Humanitarian diplomacy is persuading decision makers and opinion leaders to act at all times in the interests of vulnerable people, and with full respect for fundamental humanitarian principles. The rapid expansion of the number of humanitarian actors in recent years, working for or with governments at all levels and often in complex situations, makes humanitarian [...]
Diplo offers three postgraduate-level online courses starting the week of 18 February 2019: Diplomatic Theory and Practice Public Diplomacy Introduction to Internet Governance For more information on each course please click on the titles above. These online courses are available as Diplo Certificate Courses (application deadline: 14 January 2019) and University of Malta Accredited Courses (application deadline: 17 December [...]
Capacity development has been emerging as a central approach within development for more than two decades. This approach has gradually shifted the focus of development practice from simple financial aid and technical cooperation towards a complex new paradigm that encourages and demands active involvement and ownership from the people and communities involved in aid programmes. [...]
Diplo in co-operation with The Delegation of the European Union is organising a Lunch briefing on artifical intelligence (AI) and diplomacy on Tuesday 19 February in Washington DC, NW. There have been significant advances in AI over the past decade which have lead to many debates about its potential social, economic, and security impact. However, [...]
What were the main Internet governance updates in February? How will recent updates influence the developments in upcoming months? Join us for our next monthly briefing, on Tuesday, 26th February, for a round-up of the major global IG and digital policy developments. You receive hundreds of pieces of information on digital politics. We receive them, [...]
Diplo and New America are organising a Business-Policy Roundtable on Tuesday, 2nd April from 12:00 to 13:30 (EST). Vladimir Radunovic, Director of e-Diplomacy and Cybersecurity at DiploFoundation will give a brief presentation on the Geneva Internet Platform's (GIP) mapping of offensive cyber capabilities around the world and discuss trends in cyber-armament and how to increase transparency and better map the [...]
Crucial global topics are becoming increasingly dependent on the world’s rapidly changing scientific knowledge and technological capabilities: from global health to digital society, sustainability to development, and beyond. To tackle this growing complexity, countries increasingly seek to engage with international science and technology hubs like Boston, so as to accelerate their ability to innovate and [...]
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and DiploFoundation will hold a discussion on science diplomacy in practice in the United States on 27 June, at the AAAS Headquarters in Washington DC. The event aims to discuss a recent joint study and report on how diplomatic outposts can utilise science and technology representatives [...]
DiploFoundation is pleased to invite you to the web discussion: Cyber-armament: A heavy impact on peace, economic development, and human rights. This webinar is the first in a series of cyber-diplomacy web discussions, organised by DiploFoundation with the support of Microsoft. The series will focus on risks for international peace and security stemming from cyberspace, and [...]
What were the main Internet governance updates in October? How will recent updates influence the developments in upcoming months? Join us for our next monthly briefing, Tuesday, 29th October, at 8AM (EDT), for a round-up of the major global IG and digital policy developments. Registrations are open Register You receive hundreds of [...]
