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Fourth International Conference on Federalism

New Delhi, India 5-7 November 2007

Opening ceremonies kick off the Fourth International Conference on Federalism in New Delhi, from November 5 - 7, 2007.

What's New?

• Photo gallery from the conference
• Theme papers from the conference (Official conference web site)
• Addresses from the conference:
  • Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil (Web site of the President of India)
  • Inaugural address by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
  • Opening address by Prof. Arnold Koller, chairman of the Forum of Federations
  • Keynote address by Pranab Mukherjee, Minister for External Affairs
  • Keynote address by Shivraj V. Patil, Home Minister, Government of India
  • Acceptance of citation, Professor Ron Watts
• Video from the conference
  • Feeds from venue (Official conference web site)
  • Forum conference video
• Forum news articles on conference:
  • Fourth International Conference on Federalism celebrated diversity
  • Indian president honours Forum founder
  • Press release: Experts from 80 countries gather in Delhi to discuss federal practices
  • About one thousand to attend federalism conference
• International press articles on conference

The Inter-State Council Secretariat, Government of India, in partnership with the Forum of Federations organized the Fourth International Conference on Federalism. This conference is the fourth in a series. Previous conferences were held at Mt. Tremblant in 1999, St. Gallen in 2002 and Brussels in 2005.

About 1,300 participants represented over 116 countries. The conference was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India and saw participation by heads of state and heads of government from the world's leading federations. The conference was aimed at all interested in the practice of federalism - politicians, civil servants, academics and young professionals.

The main theme of the conference was Unity in Diversity: Learning from Each Other and was based around four themes.

Downloads

Announcement of the International Conference concept

A fact sheet about the Fourth International Conference.

Summaries of the four conference themes

A listing of the conference themes, subthemes, and authors for each by country and affiliation

The Young Professionals Programme

Past International Conferences on Federalism