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Bridging Climate and Digital Governance: Experts Discuss Data, AI, Cybersecurity, and Digital Twin Framework

Press Release: On 7 March 2023, the College of Europe, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), DiploFoundation, the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP), and the Republic and Canton of Geneva co-hosted a seminar to address two critical governance issues of our era: clim...

Rwandan diplomats and officials complete online training in digital diplomacy

Fifty-two participants, consisting of Rwandan diplomats and government institutions officials and staff, have successfully completed DiploFoundation’s capacity building programme Emerging Digital Diplomacy and Foreign Policy. The training, sponsored by Malta’s Mini...

Richard Werly strengthens Diplo’s Top Expert Team

Diplo is proud to announce that Richard Werly, renowned journalist and political analyst with great experience in international and European affairs, has joined our team as Senior Strategic Advisor on 1 April.  Based in Paris, and shuttling regularly between Geneva an...

Lancement de l’itération française du cours «Introduction à la gouvernance de l’Internet» en coopération avec l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

Genève, 20 janvier 2022 La DiploFoundation et la Geneva Internet Platform, avec le soutien et la collaboration de l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, ont lancé le tout premier programme de renforcement des capacités sur la gouvernance de l’...

Launch of the French version of the course ‘Introduction to Internet Governance’, organised in cooperation with the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF)

Geneva, 20 January 2022  Ce communiqué de presse est disponible aussi en français. DiploFoundation and the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP), with the support and collaboration of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), have launched the first-ever ca...

Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute recognises DiploFoundation’s contribution to Institute’s work

DiploFoundation is the recipient of this year’s honorary award by the Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute, for contribution to the development and the consolidation of the Institute. The award, bestowed every year to a Bulgarian recipient and to a foreign citizen or organ...

Prof. Jovan Kurbalija awarded honour by the Republic of Malta

11 February 2020: During a meeting with the President of Malta, George Vella, Prof. Jovan Kurbalija – DiploFoundation director and Geneva Internet Platform head – was presented the honour bestowed upon him by the Republic of Malta as Honorary Officer in the Nationa...

#CyberMediation Conference brings together stakeholders involved in mediation

Programme  The conference will take place on Tuesday, 19th November 2019, at DiploFoundation, WMO/OMM building, 7bis, Avenue de la Paix, Geneva. All times are in CET.  10:00 – 10:30 Welcome Coffee   10:30 – 10:45 Opening and welcome Jovan Kurbalija, Executive Di...

DiploFoundation director and Geneva Internet Platform head appointed to UN High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation

Prof. Jovan Kurbalija DiploFoundation is proud to announce the appointment of Prof. Jovan Kurbalija to a High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, established by United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, on 12 July 2018. Announcing the Panel, Secretary-Gener...

Diplomats receive blockchain certificates for digital commerce course

Download the Press Release in PDF format   Geneva, Switzerland, 15 March 2018: Diplomats who completed the just-in-time course in Digital Commerce were awarded blockchain certificates in addition to the traditional certificate. The six-week Digital Commerce course...

#CyberMediation initiative launched to address potential and challenges of digital tools in peace mediation

  Download the Press Release in PDF format   Geneva, Switzerland, 15 March 2018: The #CyberMediation initiative was launched on 13 March to explore how digital technology is impacting the role of mediation in the prevention and resolution of violent conflict,...

DiploFoundation publishes new report on big data and diplomacy

Download the Press Release in PDF format   Geneva, Switzerland, 8 February 2018: DiploFoundation has published a new report on Data Diplomacy: Updating Diplomacy to the Big Data Era, commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. The report maps the m...

Leading IG book is UN Library’s #BookoftheMonth

Download the Press Release in PDF format   Geneva, Switzerland, 13 December 2017: The book An Introduction to Internet Governance, by Dr Jovan Kurbalija, has been selected as the Book of the Month for December by the United Nations Library in Geneva. The book is r...

3rd Geneva Engage Awards honour Geneva actors for social media engagement

Download the Press Release in PDF format   Geneva, Switzerland, 12 December 2017: The 3rd Annual Geneva Engage Awards have been awarded to actors in International Geneva in recognition of the effectiveness of their social media engagement during 2017. The three re...

Nominees for the 3rd Geneva Engage Awards

New!  Consult the data analysis of the 3rd Geneva Engage Awards Take a look at the photos of the event Read the press release     Background The work done by the United Nations, international organisations, non-governmental organisations, and other institution...

Training programme for Serbian diplomats launched

  Download the Press Release in PDF format   Belgrade, Serbia, 4 October 2017. DiploFoundation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and the British Embassy in Belgrade, have announced the start of a new training programme on strategic communication for...

Graduates in digital commerce receive Blockchain Certificates

Download the Press Release in PDF format   Geneva, Switzerland, 9 June, 2017: Graduates of the Just-in-Time Course on Digital Commerce were in for something innovative as they attended their graduation ceremony on 7 June, at the WMO Building in Geneva. In addition...

Kickstart of the Just-in-time Course on Digital Commerce

Download the Press Release in PDF format   Geneva, Switzerland, 27 April, 2017: The Just-In-time Course on Digital Commerce was launched yesterday during UNCTAD’s E-commerce Week 2017. The five-week blended course, which will run until the end of May, is deliver...

Graduation ceremony for participants of GIP’s 2017 course on Internet governance

Download the Press Release in PDF format Diplomats and policy practitioners in Geneva were among the graduates of the Geneva Internet Platform’s 2017 Just-In-Time Course on Internet Governance. The graduation ceremony took place on 27 March. Eleven participants f...

Geneva Engage Awards honour most effective actors in social media engagement

[Download the Press Release in PDF format]   Geneva, Switzerland, 16 February 2017: The 2017 Geneva Engage Awards have honoured the most effective actors in social media engagement in 2016. Three winners were distinguished for their effective campaigns, interactive me...

International Geneva’s Role in 2017 Digital Transformations

[Download the Press Release in PDF format]   Geneva, Switzerland, 30 January 2017: Unsettled weather, stormy at times, with sunny spells was the underlying message during the executive briefing for the Geneva diplomatic community, delivered by Dr Jovan Kurbalija, Dire...

Presidents of Malta and Switzerland hail DiploFoundation as leader in capacity development

DiploFoundation has been hailed as a ‘leading capacity development provider in the field of international policy and diplomacy’ by the President of Malta, H.E. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca. The speech was delivered in Valletta, Malta, on 9 September by the Pr...

Geneva-based Ambassadors briefed on digital policy

The Geneva Internet Platform and DiploFoundation welcomed Geneva-based Ambassadors for a briefing on digital policy, led by Dr Jovan Kurbalija, on 7 September 2016. The briefing was aimed at ambassadors who have recently presented their credentials in Geneva. Internati...

New publication: 50 Years of Malta’s Foreign Policy (1964-2014)

The book 50 Years of Malta’s Foreign Policy (1964-2014) is a new publication edited by Ambassador Saviour F. Borg, which gathers the speeches delivered by Malta’s Prime Ministers, Ministers, and Representatives in the General Debate of successive sessions of ...

Diplo supports the Asia-Europe Meeting process

With the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit just ahead, many activities this month focused on the ASEM process. Diplo participated in the launch of the ASEF Outlook Report 2016/2017, which took place on 7 July, and trained more than 130 young people from ASEM countries ...