Follow UP Diplomatic Seminar & Intercultural Dialogue

I’m just back from my 2 weeks Seminar Travel through Turkey (Ankara and Istanbul) and Romania / Sibiu (cultural capital 2007).

In Ankara I attended a very interesting 8 day Seminar about Diplomacy and Negotiation. Our speakers and trainers consisted of high rank international Diplomats (such as the Norwegian ambassador in turkey or the former Turkish ambassador in the United States), Government Speakers, Journalists and University Professors (we had a video conference in the US Embassy with Prof. Dr. Daniel Druckman who wrote several books on the topic of Negotiation and Mediation).

The topics covered the themes of:
- Psychology of Conflict and Negotiations
- Lobbying Strategies
- Manners and Elements of Protocol
- The role of the media and how to use it for Communication
- Public Communication in Diplomacy
- Transatlantic Relations and Networking

After the Diplomatic Seminar I went to a Seminar on Intercultural Communication in Sibiu / Romania. We had a very good time, did a lot of things for future Networking and worked on subjects like:

- New ways and means of Communication
- Intercultural Awareness
- Cultural and self cultural awareness

All in all very interesting and productive.

Diplomatic Seminar in Ankara

I will be in Ankara for the next week, participating at the Diplomatic Seminar hosted by AEGEE Ankara and the AEGEE International Politics Working Group.

The seminar will be very interesting – we will have excellent speaker and trainers, like:
- Faruk Loğoğlu - Member of Turkish Foreign Ministry
- Cecilie Landsverk - Norwegian Ambassador in Ankara or
- Egemen Bagış - Advisory Board Chairman, Istanbul

The seminar will include workshops and trainings about:
- Dynamics of Diplomacy
- Manners and Elements of Protocol
- Role of Media
- Psychology of Conflict and Negotiations
- ....

After the Diplomatic Seminar, I will go to Sibiu – which is the Cultural capital 2007 (at least they told us that ;->) and will attend a training on Intercultural communication, which also sounds very interesting and enhancing.