The director of the HFC Branch took part in the International scientific practical conference “Polyphony VS cacophony: the ethno-religious diversity of the population of Odessa region in the context of regional democracy”, which was organized by the scientists of the Department of History of the Odessa National University under the support of the Regional State Administration on September 12-14.
More than 50 specialists of the scientific and state institutes from 12 countries of Baltika, Western and Eastern Europe participated in the conference.
Its purpose is to promote scientific understanding of directions and forms of ethnic and religious societies’ interaction with state institutions, finding the best ways to implement the legislative field, as well as the development of a mechanism of control of the executive authorities and local self-government by public organizations.