At the same time that differences between nations and cultures led to horrible conflicts causing suffering, devastation, and ruin to millions of people, rapid advances in science and technology have been taking place. The peoples of nations, ethnic groups, and regions, such as those living on the Balkan Peninsula, are rediscovering the need to educate themselves for utilizing better their energies and resources for constructive development in order for them to find a place in our highly competitive world.
The year 2000 Conference of AUDEM was organized to address these needs in the contexts of the AUDEM NEW AGENDA that characterize 21 st century universities and on the founding AUDEM orientations of enhancing the role of education in promoting democratic institutions, economic development including technology transfer, decentralized decision making, human health, sustainable habitation of the earth, and common moral and social values.
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The preliminary conference program is online. This version of the program is current as of October 27, 2006.
Program