World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilizations"

The World Public Forum «Dialogue of Civilizations» is an international, independent, non-governmental, non-profit organization.

The Forum is headed by the Council of Co-chairmen, which consists of the WPF Founding President Vladimir Yakunin (Russia), the President of the «Kapur Surya Foundation» Jagdish Kapur (India) and the President of the «Titan Capital Corporation» Nicholas Papanicolaou (USA/Greece).

The International Coordinating Committee (ICC) is a consultative body of the Forum. The head of the ICC is former Secretary-General of the Council of Europe Walter Schwimmer. Among the ICC members are the President of the International Progress Organization Hans Koechler (Austria), Professor of the Notre Dame University Fred Dallmayr (USA), Director of Research Emeritus at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique of France Henri Favre and many other prominent scholars and researchers of the current «dialogue of civilizations» agenda.

The Forum works with different public institutions and organizations all over the world. Among them are United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO), Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE), «Globalization for the Common Good Initiative» and other nongovernmental organizations, which form the WPF «Dialogue of Civilizations» network.

The WPF “Dialogue of Civilizations” Headquarters

The WPF «Dialogue of Civilizations» European Headquarters are located in Vienna (Austria) and coordinate the cooperation with European NGO’s along with the support of the ICC work. The Director of the European Headquarters is Diana Orlova. The Russian Headquarters are located in Moscow and assist the work of the World Public Forum. The Russian Headquarters are headed by the Executive Director of the Forum Vladimir Kulikov.