This conference, organized by the Hellenic Open University, will promote the results of SONETOR, a European project which seeks to train Cultural Mediators across Europe using cutting edge digital media technologies (Cultural Mediators’ training platform) and peer learning methodology.

Project partners and conference participants will also discuss policies and transnational practices in the field of cultural mediation and suggest a sustainable professional profile for cultural mediators. ESΙ-CM 2013 welcomes participation of Cultural Mediators, social workers and researchers who interact with immigrants and people from immigrant communities, educational institutions and training centers (students), NGOs and voluntary organizations, Public administration and local authorities, Certification bodies.

At this stage we invite presentations by experts from academia, industry, and government stakeholders in cultural mediation and related issues, such as:

• The profession of the Cultural Mediator
• Qualifications and Role of the Cultural Mediator
• Training of the Cultural Mediator
• Good Practices and Case studies
• Social capital, communities, and technology
• Communities and innovation
• Challenges of cultural mediation
• Intercultural Networks

For enquiries and submissions please contact [email protected].

More information: http://www.sonetor-project.eu/esicm/

The Conference Conveners