Forum 2000 Foundation
Support the values of democracy and respect human rights, assist the development of civil society, and encourage religious, cultural and ethnic tolerance.
Support the values of democracy and respect human rights, assist the development of civil society, and encourage religious, cultural and ethnic tolerance.
Promote peacebuilding, equal citizenship, and human rights for marginalised people in the Middle East, particularly women and youth, the impoverished, and other vulnerable groups; create common spaces for dialogue; build the capacity of community and civil society groups to be catalysts for peace, with a focus on women and youth; develop grassroots leaders, especially women and youth, who will mobilise their communities and civil society organisations to play an active role in building a culture of peace and dialogue; create spaces of dialogue and understanding for people of different faiths, ethnicities and nationalities to break down barriers of mistrust and create bonds of peace.
The message and vision of the Forum, which has been published since its inception, is based on the following principles: confirming the priority of peace, the spirit of firefighter, strengthening the role of the world, correcting concepts, and reviving values such as cooperation and solidarity, the brotherhood of humanity, wisdom, interest, justice, mercy, patience, the value of tolerance, the value of dialogue, and the value of moderation.
Facilitate development, networking, and cooperation between European Muslim youth and student organisations, and be their representative voice within all European institutions.
The Foundation has the objective of promoting mutual interreligious and intercultural collaboration for peacebuilding, justice, the care of human dignity, the environment and the improvement of the quality of life, especially for less favored communities.
Promote understanding and cooperation between and among ethnic groups and to reduce the existing tensions among diverse racial and ethnic communities.
Promote dialogue, mutual respect, and cooperation among different cultures and faiths that make up our society; organize seminars, panels, dinners, art exhibits, interfaith dialogue trips, and music and dance performances; provide the members of our community with opportunities to engage in intercultural/interfaith dialogue and appreciate the cultural and religious differences.
Assist religious and ideological critics and rivals to live in peaceful tension together as they live their religions with full integrity; provide programs for persons of conviction, to honorably engage others of different beliefs in trust-building conversations and activities; work to build trust through honestly facing unresolvable religious or ideological differences in a respectful manner of co-resistance that reflects openness to mutual persuasion never coercion.
Promote the testimony that Jews, Christians and Muslims -fully respecting their religions and confessions- have decided to unite to become aware of their religions and its commonalities, since Abraham is their common spiritual and cultural heritage, but also to work together on the effective reconciliation of all those who in any way constitute the descendants of Abraham today and to free the world of evils such as hatred, fanatical violence, pride of race and blood, by revealing the true and divine sources of fraternal humanism.
Pursue the foundation's mission to promote and strengthen democracy by providing political education, political advice as well as international collaboration; be active at the interfaces between political practice, science, the trade union movement, civil society and the economy; foster gifted students and postgraduates from Germany and abroad; preserve the collective memory and historic foundations of Social Democracy and trade unions, and make these accessible to the public.