Academy for Cultural Diplomacy

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ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy

Academy for Cultural Diplomacy

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The Center for Global Health Studies (CGHS) »

"Continuing the Fight of Brave People" Guy Verhofstadt - (Prime Minister of Belgium 1999-2008 »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

Borut Pahor - (President of the Republic of Slovenia) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“30 years After the Fall; Say No to New Walls” Mukhisa Kituyi - (Secretary-General, UN Conference on Trade & Development, UNCTAD) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

"The Fight for European Freedom During the Baltic Revolutions in 1989" Maria Joao Rodrigues - (President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“A Family Reunited –Regional and Local Authorities in the Council of Europe Working for Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law” Andreas Kiefer - (Secretary General, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“Borders and Peace in Europe Today" Luca Jahier - (President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

Thomas Silberhorn - (State Secretary, Ministry of Defense of Germany) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

„After Freedom: The Roads to Flourishing“ Edmund Phelp - (Laureate of 2006 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“We Must Not Play with History” Ferenc Gyurcsány - (Former Prime Minister of Hungary) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

"History Did Not End, But Freedom Will Prevail Every Time" Roza Otunbayeva - (Former President of Kyrgyzstan) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“Rebuilding fallen Walls? Is Pluralism under Threat Today?” Naheed Nenshi - (Mayor of Calgary, Canada) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

"Freedom of Movement and Brain Drain in the EU- Addressing the Challenge at all Levels" Emil Boc - (Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Former Prime Minister of Romania) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“The Growing Importance of Cities and their Role in defending Western Democracy” Jan Vapaavuori - (Mayor of Helsinki, Finland) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

„Fall of Walls and Raise of Human Rights from Berlin to Pristina“ Mytaher Haskuka - (Mayor of Prizren, Kosovo) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

''The Wall: from a City Divided to Europe United'' Vojko Obersnel - (Mayor of Rijeka, Croatia) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“Unity Over Fear” Wilmot Collins - (Mayor of Helena, Montana, USA) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

Giorgi Tchigvaria - (Mayor of Kutaisi City Municipality) Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“The Wall” Guillfred Besaril - (Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“Could Berlin Philosophy Prevail?” Suat Caglayan - (Deputy Mayor of Izmir) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“Age of Indifference” Eric Jack Pickles, Baron Pickles - (UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

„Del otro lado, from the other side, the US-Mexico Wall„ Vanessa Rubio Marquez - (Senator of the Mexican Congress) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

"The Freedom after Freedom" Sanita Osipova - (Vice President, the Constitutional Court of Latvia) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“If you Want Peace, prepare Justice - Confidence in the Judiciary, an Essential Value of the Rule of Law” Augustin LAZAR - (Former Prosecutor General of Romania) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

„United in Diversity, Divided in a Union. Past Trials, Current Challenges, Future Prospects“ Andreas Pottakis - (Ombudsman of Greece) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

Emil Constantinescu - (Former President of Romania) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

„Reflections on the Economic Recovery Miracle: Eastern Europe after the Fall of the Berlin Wall„ Marek Belka - (Former Prime Minister of Poland) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“The Fall of the Berlin Wall and Building Global World” Hrant Bagratyan - (Former Prime Minister of Armenia) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

„Lessons from 30 Years of Common European Democracy“ Mogens Lykketoft - (Former Speaker of the Danish Parliament) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

REVERIEN NDIKURIYO - (President of the Senate of Burundi) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

Moses Cheboi - (Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“Changes after Socialism in the Comparative Perspective” Leszek Balcerowicz - (Former President of The National Bank of Poland; Former Deputy Prim Minister of Poland) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

"The fall of the Berlin Wall and its Consequences on the European Union" Michèle Alliot-Marie - (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of France) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“Scandlines: The Freedom to Travel” Søren Poulsgaard Jensen - (CEO Scandlines Group) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“30 years after the fall of the Berlin wall, what prospects for our strategy and architecture of security in Europe ?” Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam - (Member of the French Senate) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“Not the End of History but a Turning Point” Bertel Haarder - (Senior Danish Minister) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

„Dynamics of Walls and Boundaries – Never as Intended but Inspire Change“ Rita Kieber-Beck - (Former Foreign Affairs Minister of Liechtenstein) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

“Something is There, that doesn't Love a Wall” Lena Nazaryan - (Vice President of National Assembly of Armenia) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

"New Walls Made of Old Bricks" Ranko Krivokapic - (Former President of the Parliament of Montenegro) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

"The Military, an Agent of Cultural Diplomacy" James B. Peake - (US Army General; Former US Secretary of Veterans Affairs) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

Kindiki Kithure - (Deputy Speaker of the Senate Kenya) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

"Walls in Our History and Opening up Our Minds" Valdis Zatlers - (Former President of Latvia) »

Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) More »

Wishing you Peace, Freedom, & Joy this Holiday Season and Throughout 2022

Academy for Cultural Diplomacy

The Center for Global Health Studies (CGHS) »

"Continuing the Fight of Brave People" Guy Verhofstadt - (Prime Minister of Belgium 1999-2008 »

Borut Pahor - (President of the Republic of Slovenia) »

“30 years After the Fall; Say No to New Walls” Mukhisa Kituyi - (Secretary-General, UN Conference on Trade & Development, UNCTAD) »

"The Fight for European Freedom During the Baltic Revolutions in 1989" Maria Joao Rodrigues - (President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies) »

“A Family Reunited –Regional and Local Authorities in the Council of Europe Working for Democracy, Human Rights and the Rule of Law” Andreas Kiefer - (Secretary General, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe) »

“Borders and Peace in Europe Today" Luca Jahier - (President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)) »

Thomas Silberhorn - (State Secretary, Ministry of Defense of Germany) »

„After Freedom: The Roads to Flourishing“ Edmund Phelp - (Laureate of 2006 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences) »

“We Must Not Play with History” Ferenc Gyurcsány - (Former Prime Minister of Hungary) »

"History Did Not End, But Freedom Will Prevail Every Time" Roza Otunbayeva - (Former President of Kyrgyzstan) »

“Rebuilding fallen Walls? Is Pluralism under Threat Today?” Naheed Nenshi - (Mayor of Calgary, Canada) »

"Freedom of Movement and Brain Drain in the EU- Addressing the Challenge at all Levels" Emil Boc - (Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Former Prime Minister of Romania) »

“The Growing Importance of Cities and their Role in defending Western Democracy” Jan Vapaavuori - (Mayor of Helsinki, Finland) »

„Fall of Walls and Raise of Human Rights from Berlin to Pristina“ Mytaher Haskuka - (Mayor of Prizren, Kosovo) »

''The Wall: from a City Divided to Europe United'' Vojko Obersnel - (Mayor of Rijeka, Croatia) »

“Unity Over Fear” Wilmot Collins - (Mayor of Helena, Montana, USA) »

Giorgi Tchigvaria - (Mayor of Kutaisi City Municipality) Berlin Wall 30 - The 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall (Berlin; November 6th - 10th, 2019) »

“The Wall” Guillfred Besaril - (Minister Plenipotentiary of Aruba) »

“Could Berlin Philosophy Prevail?” Suat Caglayan - (Deputy Mayor of Izmir) »

“Age of Indifference” Eric Jack Pickles, Baron Pickles - (UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues) »

„Del otro lado, from the other side, the US-Mexico Wall„ Vanessa Rubio Marquez - (Senator of the Mexican Congress) »

"The Freedom after Freedom" Sanita Osipova - (Vice President, the Constitutional Court of Latvia) »

“If you Want Peace, prepare Justice - Confidence in the Judiciary, an Essential Value of the Rule of Law” Augustin LAZAR - (Former Prosecutor General of Romania) »

„United in Diversity, Divided in a Union. Past Trials, Current Challenges, Future Prospects“ Andreas Pottakis - (Ombudsman of Greece) »

Emil Constantinescu - (Former President of Romania) »

„Reflections on the Economic Recovery Miracle: Eastern Europe after the Fall of the Berlin Wall„ Marek Belka - (Former Prime Minister of Poland) »

“The Fall of the Berlin Wall and Building Global World” Hrant Bagratyan - (Former Prime Minister of Armenia) »

„Lessons from 30 Years of Common European Democracy“ Mogens Lykketoft - (Former Speaker of the Danish Parliament) »

REVERIEN NDIKURIYO - (President of the Senate of Burundi) »

Moses Cheboi - (Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya) »

“Changes after Socialism in the Comparative Perspective” Leszek Balcerowicz - (Former President of The National Bank of Poland; Former Deputy Prim Minister of Poland) »

"The fall of the Berlin Wall and its Consequences on the European Union" Michèle Alliot-Marie - (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of France) »

“Scandlines: The Freedom to Travel” Søren Poulsgaard Jensen - (CEO Scandlines Group) »

“30 years after the fall of the Berlin wall, what prospects for our strategy and architecture of security in Europe ?” Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam - (Member of the French Senate) »

“Not the End of History but a Turning Point” Bertel Haarder - (Senior Danish Minister) »

„Dynamics of Walls and Boundaries – Never as Intended but Inspire Change“ Rita Kieber-Beck - (Former Foreign Affairs Minister of Liechtenstein) »

“Something is There, that doesn't Love a Wall” Lena Nazaryan - (Vice President of National Assembly of Armenia) »

"New Walls Made of Old Bricks" Ranko Krivokapic - (Former President of the Parliament of Montenegro) »

"The Military, an Agent of Cultural Diplomacy" James B. Peake - (US Army General; Former US Secretary of Veterans Affairs) »

Kindiki Kithure - (Deputy Speaker of the Senate Kenya) »

"Walls in Our History and Opening up Our Minds" Valdis Zatlers - (Former President of Latvia) »

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