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ANNOUNCEMENT: European Digital Diplomacy Exchange is joining forces with Diplomatic Academy of Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2021-04-01T13:04:56+00:00

We are back in action. This time we will organize training for the Diplomatic Academy of the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation in Slovenia and abroad, we were forced to move the training to virtual space - the ZOOM platform. The training will take place on Tuesday, March 30, and Wednesday, March 31, 2021. The fully packed two-day training will cover a variety of topics such as the digital media information landscape, visual essentials, messaging campaigns, crisis communication, countering disinformation and propaganda, influencer marketing, lessons learned from the last decade, etc. The Training will be [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT: European Digital Diplomacy Exchange is joining forces with Diplomatic Academy of Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs2021-04-01T13:04:56+00:00

Defence Against Disinformation and Attacks on Democracy

2021-03-19T10:32:07+00:00

Written by: Ilija Zhupanoski Digital Communications Advisor to the Prime Minister of North Macedonia   The use of information and communication technologies can be very helpful when it comes to attaining traditional diplomacy goals. The information shared on social media rapidly spreads across the globe, carrying messages, images or videos from one country to attract sympathies of citizens in another country. In the modern world of today, digital communications have allowed governments to significantly increase transparency of their institutions by regularly providing information to citizens and enhanced their openness, maintaining the citizens’ high level of trust in the authorities. The same [...]

Defence Against Disinformation and Attacks on Democracy2021-03-19T10:32:07+00:00

Opinion: “Clubhouse” – A non-silent revolution

2021-03-09T14:49:51+00:00

Written by: Alex Roitman Moldovan career diplomat, a founding member of the European Digital Diplomacy Board.   Audio-only social media app. My morning started unusually. I was listening to what seemed to be a phone conversation between Russian bloggers (Ilya Varlamov), civil activists, lawyers (Ilya Novikov), and participants all the way from Moscow and Saint Petersburg down to Rostov. They were sharing their thoughts on coronavirus restrictions and vaccination, politics in Russia and worldwide, or weather, as if they are gathered in a room, to which I was also invited, better said, to which I got by mistake. I kept my [...]

Opinion: “Clubhouse” – A non-silent revolution2021-03-09T14:49:51+00:00

The positive changes 2020 brought to Lithuania’s digital diplomacy

2021-02-05T11:33:52+00:00

Written by: Mykolas Mazolevskis Chief Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Communication and Cultural Diplomacy Department Public Information Division, who is responsible for MFA’s digital communication on different social media platforms.   At the beginning of 2021, when we talk about the year 2020, when we even (dare to) remember the year that passed not so long ago we tend to think about it in a bad way. Well apparently most of us do. We watch video reviews about how the year was the worst in a century or spend an evening sitting on a [...]

The positive changes 2020 brought to Lithuania’s digital diplomacy2021-02-05T11:33:52+00:00

Censorship, necessity or a matter of sovereign choices. What is happening with social media in 2021?

2021-03-09T10:02:57+00:00

Author: Alex Roitman Moldovan career diplomat, founding member of the European Digital Diplomacy Board The year 2021 started with the implementation of the Brexit Deal—video cameras were installed in the busy Port of Dover, a border crossing between the UK and France, recording hundreds of trucks passing through the Eurotunnel, customs and borders, under new rules. The EU as an organization and its member states are still trying to acknowledge the new looming reality. This situation was once difficult to imagine, yet we witnessed the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, bearing all of its political, social [...]

Censorship, necessity or a matter of sovereign choices. What is happening with social media in 2021?2021-03-09T10:02:57+00:00

Curtains of the EDDE Eastern European Roadshow close

2021-01-04T12:57:20+00:00

We successfully concluded two Digital Diplomacy trainings in Ukraine and Georgia. The first training was organized for Ukraine and took place between 14 and 15 December, while the second training was organized for Georgia and took place between 16 and 17 December. In total 120 government communicators from different ministries and institutions participated in the training, which was organized virtually on ZOOM platform due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a limited time, we managed to create an agenda with interesting speakers that covered a variety of topics related to Digital Diplomacy – communication theory, the evolution of the digital media [...]

Curtains of the EDDE Eastern European Roadshow close2021-01-04T12:57:20+00:00

EDDE Eastern Europe Roadshow in Ukraine ends. Next stop: Georgia

2021-01-04T12:55:57+00:00

 First stop of the EDDE Eastern Europe Virtual Roadshow – in Ukraine – has come to an end. Fully packed two-day training took place on 14 and 15 of December over ZOOM platform. Almost 100 government communicators gathered to listen to the lectures ranging from communication theory, the evolution of the digital media information landscape, digital rhetoric, developing effective messaging campaigns, countering disinformation and propaganda to the usage of social media and essentials on visual communication.The second – and the last – virtual tour stop will take place on 16 and 17 December in Georgia for Georgian government communicatorsThe Training was [...]

EDDE Eastern Europe Roadshow in Ukraine ends. Next stop: Georgia2021-01-04T12:55:57+00:00

EDDE Eastern Europe Roadshow, Part Two, on a virtual tour

2021-01-04T12:46:26+00:00

Due to covid-19 pandemic, the second part of European Digital Diplomacy Exchange (EDDE) Eastern Europe Roadshow, taking place in Ukraine and Georgia is touring virtually. It is starting off with a training for Ukrainian government communicators on 14 and 15 December following with the training for Georgian government communicators on 16 and 17 December 2020. Both trainings are organized by The Centre for European Perspective, together with the U.S. Department of State.ICT revolution has undoubtedly transformed the way people across the world communicate and exchange information. The effectiveness of digital diplomacy in each country is very much dependent on how diplomats [...]

EDDE Eastern Europe Roadshow, Part Two, on a virtual tour2021-01-04T12:46:26+00:00

European Digital Diplomacy Exchange is DIGITAL like never before

2021-01-04T11:11:09+00:00

  The Centre for European Perspective, together with the U.S. Department of State and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia is organizing a Steering Board meeting and Symposium on Government Communication during COVID-19. The event is being hosted via Zoom and will take place this week, from Monday, 28. September, and will finish on Friday, 2. October 2020. In the introduction participants were addressed by Matt Jacobs from the U.S. Department of State and Project Coordinator Ingrid Omahna from the Centre for European Perspective. The day commenced after the introductory remarks, with a lecture by Tom Fletcher, Former British Ambassador and Downing Street Foreign Policy Advisor and author of the book “The Naked [...]

European Digital Diplomacy Exchange is DIGITAL like never before2021-01-04T11:11:09+00:00
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A disconnect in the age of digital

2021-01-04T11:24:35+00:00

Authors: Matthew Jacobs Digital Coordinator, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State Ingrid Omahna Project Coordinator, Centre for European Perspective This article was originally published as part of the 2018 edition of Bled Strategic Times, the official gazzette of the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) international conference.  Just as the advent of the printing press precipitated a vast rise in global literacy and interconnectivity over five hundred years ago, the development and proliferation of modern digital communication technologies has revolutionized the way individuals across the globe are creating, transmitting, receiving, and internalizing information. The emergence of inexpensive and [...]

A disconnect in the age of digital2021-01-04T11:24:35+00:00
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