The portal was founded on the initiative of the German Foreign Office , in reaction to the crisis ridden developments in relations to Islamic cultures in the wake of the shock of the September 11 attacks in the USA . Online since March 2003 , the platform is jointly run by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education ( bpb ) , Germany ’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle ( DW ) , the Goethe-Institut ( GI ) and the German Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations ( ifa ) , and is funded by the foreign office . The task of the joint dialogue project is to promote understanding between the various cultures , with the aim of combating ignorance and prejudice through knowledge
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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