Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan Baku International Multiculturalism Centre Azerbaijani Multiculturalism Textbook for Higher Education

Baku Humanitarian Forum

Initiated by the Presidents of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Russian Federation in 2010, Baku International Humanitarian Forum is an event gathering together famous representatives of political, scientific and cultural elite of the world community including famous statesmen, Nobel Prize’s winners in the various fields of science and leaders of influential international organizations.

In order to respond the global challenges of our time, the Government of Azerbaijan is going to host the VI Baku

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Azerbaijani Multiculturalism

International Humanitarian Forum on the theme of “Shaping a New World and a New Humanity: Creativity and Human Development” on 25-26 October, 2018 in Baku.

BIMC held round tables on ‘Comparative research into

multiculturalism: from theory towards humanist experi­ence’­ and

‘Different models of multiculturalism: from theory towards humanist experience’ at Baku Humanitarian Forums on 2 October 2014 and 30 September 2016 respectively.

World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue

BIMC held a group session ‘Let’s share culture for the sake of common security’ on 8 May 2015 at the 3rd World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in Baku. The Centre held another group session on ‘The Development of Intercultural Dialogue: New opportunities for human security, peace and sustainable development’ on 6 May 2017 at the 4th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue. These sessions provided opportunities for local and foreign experts to discuss topical problems in multiculturalism.