Overview

The EU-Latin American relations have developed and improved over the last decades and have become a paramount factor for both the success of the EU and the Latin American regions themselves, both independently and collectively. The bounty of diverse cultures spread across both Latin America and the EU, includes a vast diversity of languages and cultural traditions, while the openness of both regions to engage in intercultural activities and exchanges has been represented in significant ways in the development of their relations and cooperation. Further development of these relations and cooperation, requires moreover greater and intensive dialogue between these diverse cultures in order to maintain the positive momentum.

We have therefore initiated the "EU-Latin America Forum on Cultural Diplomacy" in order to explore and present innovative applications and methods of cultural diplomacy that can be used to develop and strengthen these relations even greater. Due to the complexity of the multi-layered relations between these two regions, cultural diplomacy is of great significance in order to lay the foundations for more intensive cooperation.

The forum will include a variety of different events including the fields of international relations and economics, peace building, human rights, folklore, arts and culture. The conference curriculum will include a diverse range of topics for discussion and also focus on specific topics within the field of EU-Latin American Cultural Diplomacy in order to provide a wide and detailed analysis and varying perspectives. Through discussion, lectures and analysis, the forum will highlight the growing need to develop a sustainable EU- Latin American Cultural Diplomacy based activities. 

Locations

Based in Berlin, the conference will be hosted at ICD House of Arts & Culture and in a number of important political, historic, and cultural locations across the city.

Speakers & Delegates

Speakers during the forum will include leading politicians, senior diplomats, governmental officials, senior academics, journalists, and celebrated artists. These speakers will include individuals from the ICD Advisory Board. To learn more about the ICD Advisory Board, please click here.

Forum Participants »

Participation in the conference is open to governmental & diplomatic officials, academics, economists, representatives of the Business sector, artists, journalists, civil society practitioners, representatives of the Business sector, young professionals as well as other interested individuals from across the world.

If you would like to reserve a position and participate in the conference, please click on the link below and fill out the online application form:

Registration

Certificate of Attendance - All conference participants will be awarded an official certificate of attendance upon completion of the program, which will provide details of the speakers who took part and the topics discussed.

Participant Papers »

The Forum Committee encourages academic research and analysis of issues related to the goals of the Forum. The Forum Committee would therefore like to welcome the participants of the Forum to submit a paper they would like to be considered for presentation at the Forum as well as being included in the proposal document that will be issued following the Forum and will be sent to all governments and leaders of the international community worldwide.