Developing the Framework for Locally Based Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue

该项目将：加强澳大利亚的多元文化结构和社会凝聚力；提高澳大利亚作为一个有效的多元文化社会的国际声誉，能够制定以当地为基础的宗教间和文化间对话方案；促进第五届世界宗教议会的成功前景；为政府提供基于多元文化和宗教社区的对话倡议的指导方针；赋予宗教社区更大的能力，以帮助化解澳大利亚社会内部潜在的紧张局势，并支持处于危险中的社区；为未来关于宗教和文化在社会中的作用的研究建立一个坚实的框架。

This project will: strengthen Australia's multicultural fabric and social cohesion; enhance Australia's international reputation as an effective multicultural society able to develop programmes for locally based interfaith and intercultural dialogue; boost the prospects for a successful Fifth Parliament of World Religions; provide governments guidelines for multicultural and interreligious community based dialogue initiatives; endow faith communities with a greater capacity to help defuse potential tensions within Australian society and support at-risk communities; establish a solid framework for future research on the role of religion and culture in society.