THE EUROPEAN UNION EXPERIENCE REGARDING THE EDUCATION POLICY FOR INTERCULTURAL CITY DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The article analyzes the trends of the European Union's education policy in the field of intercultural dialogue and intercultural development. The chronology of the intercultural education, the transformation of the terms interculturalism is presented, the main legislative acts of the Council of Europe, European conventions, UNESCO documents are analyzed. The basic principles of intercultural education, which form the basis for the development of appropriate education policies, are summarized. The paper proposes the next stage of the interculturalism evolution – the intercultural cities network movement. Sumy city has joined the network but there is a new stage of intercultural education is needed. Keywords: intercultural dialogue, education policy, Council of Europe, intercultural urban development, intercultural education, intercultural cities network.