Subject(s): Federal government -- Federalism and Foreign Relation -- Decentralization and conflict management in multicultural societies -- Assignment of responsibilities and fiscal federalism -- Sub national unites -- Foreign policy -- Implementation of international and supra-national law by sub national unites -- Constitution making and national building -- Good governance -- Communities-civil society and conflict management -- International and regional action with regard to conflicts in multicultural societies -- Fiscal federalism and political decision structures -- Problems of equalisation in federal system -- Fiscal competition -- Fiscal decentralisation in transition economies and developing countries -- Fiscal federalism and political decision structure -- Problems of equalisation in federal systems -- Revenue equalisation versus cost equalisation -- Fiscal decentralisation in transition economies and developing countries -- Plenary speeches by -- Official representatives from Germany , USA, United Mexican states, Mali, Yugoslavia, Austria, Belgium, Italy, India, Switzerland, Canada