For the first time Diplomat Magazine and the Diplomatic Council shall present the Global Public Diplomacy Award together at a festive Diplomatic Gala to be held on 1st February in Frankfurt, Germany.
The award constitutes recognition of the efforts of heads of diplomatic missions and other dignitaries to promote strategic diplomatic engagement vis-à-vis state as well as non-state actors.
The Public Diplomacy Award will recognise both top diplomats and other members of the international community; in charge of the selection of the laureates are a group of members of the diplomatic corps and academia.
The award consists of state-of-the-art hand-made prism with the crafted name of the recipient. He or sheThe becomes an honourable member of the Diplomatic Council. The Diplomat Magazine and the Diplomatic Council will promote the accolade on the international stage.
Diplomat Magazine (www.diplomatmagazine.nl) is Europe’s leading diplomatic magazine. The Diplomatic Council (www.diplomatic-council.org) is a global think tank that enjoys consultative status at the United Nations.
The Global Public Diplomacy Award will be presented by H.E. Buddhi Athauda, Ambassador of Sri Lanka, and Dr. Heinrich Kreft, Ambassador of Germany, and Hang Nguyen, Secretary General Diplomatic Council.
Created in The Hague, presented to the world
The Public Diplomacy Award was created by the Diplomat Magazine and first launched in the presence of ambassadors and noted international relations researchers on 24 June 2016 in The Hague, The Netherlands. The inaugural award was bestowed upon H.E. Gabriel Edgardo Aguilera, Ambassador of Guatemala, in a ceremony at the Carlton Ambassador Hotel located in The Hague. The Ambassador was commended for his extraordinary engagements with Dutch civil society, and the instigation of successful foreign cultural programmes in the Netherlands. The award was presented jointly by Elizabeth Naumczyk of Diplomat Magazine; Olivier Ribbelink, Senior Researcher at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut and Associate Professor at Utrecht University, School of Law and Hilde Cadenau, LL.M, Programme Director of the International and European Law Bachelor Programme of The Hague University.
Starting in 2019 the award will be continued internationally in a joint effort of Diplomat Magazine and the Diplomatic Council.
Dr. Mayelinne der Lara, Publisher of the Diplomat Magazine, says: “We are happy to work closely with one of the world´s most reputable think tanks with consultative status at the United Nations furthering connecting diplomacy and economy.”
Diplomatic Council Secretary General Hang Nguyen says: “We are proud to cooperate with one of the world’s fastest growing diplomatic magazines created and run by diplomats.”
Diplomat Magazine has been the very first diplomatic magazine in The Netherland´s history, launched by members of the diplomatic corps resident at The Hague in 2013. Since then it has grown to cover the entire Benelux region and Germany. Nowadays is the fastest growing publication of its kind in the European Union and a top international diplomatic events organiser. Diplomat Magazine is now going global following a strategic cooperation with the Diplomatic Council and an agreement with Dow Jones that will see more than one and a half million people have direct access to its content and archives. Members of the Diplomatic Council are invited to join the events regularly organised by the Diplomat Magazine.
The Diplomatic Council is a unique organisation with consultative status to the United Nations combining a global think tank, a world-leading business network and a charitable foundation. We link diplomacy, business leaders, science’s leading minds and society’s front-runners on resolving mankind’s biggest challenges. All our members firmly believe that a thriving economy bringing prosperity to mankind is one of the best guarantors of peace. Our members gain access to a global network of leaders from the highest levels of diplomacy, business and social change.
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