 Events Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Diplomacy Graduation 2009 – University of Malta Date: 2 December, 2009
Read the Times of Malta article on the graduation ceremony.
Master's Graduation 2009 - University of Malta Date: 23 November, 2009 This year, five candidates graduated with the Master in Contemporary Diplomacy from the University of Malta and Diplo, on Monday, November 23, 2009. The graduation ceremony took place at the Jesuit’s church in Valletta, Malta. The graduates, and their research topics, were: Michael Bulwaka (Diaspora Diplomacy: A Case Study of Uganda); Rudaralingum Coopamootoo (Exploring the Relevance of Engagement and Containment Approaches in the European Union’s Management of Relations with Russia); Philip Donald Kargbo (The Role of Public Diplomacy in the Resolution of African Disputes: Civil Society Action in Sierra Leone); Liene Norberg (Impact of Russia’s Foreign Energy Policy on Small European States’ Security. Case Study: The Baltic States); Uchenna Okoli (Development Aid and Nigeria’s Poverty Challenge: Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 in Focus). We would like to thank the Diplo faculty members who supervised the work of these graduates. Read the Times of Malta and Malta Independent articles on the graduation ceremony.”
Diplo Among “Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics” for 2009 Date: 22 October, 2009 On October 22, at the World e-Democracy Forum award ceremony in the French National Assembly, DiploFoundation received a prestigious award for its capacity development in Internet governance. Other laureates for 2009 included Google and Twitter. At the ceremony, Dr Jovan Kurbalija, founding director of Diplo said: “Inclusive and diverse governance is the only way to address global issues such as climate change, migration and the Internet.” He added: “Diplo’s capacity development programme assists small and developing countries who are often absent from global negotiations.”
Can the United Nations be Taught? Date: 6 November, 2009 Jovan Kurbalija, Director of DiploFoundation, was an invited panellist at the presentation of a publication from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna: "Can the United Nations be Taught?" The book compiles contributions from senior UN officials, academics and students worldwide exploring how the UN as a subject can best be addressed in the field of higher education. Authors introduce innovative teaching initiatives about the UN system which aim to bring about better understanding of UN operations in the real world. In the forward to the publication, Gerhard Reiweger, Deputy Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, points to the provocative double meaning of the title: on the one hand, addressing the complexity of the subject itself and the teaching process; but on the other hand, alluding to the ultimate goal of learning, "which is to acquire, through critical analysis, the competence to bring about changes for the better in real life." The book is available for download, free of charge.
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