On Monday 11 February an international workshop on “Promoting Religious Freedom and Peaceful Coexistence” will take place at the Foreign Ministry in Rome. The event will discuss the most effective communication strategies to spread the values of tolerance and respect for cultural diversity. Participants include representatives of universities and research centres in Italy and abroad, and of the media. The event is a follow-up to the side event on “Civil Society and Education on Human Rights as a tool for promoting religious tolerance”. The side event was organised by Italy and co-chaired by Jordan on 27 September 2012 at the United Nations in New York, in the margins of the opening week of the 67th UN General Assembly.
Representatives of the press may follow Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi’s opening address.
Journalists, photographers and TV crews interested in following Minister Terzi’s opening address should apply for accreditation using the online accreditation system. Please complete the interactive form available at http://mae.accreditationsystem.info/ITA/Indice.asp to which all required documentation not already submitted must be attached in digital format (a letter from their media organisation and, for foreign journalists in Italy, a note verbale issued by the Embassy in Rome of their organisation).
If it is not possible to complete the online accreditation procedure, applications should be sent by fax to the Foreign Ministry’s Press and Institutional Communication Service (fax 06/3691.2122 –tel. 06/3691.3432)
Accredited journalists, photographers and TV crews should enter the Ministry by the rear entrance in Via della Macchia della Farnesina, from 8.30 to 9.15.
