tolerance as a mechanism for co-existence and development
June 24, 2019From 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
From 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Prior registration required.
Register using this link.
In Spanish, with simultaneous translation into English.
The Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Spain, with the cooperation
of Casa Árabe, has organized this seminar to be held on Monday, June 24
in Madrid.
The seminar schedule is as follows:
9:00-9:30 a.m. Accreditation given out to those attending
9:30-10:00 a.m. Welcome speech given by
Pedro Martínez-Avial, the General Director of Casa Árabe.
Majid Al-Suwaidi, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates;
Álvaro Ortega Barón, Assistant Director for the Near East at Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Mercedes Murillo, Assistant Director General of Relations with Religious Confessions at the Spanish Ministry of Justice.
10:00 -11:30 a.m. Round Table 1: Tolerance as a main factor in successful co-existence and development sustainability
Participants:
Inés Mazarrasa, director of the Pluralismo and Convivencia foundation
Manuel Barrios Prieto, director of the Secretariat for Interfaith Relations of Spain’s Conference of Bishops;
Isabel Cano Ruiz, a doctor and professor of Ecclesiastic Law who specializes in religious diversity;
Luis Caballero García, assistant director of the Spanish Health Ministry’s Youth Institute.
Moderated by: Amanda Figueras, a journalist and member of the Abraham Forum for Religious and Intercultural Dialogue
11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Coffee break
12:00-1:30 p.m. Round Table 2: The media’s role in fighting discourses of hate
Participants:
Pedro Rojo Pérez, director of the Islamophobia in the Media Observatory;
Yuli Jara, Coordinator of Maldita Migración, and
Rosa Meneses, a reporter for El Mundo newspaper and vice-president of the International Board of Reporters Without Borders.
Moderated by: Amanda Figueras, a journalist and member of the Abraham Forum for Religious and Intercultural Dialogue
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Lunch break
3:00-4:00 p.m. Round Table 3: Education to promote tolerance and dialogue
Participants:
Isabel Serrano Marugán, head of the Co-existence Unit of the Department of Education; María José Parejo Guzmán, associate professor of Ecclesiastic Law of the State at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville;
Eva Martínez, socio-educational projects coordinator for FeSP-UGT (Intercultural Classroom and “Somos Mas”).
Moderated by: Amanda Figueras, a journalist and member of the Abraham Forum for Religious and Intercultural Dialogue
Event information sheet
9:00-9:30 a.m. Accreditation given out to those attending
9:30-10:00 a.m. Welcome speech given by
Pedro Martínez-Avial, the General Director of Casa Árabe.
Majid Al-Suwaidi, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates;
Álvaro Ortega Barón, Assistant Director for the Near East at Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Mercedes Murillo, Assistant Director General of Relations with Religious Confessions at the Spanish Ministry of Justice.
10:00 -11:30 a.m. Round Table 1: Tolerance as a main factor in successful co-existence and development sustainability
Participants:
Inés Mazarrasa, director of the Pluralismo and Convivencia foundation
Manuel Barrios Prieto, director of the Secretariat for Interfaith Relations of Spain’s Conference of Bishops;
Isabel Cano Ruiz, a doctor and professor of Ecclesiastic Law who specializes in religious diversity;
Luis Caballero García, assistant director of the Spanish Health Ministry’s Youth Institute.
Moderated by: Amanda Figueras, a journalist and member of the Abraham Forum for Religious and Intercultural Dialogue
11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Coffee break
12:00-1:30 p.m. Round Table 2: The media’s role in fighting discourses of hate
Participants:
Pedro Rojo Pérez, director of the Islamophobia in the Media Observatory;
Yuli Jara, Coordinator of Maldita Migración, and
Rosa Meneses, a reporter for El Mundo newspaper and vice-president of the International Board of Reporters Without Borders.
Moderated by: Amanda Figueras, a journalist and member of the Abraham Forum for Religious and Intercultural Dialogue
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Lunch break
3:00-4:00 p.m. Round Table 3: Education to promote tolerance and dialogue
Participants:
Isabel Serrano Marugán, head of the Co-existence Unit of the Department of Education; María José Parejo Guzmán, associate professor of Ecclesiastic Law of the State at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville;
Eva Martínez, socio-educational projects coordinator for FeSP-UGT (Intercultural Classroom and “Somos Mas”).
Moderated by: Amanda Figueras, a journalist and member of the Abraham Forum for Religious and Intercultural Dialogue
Event information sheet
