Save the date! On Thursday 8 March 2018, it will be the Celebration of International Women’s Day. For this occasion, the UNESCO headquarters in Paris will host around 150 contributors, among whom UNESCO’s staff, members of Permanent Delegations, partners, representatives of civil society, students, and the general public to encourage the Wikipedia contributions for women’s … #WIKI4WOMEN World Contributory Movement
In 2018, the European Union celebrates its cultural heritage at EU, national, regional and local levels. As part of the EU’s strategy to put culture at the heart of the Union’s international relations, the Cultural Diplomacy Platform is interested in international dimensions of the European Year of Cultural Heritage. High-level speakers and panelists will join … EYCH 2018: International Perspectives Forum
“Old friends, new challenges. Building a reinvigorated partnership” From 26 to 28 February 2018, in Brussels, the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are coming together to discuss common challenges. The EU and ASEAN appear to be two of the most achieved examples of union among States, promoting international cooperation under … 26-28/02/2018 EU-ASEAN Relations: Young Leaders Forum
The Cultural Diplomacy Platform’s Team Leader Ms. Sana Ouchtati and two independent experts, Ms. Ouafa Belgacem and Dr. Damien Helly, were in Tunis from 19 to 23 February 2018, to meet representatives of the EU Delegation to Tunisia, the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Social Affairs/Office for Tunisians Abroad. EU-Tunisia: … 19-23/02/2018 Towards a Tunisian Cultural Diplomacy
From 23 to 26 March 2018 in Kőszeg, Hungary, the Interpret Europe Conference will deal with the question of identity. Organised by the Association of Cultural Heritage Managers, the conference will include three keynote speeches and about 80 workshops, presentations and study visits. There will also be a pre-conference tour to Vienna on 22 March … 23-26/03/2018 Interpret Europe Conference: Heritage and Identity
Set up in 2010, the International Cultural Panel is a binding, multi-ministry forum established to promote cultural exchanges between Denmark and the rest of the world. The purpose of the panel is to bring together an array of prominent cultural institutions in order to strengthen the cultural exchange and give it a shared focus. Recently, … Denmark: International Cultural Strategy
Published in the International Journal of Cultural Policy, this paper by Neil Collins and Kristina Bekenova investigates the 9 European diasporas in Kazakhstan (Bulgarian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Lithuanian, Estonian, Romanian, Greek and Finn) in the context of European cultural diplomacy to: You can access the full article here.
The British Council and the Goethe-Institut have partnered in a joint research project called The Cultural Value Project. In January 2018 they have published a literature review on a detailed investigation of the existing academic literature on cultural relations in German and English. It forms the introduction to on-going work deploying a new mixed-methodology approach … Cultural Relations in Societies in Transition: A Literature Review
Cultural Cooperation between the European Capitals of Culture and Cultural Cities of East Asia: Opportunities and Challenges. In the framework of the Forum on Cooperation between European Capitals of Culture (ECoC) and Cultural Cities of East Asia (CCEA) in Shanghai last November 2017, co-organised by the Cultural Diplomacy Platform, a study has been completed by … Cultural Cooperation between ECoC and CCEA
SAVE THE DATE! EYCH 2018: International Perspectives Monday 23 April 2018, Palais des Académies, Brussels The Forum on the International Dimension of the European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH) 2018, organized by the Cultural Diplomacy Platform, will look at the main themes of the 2018 EYCH from an international perspective. The global cultural landscape has … Save the Date: EYCH 2018 International Perspectives