At the gala 2019, the Diplomatic Council will start supporting the Don Bosco gastronomy school in Vietnam. At this school, young people receive educational trainings to become a baker, cook or service person so they can earn their living. This educational training is intended for young persons from very poor families or adolescents with disabilities. Besides the training at the cooking school, these young people are also given a home in a very simple house which is financed by donations.

Dear Members,

the end of the year is approaching and finally the time has come to get together with our family and friends in peace and harmony. And while we sit at the richly served tables eating and drinking more than we can tolerate, we should be grateful and humble first and foremost. Grateful because nothing we own can ever be taken for granted and humble because all we possess is a precious gift. 

On February 1, international dignitaries from diplomacy, business and society will get together in the time-honoured halls of the prestigious Frankfurt Grandhotel Hessischer Hof for the glamorous Diplomatic Council Gala.

REGISTRATION DIPLOMATIC COUNCIL GALA 2019

February 1st, 2019, 6:15 pm - 11:00 pm, Grandhotel Hessischer Hof, Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 40, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The 2019 Diplomatic Council Founders Strategy Workshop was held in a family-style atmosphere in Paris. The three Co-Founders Hang Nguyen, Ambassador Buddhi Athauda and Andreas Dripke come together every year before christmas to discuss next year`s strategy. A cornerstone of the 2019 strategy will be the focus on economic diplomacy.

The Diplomatic Council Students aim to collect donations for the Neven Subotić Foundation to build drinking well named after the DCS program. The Neven Subotić Foundation’s objective is to help children in the poorest regions in the world to gain access to clean water and sanitation and improve the hygiene situation for them with the result that more children can attend school again since they are no longer kept away from school due to sickness. The donation to this foundation is consistent with the Diplomatic Council’s desire to focus on aiding children in particular.

The German Ambassador Dr. Heinrich Kreft, Member of the Boards of Presidents of the Diplomatic Council, will deliver the keynote at the festive Gala on Feb 1st in Frankfurt/Germany.

DIPLOMATIC COUNCIL GALA REGISTRATION

Dr. Heinrich Kreft joined the Diplomatic Council as a member already in autumn 2017 before he was promoted to become  Diplomatic Council President in 2018.

The Palms of Peace are More Honorable than the Trophies of War.

A contribution by Sheila Turabaz from our Diplomatic Council partner Diplomat Magazine