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Welcome to iCultural Diplomacy, The wiki of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy This is a list of our Thematic Programs

Art as Cultural Diplomacy Cultural Bridges in Germany Cultural Diplomacy & the Global Economy Cultural Diplomacy in Africa Cultural Diplomacy in East Asia (CDEA)

Cultural Dipomacy in Europe (CDE) Cultural Diplomacy in Latin America (CDLA) Music as Cultural Diplomacy The Transantlantic Relationship Understanding Afghanistan and Central Asia

The Cultural Diplomacy Dictionary

The Cultural Diplomacy Dictionary is aimed at introducing governmental & diplomatic officials, academics & scholars, young professionals & students, artists, civil society & private sector representatives, to contemporary and evolving concepts of cultural diplomacy.” The Cultural Diplomacy Dictionary items have been gathered from a diverse range of literature, including English, American, French, Spanish, Chinese and German. The essential idea was to compile a list of terms that do not already possess a precise definition, and describe them in a way that is more relevant to global politics today. More...

Historical Acts of Cultural Diplomacy

In this section, readers can find a list of historical examples of successful acts of cultural diplomacy practiced by different actors since the end of the Second World War using different aspects of culture and other elements to represent and demonstrate what humanity shares in common through our cultures. These acts have served throughout the years as a catalyst to promote cooperation and to ease conflicts. More...

Statements on the Significance of Cultural Diplomacy
	On this page you can find a selection of written statements reflecting on the significance of cultural diplomacy from ICD Advisory Board Members as well as close supporters of the ICD coming from different backgrounds, fields, cultures and countries. More...

Human Rights & Global Peace

In August 1798, born from the tumult of the French Revolution, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen took the first step towards enshrining in law the concept that the individual and collective rights of man were universal and subject to protection. Though a product of the philosophical developments of the eighteenth-century enlightenment and limited in its scope to protecting the rights of male, French citizens, the Declaration can be considered the first attempt to politically... More...

External Links and References

Press References

• American Mark Donfried Founds the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy - A Portrait by Silvia Meixner, Die Welt
• "We have to talk to our enemies" - An Interview with MArk Dornfried, Global View Magazine
• International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin 2010, CNN
• Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin, The Prisma
• A Report on the ICD’s International Freedom of Expression Forum, The Associated Press
• Emil Constantinescu, Former President of Romania, to Commission a Branch of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Original in Romanian
• International Reykjavik Congress on Human Rights April 11th - 12th, 2013, News of Iceland
• Measuring the ‘soft power’ of cultural activity, BOP Consulting
• Bulgaria deputy economy minister meets with head of Berlin’s Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Focus

Governments

• L’île Maurice participe à l’ITB (in French)
• International Conference on Human Rights and International Politics (in Icelandic)
• Slovenian Prime Minister Mustering Support for Upgrade of Genocide Convention
• Interview with Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso, Presidency of Burkina Faso (in French)
• Report of a Lecture by Frans Timmermans, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute
• Report on Foreign Minister Boninio’s Speech on Cultural Diplomacy at ICD Symposium, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Report on a Lecture by Tara Sonenshine, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy & Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State
• Presentation of the ICD Initiative on the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) at the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly, Republic of Slovenia GCO
• The Europe Meets Russia Conference 2012, International Affairs
• Titus Corlatean, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania at the Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the Levant
• Review of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Kooperation International

Embassies

• Azerbaijan actively promotes inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue
• Sri Lankan Cultural Evening at the ICD, Embassy of Sri Lanka to Germany
• Report on the Visit of H.E. President Pierre Nkurunziza, President of the Republic of Burundi, Embassy of Burundi to Germany
• Report of a Lecture by H.E. Amb. Makase Nyaphisi, Ambassador of Lesotho to Germany, Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho
• Report on a Lecture by H.E. Amb. Philippe Autié, Ambassador, Embassy of France in Bulgaria
• The Language of Art & Music Conference 2011, Embassy of Bulgaria in the UK
• Kyrgyzstan Presentation at the 2011 Berlin International Economics Congress, Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in Germany
• Report of a Lecture by H.E. Amb. Elena Poptodorova, Ambassador of Bulgaria to the USA, Embassy of Bulgaria in the US
• Embassy inaugurates the Dr. Jose Rizal Award for Philippine-German Cultural Relations
• Report of a Lecture by H.E. Amb. Philip D. Murphy, former Ambassador of the USA to Germany, Embassy of the United States in Germany

Universities

• CSID Report on the Conference on Cultural Diplomacy 2012, University of Aberdeen, UK – January 25th, 2013
• EMUNI at the annual conference of cultural diplomacy, EMUNI (Slovenian University) – December 18h, 2012
• Diplomacy in Action, Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod Website, Russia – November 11th, 2012 (in Russian)
• The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin Made a Partnership with the American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina, American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina – November 1st, 2012
• Cooperation Agreement between UBB and The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin, Babeş-Bolyai University Website, Romania – August 30th, 2012 (in Romanian)
• José Alvarez Speaks About U.N.’s “Soft Power” at International Conference, New York University School of Law Website, USA – February 28th, 2012
• Students Participate in Diplomacy Seminar, University of Montevideo, Uruguay – June 3rd, 2009 (in Spanish)

NGOs

• An Interview with Prof. Ulrich Bruckner
• Institute for Cultural Diplomacy: Conference (in German)
• YASA takes part in the Ljubljana Human Rights Summit 2012
• ICD’s 9/11 remembrance
• Special Recognition of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy at The Maroccan Association for the Development of Paralel Diplomacy (AMADIP)
• Ribal Al-Assad, the Director of the ODFS invited by the ICD to deliver Keynote Speech on freedom of speech
• ETIC – An Article on Anna Terrón at ICD’s ‘World Without Walls’ Conference (in Spanish)
• Montesquieu Institut – An Article about the ICD Conference, ‘EU as a Global Actor’
• DesirsDavenir – A Review of Segolene Royal’s lecture at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (in French)
• Foundation Aman-International – An Article about the Screening of “Croisiere du Coeur” (Cruising the Heart) at the ICD (in French)
• “Nation Branding and the Case of Pakistan”
• Desirs Davenir – A Report on the ICD’s Fall of Berlin Wall Anniversary Event