Mission SIETAR UK

The main purpose of SIETAR is to encourage and support the development and application of values, knowledge and skills that promote and reinforce beneficial and long-lasting intercultural and inter-ethnic relations at the individual, group, organization and community levels..

Specifically, SIETAR UK pursues the following goals:

• To enhance the awareness of intercultural issues in policy-making, business, and education
• To contribute to the solution of societal problems by facilitating communication between peoples of different cultures, and encouraging research directed toward improving knowledge and practices in the field
• To provide multi-disciplinary, professional expertise in intercultural issues in practice and research by establishing a network of intercultural specialists
• To contribute to the development of standards for interculturalism, and for the practice of intercultural education, training and research
• To support publications, personal and professional exchanges, research, and other projects as well as regional, national and international conferences and other events.
• To find ways to cooperate across borders to enhance the benefits of SIETAR membership and to enlarge the impact of SIETAR in the world.