The European Companies CD Ranking is an ongoing research project that aims to evaluate the engagement of European corporations in cultural diplomacy. (More »)
Academy Thematic Programs were developed in order to focus on diverse political, cultural, and economic issues, concentrating on specific geographical regions or areas as well as on specific academic fields.
The Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies is the world's leading center for the study of cultural diplomacy, offering educational opportunities ranging from distance learning courses to master's and PhD programs. To apply, please click HERE
The Certificate Program in International Relations & Cultural Diplomacy is comprised of specialized courses designed to provide participants with the fundamental knowledge needed in the field of Cultural Diplomacy and International Relations, with a particular emphasis on the application of Cultural Diplomacy in the framework of foreign policy and as practiced by the private sector and civil society. (More »)
The Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies (CCDS) has designed the E-Learning Programs, which include the main fields of research and activity in cultural diplomacy. (More »)
The CCDS offers the following E-Learning Programs:
International Relations & Cultural Diplomacy - Specialization on Governments & Parliaments
Global Governance & Cultural Diplomacy - Specialization on Global Governance Institutions
Cultural Diplomacy for Diplomats - Specialization on Governments
Cultural Diplomacy, Sustainable Development & the Global Markets - Specialization on Economic Global Institutions & Corporations
Cultural Diplomacy & Conflict Zone Mediation - Specialization on Governments & NGOs
The International Symposium 2020 will therefore focus on” The Widespread Growing Global Conflicts Era”: from Superpowers Conflicts, International Trade-Wars, Climate Catastrophes, and Growing Poverty & Migration" through a program of lectures, discussions, debates, and cultural activities. (More »)
The Academy for Cultural Diplomacy will celebrate in October 2020 the 30th anniversary of this unimaginable event by holding a conference that will reflect on and analyse the chain of these historic events and the way forward. (More »)
The next events of the project took place in Berlin from March 6th-10th, 2019 with a focus on African Development (see www.african-development-forum.org). The forum continued as from March 8th with discussion on the forum themes from a global perspective. (More »)
Speakers for the Forum included (among others) the following dignitaries:
Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar
(Minister of Tourism and Aviation of the Bahamas)
Minister Carl Barrington Greenidge
(Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana)
Minister Abdulaziz Akkulov
(Chairman of the State Committee of Uzbekistan for Tourism Development)
Minister Anil Kumarsingh Gayan
(Minister of Tourism and Leisure of Mauritius)
Minister Faizullah Zaki
(Minister of Labor and Social Affairs)
Deputy Minister Jaber Abed Khachi
(Deputy Minister of Municipalities, Construction, Housing and Public Works of Iraq)
The Annual Conference on Cultural Diplomacy is the world's leading event in the field of cultural diplomacy hosted and is organized annually at the end of each year by the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy in partnership with other leading institutions (More »)
Speakers for the Forum included (among others) the following dignitaries:
Brian Cowen
Former Prime Minister of Ireland
Klaus Wowereit
Former Mayor of Berlin
Hakima El Haite
President, Liberal International
Artur Mas i Gavarró
Former President of Catalonia
Elsa Artadi i Vila
Minister of the Presidency, Catalonia
José Montilla Aguilera
Former President of Catalonia
The Conference aimed to improve of interfaith and inter-civilizational dialogue to cooperation, promoting the preservation of religious tolerance traditions, propagation of cultural and moral values (More »)
Speakers for the Event included (among others) the following Dignitaries:
Abdulaziz Al Tweijiri
General Director of ISESCO
Sheikh-ul-islam Allahshukur Pashazade
Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Board
Fahad Abualnasr
Director General of KAICIID
Khaled Akasheh
Head of Department of Dialogue with Islam, Vatican
His Beatitude Theodoros II
Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa
Albir Krqanov
Mufti of Moscow, Head of the Spiritual Council of the Muslims of Russia
By creating an effective platform for global dialogue and facilitating engagement with key global decision-makers, the symposium aimed to foster greater global trust and understanding, and facilitate new creative and innovative ways to solve the issues which affect the peace and prosperity of the whole world today. (More »)
Speakers for the Summit included (among others) the following Dignitaries:
President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson
Former Prisdent of Iceland
President Micheline Calmy-Rey
Former President of Switzerland
The Hon. Fredrik Reinfeldt
Former Prime Minister of Sweden
The Forum aimed to analyze and debate global trends of nation branding with a particular focus on sustainable business, tourism and responsible foreign investments and to demonstrate how these can be used as primary drivers for economic growth. (More »)
Speakers for the Forum included (among others) the following dignitaries:
President John Agyekum Kufuor
Former President of Ghana
The Hon Gordon Brown
Former Prime Minister of the UK
The Hon. Irina Bokova
Former Director-General of UNESCO
The Hon. Matti Vanhanen
Former Prime Minister of Finland
The Hon. Aleqa Hammond
Former Prime Minister of Greenland
The Hon. Brian Cowen
Former Prime Minister of Ireland
ICD House is a multi-purpose location that has been designed to provide an independent forum for interaction and exchange between groups and individuals from Berlin’s diverse communities (more)
Learn more about the president of the Academy for Cultural Diplomacy, Dr. Emil Constantinescu (Former President of Romania; Former Rector of the University of Bucharest)
Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar
Minister Carl Barrington Greenidge
Minister Abdulaziz Akkulov
Minister Anil Kumarsingh Gayan
Minister Faizullah Zaki
Deputy Minister Jaber Abed Khachi
Brian Cowen
Klaus Wowereit
Hakima El Haite
Artur Mas i Gavarró
Elsa Artadi i Vila
José Montilla Aguilera
Abdulaziz Al Tweijiri
Sheikh-ul-islam Allahshukur Pashazade
Fahad Abualnasr
Khaled Akasheh
His Beatitude Theodoros II
Albir Krqanov
President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson
President Micheline Calmy-Rey
The Hon. Fredrik Reinfeldt
President John Agyekum Kufuor
The Hon Gordon Brown
The Hon. Irina Bokova
The Hon. Matti Vanhanen
The Hon. Aleqa Hammond
