Around 100 experts and cultural actors, involved in the field of translation, will gather in the Municipality of Piran (Slovenia) on 23-24 June 2016 to participate in the “Translation for Dialogue” conference, to underline the potential of translation in fighting the current socio-cultural challenges in the region. This first high level Euro-Med conference is co-organised by the Anna Lindh Foundation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI), on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Slovenian independence.

The two day event will serve as a platform to encourage and facilitate the mobility of knowledge, ideas and actors through the region, to promote and expand a cooperative network between the actors involved in the translation chain, to channel resources and funding through an ad hoc financial Euro-Med fund with public and private supports, to translate cultural diversity, to involve youth within the translation field, and to showcase and highlight the good practices in the field.

An ambitious Euro-med translation policy is key in the face of the current challenges as it fosters cultural diversity, promote shared values and offer a new tool to solve the region’s problems.