World Public Forum "Dialogue of Civilizations"

The World Public Forum (WPF) «Dialogue of Civilizations» is a deliberative-consultative body that unites into single network various international and national nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), representatives of regional public and national institutions, members of civil society organizations and faith-based groups, representatives of intellectual, cultural, spiritual, business and media spheres from different countries, representatives of various civilizations and cultural traditions, and individuals who share the principles of mutual openness, accessibility and respect, which form the basis of the contemporary dialogue of civilizations.

The main goals of the Forum are to unite the efforts of the world community to protect spiritual and cultural values of humankind, and to organize space for constructive dialogue among the major civilizations of the modern world. The work of the Forum is aimed at defining, developing and spreading dialogue standards, and introducing the spirit of cooperation and understanding into everyday life.

The World Public Forum is aimed at creating effective and democratic instruments to solve global problems and implement evolutionary changes in the structure of modern society.
Implementation of the «Dialogue of Civilizations» program is closely connected with interconfessional dialogue that brings together representatives of world religions to face current global challenges of extremism and terrorism, the side-effect of globalization.
Among the Forum’s tasks are reaching a consensus as the state of consistent co-existence of different ideas and combining liberal standards and humanitarian values.