On the occasion of the 900th anniversary of Averroes’ birth, this text explores his reading of Plato and his reflection on justice, reason, and the common good. From the Córdoba of al-Andalus to today’s challenges, his thought continues to offer a living proposal for Convivence grounded in dialogue and balance among differences.
Córdoba’s intellectual tradition shows that reason, faith and culture can coexist without negating one another. Today, this legacy invites us to rethink Convivence as an active response to division and the fear of the other.
The II National Strategy for Territorial Equity and the Demographic Challenge provides a comprehensive framework to address territorial inequalities and demographic challenges, placing at its core equal opportunities, access to essential services and social cohesion. In this context, the II Córdoba Forum, World Convivence Forum, will be able to build on this strategy to promote more equitable, inclusive territories oriented towards a shared future.
Foresight helps explore possible futures in order to guide more just, supportive, and sustainable decisions. Through risk analysis, systemic understanding, and the construction of shared visions, it strengthens Convivence and collective capacities for adaptation in the face of today’s major social, environmental, and cultural challenges.
Drawing on René Girard, Hubert Étienne reflects on the risks of technologies designed to capture and polarize human attention. In response, he advocates an ethics of attention capable of guiding artificial intelligence and social relations toward responsibility, limits, and care for others, in dialogue with the Andalusian tradition of convivence.
The history of the ITU is the story of human connection. From the telegraph to the digital era, it has fostered international cooperation, technical standardisation and global access to telecommunications. Today, it remains essential for connectivity, innovation and convivence in an increasingly interdependent world.
Zygmunt Bauman analysed the fragility of our “liquid modernity”, where uncertainty fuels anxiety and the temptation to exclude. In response, he advocated an ethic of “being together” grounded in accepting difference and taking responsibility for the Other, in resonance with the idea of Convivence.
“Culture wars” have evolved into symbolic confrontations that polarise and fragment society. In contrast, convivence proposes the active integration of diversity as a shared asset. It does not eliminate disagreement, but prevents it from becoming destructive, offering a demanding and necessary path for pluralistic democracies.
An urgent reflection on the future of the European Union, based on the analysis of Enrico Letta and other leading figures. The text warns of a critical situation shaped by strategic dependencies and a lack of integration, and calls for far-reaching reforms in innovation, defence and governance. Europe faces a decisive choice: act now or accept its decline.
Dear readers of the Córdoba Coexistence Forum, old faithfuls or newcomers, WELCOME BACK! Here we are back on the web after more than a year of absence. Our website is experiencing a real “renaissance” here, which we welcome and for which we thank all those – volunteers or professionals – who have dedicated themselves to…
