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Project
ENTAN - European Non-Territorial Autonomy Network
ENTAN - the European Non-Territorial Autonomy Network is a COST Action aimed at examining the concept of non-territorial autonomy (NTA). ENTAN particularly focuses on NTA arrangements for reducing inter-ethnic tensions within a state and on the accommodation of the needs of different communities while preventing calls to separate statehood.
The Action tackles recent development in:
The theories and practices of cultural diversity
Minority rights (including linguistic and educational rights)
State functions and sovereignty
Conflict resolution through policy arrangements
Policy making and inclusiveness
The main objective is to investigate the existiisting NTA mechanisms and policies and to develop new modalities for the accommodation of differences in the context of growing challenges stemming from globalisation, regionalisation and European supranational integration. The network fosters interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary group work, and provides for training and empowerment of young researchers, academic conferences and publications, as well as for the dissemination of results to policy makers, civil society organisations and communities.