Living Together was a major British Council initiative that brought diverse groups together from 27 countries across Europe, to contribute to the global debate on intercultural dialogue.

Intercultural dialogue covers a wide range of issues from ethnically based conflict and economic migration, to religious tolerance and equal opportunities. It is one of the most important priorities for societies worldwide today.

The aim of Living Together is to contribute to the intercultural dialogue and understanding among the countries in South East and Northern Europe, as well as the UK, by delivering a series of networks and public forums on the opportunities, threats and implications of increasingly complex societies.

The Living Together project focused on two main themes which are highly important in terms of intercultural dialogue:

• Participation of minority communities in public life
• New migrant communities & their impact on society

Each participating country has been running project activities under one of these themes. Living Together also covered a series of multilateral projects including photography and film exhibitions, young people’s programmes and international workshops.

In line with the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue in 2008, Council of Europe also strongly supported Living Together and granted their patronage to the project.