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Inclusive Europe? Horizon 2020
Budapest, 17-19 November, 2005

The conference appears to have met with the satisfaction of most participants. We would like to thank all the participants, guests and speakers for coming and taking part. If you visit our website later on, you will find some of the speeches that were presented at the conference. Find here the speech of Commissioner Ján Figel' at the Opening Session, the speech of David Lammy at the Closing Session and the closing speech of András Bozóki, Hungarian Minister of Culture.

In search of new concepts about cultural democracy.
Exploring the interrelations of cultural diversity, multiculturality and equal chances to culture.
European culture in 2020: confronting visions.
Another step on the road towards intensifying the cultural component in the development and integration of Europe.

At the international cultural conference "A Soul for Europe", held in Berlin in November 2004, State Secretary András Benedek announced the arrangement of a similar event the following November in Budapest. With the organisation of this meeting, the Hungarian Ministry of Cultural Heritage wanted to maintain the momentum created by the Berlin conference, and kept alive at the Comédie Française in Paris, during the following European cultural conference in May. Inclusive Europe? Horizon 2020 was another stage on the way towards firmly establishing the role of culture in the construction of the new Europe. By Europe, a concept and a vision is meant, that is more than a 25-state organisation, and a 4000 thousand km2 continent. By its historical and geographical position, and by its rich culture, Budapest is well suited for such deliberations.

Inclusive Europe? Horizon 2020 organised by the Hungarian Ministry of Cultural Heritage in cooperation with the European Forum for the Arts and Heritage (EFAH), brought together ministers and other high administrators of European culture. At the same time, the conference also incorporated the annual EFAH Conference and Assembly General Meeting.

Inclusive Europe? The role of culture in reviving the European vision - message from Minister András Bozóki.