Katara - the Cultural Village is all set to open today the seventh General Assembly of the Global Public Diplomatic Network (GPDNet) under the chairmanship of Qatar.
Katara, which represents Qatar in GPDNet, announced in a statement on Sunday that the event will witness participation of 14 members along with seven candidate countries.
The organising committee confirmed all preparations for the three-day session have been completed with the arrival of the participating delegations representing 21 countries.
The seventh meeting will witness fundamental changes in the development of the network’s structure as well as laying out a vision for the strategy in expanding areas of co-operation.
The assembly will also witness the joining of seven new countries to the network (Bulgaria, Albania, Romania, Tajikistan, Ghana, Rwanda and Palestine) bringing the number of members to 29.
Also, a series of projects will be launched.
These, most notably, include the “Digital Diplomacy” project presented by Katara in addition to discussing three other papers related to building human capacity and promoting development programmes.
Important lectures and courses in global public diplomacy will also be held during the meeting, to be presented by international academics, the most important of which are: "The Peace Museum Project" Bosnia, “Creative hub” Georgia, “Diplomatic culture" Malaysia, “Heritage and music” Hungary, “Public diplomacy" Mexico, “Mobile education" Mozambique, “The power of language" Nigeria, “A journey in public diplomacy" Turkey”, “The impact of public diplomacy" Ukraine.
Represented by Katara, Qatar obtained membership in the GPDNet in 2017 and received the presidency from Turkey on May 4, 2019 while becoming the first Arab country to chair the organisation since its establishment in 2014.
The organising committee confirmed all preparations for the three-day session have been completed with the arrival of the participating delegations representing 21 countries.
The seventh meeting will witness fundamental changes in the development of the network’s structure as well as laying out a vision for the strategy in expanding areas of co-operation.
The assembly will also witness the joining of seven new countries to the network (Bulgaria, Albania, Romania, Tajikistan, Ghana, Rwanda and Palestine) bringing the number of members to 29.
Also, a series of projects will be launched.
These, most notably, include the “Digital Diplomacy” project presented by Katara in addition to discussing three other papers related to building human capacity and promoting development programmes.
Important lectures and courses in global public diplomacy will also be held during the meeting, to be presented by international academics, the most important of which are: "The Peace Museum Project" Bosnia, “Creative hub” Georgia, “Diplomatic culture" Malaysia, “Heritage and music” Hungary, “Public diplomacy" Mexico, “Mobile education" Mozambique, “The power of language" Nigeria, “A journey in public diplomacy" Turkey”, “The impact of public diplomacy" Ukraine.
Represented by Katara, Qatar obtained membership in the GPDNet in 2017 and received the presidency from Turkey on May 4, 2019 while becoming the first Arab country to chair the organisation since its establishment in 2014.