In this episode, our participants (two diplomats and two scholars of diplomacy), will take a closer look at how diplomats have adapted to the new circumstances over the past months, and how these changes might shape the future of diplomatic practice....
DiploFoundation is the recipient of this year’s honorary award by the Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute, for contribution to the development and the consolidation of the Institute. The award, bestowed every year to a Bulgarian recipient and to a foreign...
24 Jul 2020
Blog post
Online meetings and conferences are now a necessity for most organisations.
In this highly interactive, practice-based course participants learn how to plan, manage, and run successful online events: choosing and using an appropriate te...
Course
In our November WebDebate, we discussed the diplomacy of natural resources in the Middle East. In particular, we focused on water in the Middle East and conflict and co-operation around this scarce resource. We were joined by Nadav Tal, water officer...
24 Dec 2019
Blog post
A helpful approach to make sense of science diplomacy (AAAS and Royal Society, 2010) is the distinction between:
‘Science in diplomacy’ – the use of scientific advice for foreign policy decision-making
‘Diplomacy for science’ – the facilitati...
7 May 2019
Event
The overall goal of the roundtable is to share and discuss different approaches and models to incorporate science in diplomatic training at all levels, from undergraduate to professional development and executive education. After hearing initial pe...
16 Feb 2019
Event
Blockchain technology can be imagined as a distributed ledger whose records are unchangeable. It is based on a community which is organised in a network, and uses open source software combined with cryptography mathematics and computation to ensure t...
6 Nov 2018
Event
An interactive online capacity development programme
Internet governance (IG) has become one of the most important policy areas of our time. Topics like privacy protection, human rights online, and cybersecurity are increasingly in the focus of gl...
Course
Recent developments, such as the dispute over the EU’s Galileo Satellite and British access after Brexit, as well as the USA’ announcement of creating a space force, remind us that this is not a marginal topic, but a hotly debated issue of geopolitic...
4 Sep 2018
Event
On Friday, 23 June, Mexico, Malta, and Switzerland renewed their memorandum of understanding on diplomatic training. The original memorandum was signed in 2009 by the three countries and was renewed in2013and2015.
Last week, the ...
26 Jun 2018
Blog post
In our upcoming WebDebate, which will take place on 3 July (13:00-14:00 CEST), we will focus on what new skills are needed for mediators applying cybermediation, and what new tools have become available in this context. We will also look at how media...
3 Jul 2018
Event
There are now vast amounts of data that are potentially useful for foreign policy decision-making, yet they are not easily accessible to analysts. Algorithms are likely to play an increasing role in making sense of all this data. Hence, they are like...
5 Jun 2018
Event
In our May WebDebate, we looked at the potential of teaching and learning negotiation skills online. Joining us to to consider this possibility were Ambassador Kishan S. Rana, professor emeritus and DiploFoundation senior fellow; Ambassador Stefano B...
15 May 2018
Blog post
Workshop facilitator
Mr Jimmy Leach, former Head of Digital Diplomacy at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Now an independent advisor on communications, content and delivery strategies for heads of state, blue chip corporates, start-ups, NGOs, ...
17 Apr 2018
Event
The overarching question of the WebDebate in March was: how can African states navigate multilateral diplomacy successfully?
Addressing this formidable question were Amb. Amr Aljowaily, Egypt’s ambassador to Serbia, and Dr Yolanda Kemp Spies, a se...
23 Mar 2018
Blog post
The focus of this workshop is on ‘between-the-lines’ communication. In an age that promotes clear writing and transparent communication, the subtler nuances of so-called ‘diplomatic language’ are often dismissed as irrelevant or undesirable. However,...
14 Mar 2018
Event
The lecture will focus on various aspects of public diplomacy that are of relevance to Ministries of Foreign Affairs in general, with special focus on the needs of the Serbian MFA. Topics that will be addressed include, among others, new possibilitie...
2 Mar 2018
Event
In our March WebDebate, we raise the question: How can African states navigate multilateral diplomacy successfully?
Although African states are incredibly diverse in terms of the challenges and opportunities they face, the question of how to engag...
6 Mar 2018
Event
Workshop facilitator
Mr Jimmy Leach, former Head of Digital Diplomacy at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Now an independent advisor on communications, content and delivery strategies for heads of state, blue chip corporates, start-u...
19 Feb 2018
Event
We leave digital footprints everywhere. Modern society is marked by data which is continuously generated through various devices and in numerous ways – such as through social media, Internet browsing, and through satellite images, among others. This ...
13 Feb 2018
Blog post