The conference, organized on April 13 – 14, 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic under the auspices of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Lubomír Zaorálek, aimed at addressing the issues of overcoming global threats, developing inter-cultural and intra-cultural dialogue, including inter-religious and intra-religious respect and discussions, enhancing justice, mutual cooperation and stability.

The conference was attended by Czech and foreign human and social scientists, the ambassadors of countries of the European Union and the Muslim countries, and journalists,

The reality of series of wars and their consequences, including the destabilization of many countries and the migration crisis, requires new approaches to the contemporary threats, including a revitalization and reformulation of an idea of dialogue. A dialogue is a very old and fruitful principle which has helped us to cultivate relations among people from the ancient times till now. In the contemporary globalized world, however, there is an urgent need for broadening the idea into the concept of inter-cultural dialogue, including the inter-religious dialogue between European and Muslim perspectives. Investigation of various (not only Western) concepts of modernity and diversity creates one of the bases for an open inter-cultural dialogue.

In the same time, inter-cultural dialogue requires a mutual agreement between participants on the basic principles. Preconditions of inter-cultural dialogue are basic rights, justice, equality, and respect of human dignity, regardless of race, ethnicity, social or cultural status, gender and religion. This is a necessary precondition for understanding and respecting each other, developing trans-cultural consensus, and enlarging an extra-territorial recognition of various solutions beyond the territories of individual nations and within the United Nations.

The theme of global threats requires an analysis and ideas for the solution of various cultural, social, political, religious, military and other conflicts. In turn, it is linked to the topics of plurality of political and cultural models, participation of citizens, democracy, rights, and the rule of law.