Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to inform you about the extended deadline for submissions, i.e. April 10 to the 10th IACCM Conference:
REMINDER
CULTURAL ASPECTS OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION: Competencies and Capabilities
10th Annual Conference and 3rd CEMS CCM / IACCM Doctoral Workshop (3 ECTS) of the
International Association of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management (IACCM)
29 June – 01 July, 2011 at Ruse, Bulgaria
Leading Local Partner: "Angel Kanchev" University of Ruse, Ruse, Bulgaria
Local Organizers: "Angel Kanchev" University of Ruse, Bulgarian-Romanian Interuniversity Europe Center "Elias Canetti" International Society
EXTENDED deadlines for submissions:
Conference submissions: send paper abstracts (maximum 500 words) before April 10, 2011 to Juliana Popova <jppopova@uni-ruse.bg> with an attachment readable by MS Word. CEMS/IACCM Doctoral Workshop submissions: send paper abstracts (maximum 500 words) before April 10, 2011 to Marie-Thérèse Claes <mtclaes@gmail.com> and Gerhard Fink <iaccm.fink@gmail.com>.
In cooperation with the Austrian Library at Ruse and the Elias Canetti Society, IACCM will organize a German Track of the conference, submissions to Sylvia Meierewert <sylvia.meierewert@flensburgschool.de>.
For your submission please use the IACCM 2011 abstract template:
Introduction to the theme
With EU widening to East the ideas and values of united Europe are confirmed in a great number of countries around the continent. The implementation of the European principle about the free movement of people, goods, services and capital creates a territory dominated by the democratic personal choice and at the same time provokes some changes in the perception of borders. This concept is gradually losing its meaning of "a line, which divides people economically and politically", but undoubtedly, the mental barriers continue to exist in the consciousness even ofthe neighbouring nations and communities due to the cultural differences and difficulties in the intercultural dialogue.
The continued emphasis of national governments on sovereignty prevents international border regions from achieving such basic goals as infrastructure integration, harmonization of environmental policy, social and cultural exchange. At the same time, the globalising context and the intensification of the cross-border contacts on people-to-people level makes necessary the overcoming of the modern political framework based on states and boundaries.
These and other problems can be solved through focusing with scientific instruments on the nature, dimensions and outcomes of cross-border cooperation.
The exploration of the issues of cross-border cooperation can offer decisions in many aspects of the societal agenda but some of the most important dilemmas are "How to encourage the dialogue between neighbouring cultures", "How to overcome the existing stereotypes, prejudices and ethnocentric attitudes among neighbours" and "How to create common identities in the border regions".
The main objective of the 10th Annual Conference of the International Association of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management is to discuss the questions mentioned above and to contribute to the theory and practice of cross-border cooperation.
Conference topics
The conference will not necessarily exclude papers that deal with the more standard subject matter of cross-cultural management, but preference will be given to contributions which address the themes below:
culture and identity in border areas cultural aspects of the neighbourhood policy language policy in the border areas peculiarities of the cross-cultural dialogue in the border areas components of multicultural capabilities in the border areas cross-cultural management of organizations in the border areas cross-border European projects (case studies) cross-cultural conflict management cross-border integration in an enlarged EU art and cross-border cooperation, e.g. Slubice + Frankfurt/Oder = Slubfurt.
IACCM explicitly encourages young researchers to submit papers.
Selected papers submitted to the conferences will be invited for publication in a special issue of the European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management (EJCCM) – http://www.inderscience.com/ejccm.
Renowned figures and scientists will be invited as keynote speakers in the Conference, in particular high rank officials of Ministries for Foreign Affairs, embassies and government agencies, representatives of banks, corporations and organisations with interests in the Danube region and/or the Black Sea region.
Among others:
- Prof. Dr. Penka Angelova – Bulgaria (University of Ruse/University of Veliko Tyrnovo, president of "Elias Canetti" International Society)
- Prof. Dr. Constantin Apostol – Romania (Director of BRIE-Giurgiu)
- H.A.Prof. Dr. Mimi Kornazheva – Bulgaria (Director of BRIE-Ruse)
- Dr. Erhard Busek – Austria (Doctor Honoris Causa of UR; IDM - Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe)
- Dr. Gerhard Duda – Germany (Doctor Honoris Causa of UR; Hochschulrektorenkonferenz Deutschland)
- Prof. Dr. Gerhard Fink – Austria (WU-Wien, IACCM vice president)
- Prof. Dr. Rainhart Lang – Germany (Chemnitz University of Technology)
- Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Wojciechowski – Poland (Collegium Polonicum)