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ICD Board Publications »

"Cultural Diplomacy in the UNESCO" »

A Perspective by ICD Advisory Board Member, Amb. Katalin Bogyay, President of the UNESCO's General Conference (2011-13)

Statements on the Significance of Cultural Diplomacy »

Minister Erkki Tuomioja »
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland
Anna Diamantopoulou »
Former EU Commissioner for Employment & Social Affairs
Amb. Paula Dobriansky »
Former US Under Secretary for Global Affairs
Charles Clarke »
Former Home Secretary of the UK
Under Secretary Martha J. Kanter »
US Under Secretary of Education

Cultural Diplomacy in Practice

Music as Cultural Diplomacy »

Cultural Diplomacy & Global Economy »

Cultural Diplomacy Research

Historical Acts of Cultural Diplomacy »

Read a List of Historical Examples of Successful Acts of Cultural Diplomacy (Read »)

Conference Participant Papers »

“Talking Cultural Diplomacy” »

“Talking Cultural Diplomacy” »

Keynote Speeches, Lectures & Interviews: Over 4.000 Speakers have taken part in more than 600 ICD Events since 2009

The Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies

The Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies (CCDS) »
BA, MA, PhD Programs, E-Learning Programs, Certificate Programs

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 CCDS offers the following Programs:
BA & MA Programs in Cultural Diplomacy » PhD Program in Cultural Diplomacy »
Certificate & Professional Development Programs in Cultural Diplomacy » E-Learning Programs in Cultural Diplomacy »
Weeklong Seminars in Cultural Diplomacy - July Session » CCDS Calendar of Events for 2013-2014 »

The International Symposia on Cultural Diplomacy 2014 (More »)

The International Symposia on Cultural Diplomacy 2014 »
"Applied Cultural Diplomacy: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Best Practices & Future Strategies"
(Rome, Strasbourg, Brussels, Washington D.C., Baltimore, NYC, Zagreb, Cetinje, Madrid, Berlin, London, Copenhagen, Seoul, Moscow, Crete; April - September 2014)

The International Symposia on Cultural Diplomacy is now 7 years old and has become the world's largest event series in the field of Cultural Diplomacy. The seventh Symposia will take place in 2014 and will include large-scale events that will take place in different major capital cities around the world in cooperation with governments, leading academic institutions and civil society organizations throughout the months of April - September 2014. (More »)

The Montenegro Symposium on International Law & Human Rights »
"An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Role of International Law in Promoting Human Rights"
(Cetinje, Montenegro; July 8th - 9th, 2014)

The Montenegro Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Human Rights will gather a broad range of stakeholders to explore and analyze these issues and will formulate recommendations for joint strategies for immediate and future implementation. The Symposium will create and publish a proposal document that will then be publically presented to the international community. (More »)
Speakers for the Symposium include:
President Filip Vujanović
President of Montenegro		 President Vesna Medenica
President, Supreme Court of Montenegro		 Minister Duško Marković
Minister of Justice of Montenegro
Judge Göran Lambertz
Judge, Supreme Court of Sweden		 Judge Borge Dahl
Former President, Supreme Court of Denmark		 Judge Fausto Pocar
Former President of the ICTY
Judge Abdulkadir Ilhani
Deputy Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Turkey		 Judge Julia Sebutinde
Judge, the International Court of Justice		 President Branko Hrvatin
President, Supreme court of Croatia

The Madrid Symposium on Peace Building & Conflict Resolution »
"The Promotion of World Peace through Inter-Faith Dialogue & Global Political Discourse"
(Madrid, Spain; July 15th - 17th, 2014)

The overall objective of the Symposium will be to demonstrate how inter-faith dialogue and global political discourse can be used as effective tools in promoting global peace and reconciliation, and the power of religion and global political discourse to bring varying groups together in order to establish and maintain constructive channels of communication and sustainable collaboration. (More »)
Speakers for the Symposium include:
Dr. Pilar Vélez Melón
Rector, Nebrija University 		Hon. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Former Prime Minister of Spain		 Hon. Man Hee Lee
Chairman HWPL
Hon. Lawrence Gonzi
Former Prime Minister of Malta		 Hon. Nam Hee Kim
President, International Women Peace Group		 Hon. Rui Duarte Barros
Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau

Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in Germany 2014 »
“Cultural Diplomacy in the German Public & Private Sectors”
(Berlin; July 29th - 31st, 2014)

The Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in Germany 2014 will celebrate and privilege the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall by exploring, presenting and analyzing this exceptional success of German cultural diplomacy. (More »)
Speakers for the Symposium include:
Dr. Joachim Pfeiffer (MdB)
Member of the German Parliament		 Hon. Dirk Niebel
Former German Minister for Economic Cooperation & Development		 Thomas Silberhorn (MdB)
State Secretary, Ministery for Economic Cooperation & Development
Dr. Elke Ritt
Head, Creative Europe, the British Council Germany		 Stephan Mayer (MdB)
Member of the German Parliament		 Amb. Alberto Guani
Ambassador of Uruguay to Germany

Cool North - Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the Nordic Countries »
"Strategies for Regional Development, Cooperation, Good Neighbor Relations"
(Copenhagen; September 8th - 9th, 2014)

The conference will take place in Copenhagen and will bring together experts in the fields of international relations, diplomacy, economics and the cultural and educational sectors. Specific case studies and examples of Scandinavian Cultural Diplomacy will be reviewed, with particular emphasis on the ability of successful practices of Cultural Diplomacy to improve international relations. (More »)
Speakers for the Symposium include:
Minister Marianne Jelved
Minister of Culture of Denmark		 SG Dagfinn Hoybråten
Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers		 President Mogens Lykketoft
President of the Danish Parliament
Hon. Bertel Haarder
Former Danish Minister (Education, Development, Interior)		 The Hon. Halldór Ásgrímsson
Former Prime Minister of Iceland		 Lene Espersen
Chairman, Baltic Development Forum

2014 Conference Reviews (More »)

International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Religion 2014 »
"The Promotion of World Peace through Inter-Faith Dialogue"
(Rome, Italy; March 31st - April 3rd, 2014)

The International Symposium on Religion & Cultural Diplomacy focused on "The Promotion of World Peace through Interfaith Dialogue & the Unity of Faiths" and highlight the importance of religious interchange as a vehicle for World Peace. The Symposium united religious and spiritual leaders together with politicians, diplomats, and academics in order to create cultural platforms for dialogue between nation states and religious leaders. (More »)
Speakers & Delegates for the Symposium include:
Hon. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Former Prime Minister of Spain		 Sen. Linda Lanzillotta
Vice President of the Italian Senate		 President Angelo Farrugia
Speaker of the Parliament of Malta
Mufti dr. Aziz ef. Hasanović
President of Meshihat of Islamic Community in Croatia		 Archbishop Ignazio Sanna
Archbishop of Oristano, Italy		 H.E Husein ef. Kavazovic
Grand Mufti of Bosnia & Herzegovina

The Berlin International Economics Congress 2014 »
"Global Trends in Creative Economies: Green Industries, Education, Entrepreneurship and Tourism as Drivers of Sustainable Economic Growth"
(Berlin; March 5th - 7th, 2014 - Held Parallel to the Berlin International Tourism Trade Fair)

The Berlin International Economics Congress is one of the world leading global conferences combining the fields of International Economics, Nation Branding and International Relations with an interdisciplinary and multinational program. The Congress took place over 3 days and analyzed global trends in creative economies. (More »)
Speakers & Delegates for the Congress include:
Hon. Dirk Niebel
Former German Minister for Economic Cooperation & Development		 Minister Tsedevdamba Oyungerel
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Mongolia		 Minister Dato' Seri Mohamed
Minister of Tourism and Culture of Malaysia
The Hon. Dora Bakoyannis
Former Foreign Minister of Greece		 Deputy Minister Branimir Botev
Deputy Minister of Economy and Energy of Bulgaria		 Rashed Al Baloushi
Chief Executive of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange

About Berlin & Germany (More »)

Berlin: "A Century in a City" »

"Berlin, the Greatest Cultural Extravaganza that One Could Imagine" - David Bowie
Learn more about Berlin »

Cultural Bridges in Germany »

Learn more about the ICD Cultural Bridges in Germany Program
www.kulturbrücken.de »

Academy Faculty (More »)

CCDS Faculty »

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)
Prof. Dr. Karl P. Donfried »
Director of Studies - Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies (CCDS)
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Brückner »
Academic Director - Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies (CCDS)
The Hon. Erna Hennicot-Schoepges »
Vice President of the ICD Advisory Board
The Hon. Dr. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis »
Vice President on the Council for CD Studies

Students Speak (More »)

The Hon. Dirk Niebel talk to the MA Students of the Center for Cultural Diplomacy Studies »

Dirk Niebel (Former Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation & Development of Germany) talks to the MA Students of the CCDS

MP. Dora Bakoyannis talks to Liakouris Evangelos »

MP Dora Bakoyannis (Former Foreign Minister of Greece) talks to CCDS Student Liakouris Evangelos

Hon. Ruud Lubbers talks to Koen Wellink »

Ruud Lubbers (Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands) talks to CCDS Student Koen Wellink during the ICD Annual Conference 2012

Governor Steve Merrill talks Cade Christopher Russell »

Governor Steve Merrill (77th Governor of New Hampshire) talks to CCDS Student Cade Christopher Russell during the ICD Annual Conference 2012

Cultural Diplomacy News (More »)

"The importance of Cultural Diplomacy for Dialogue and Mutual Understanding" »

Watch a report made by the Italian TV on The importance of Cultural Diplomacy for Dialogue and Mutual Understanding
Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in Italy - June 2013

"The Importance of Cultural Diplomacy in the Middle Eastern Peace Process" »

Watch a report, made by the Romanian TV about the Importance of Cultural Diplomacy in the Middle Eastern Peace Process
Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the Levant - May 2013

What is “Soft Power”? (More »)

"Soft Power Explained" »

Watch a Video Lecture by Prof. Joseph S. Nye (American Political Scientist)
(The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy - July 2009)

"The Impact of Soft Power on US Foreign Policy" »

By ICD Advisory Board Member Amb. Paula Dobriansky (Former US Under Secretary for Democracy & Global Affairs)
(ICD Conference on the Future of US Foreign Policy - January 2011)