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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