As part of the "European Music of Montenegrin Cultural Diplomacy" project, a panel discussion: "Montenegro's cultural diplomacy and heritage" will be held in the multimedia hall of the Ministry of Culture on Thursday, October 19 at 18 p.m. in Cetinje.
This was announced by the Foundation of Creative Women of Montenegro.
"Diplomacy - the skill of the (impossible) and culture can be seen as the ying and yang of a state in international relations, along with the traditional so-called hard power. Guided by the goal of showing the scope of cultural diplomacy through the sphere of the universal language of art, we will start the topic of what mechanisms "soft power" of Montenegro, to discuss the role of cultural heritage in building the image of the state, as well as cultural institutions in the context of the development and strengthening of the cultural diplomacy of Montenegro", the coordinators of the project, Milica Marković and Petra Ivanović, stated in the announcement.
The Creative Women of Montenegro Foundation said that the primary goal of this panel is a public discussion on the relationship between cultural heritage and cultural diplomacy.
"On the one hand, why is it important to go back to the past and learn from it, and on the other hand, to look at the current relationship between culture and diplomacy in order to give reasoned recommendations to cultural policy makers and state policy makers," the announcement reads.
Prof. will speak at the forum. Dr. Sonja Tomović Šundić - full professor of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Dejan Vuković - representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aleksandar Čilikov - academician of CANU. The moderator of the panel discussion is Andrea Popović, Master of Political Science.
At the opening, the Ambassador of Montenegro in Paris, Ivan Ivanišević, will speak via video message.
As stated by the Foundation of Creative Women of Montenegro, the cultural heritage of each country represents the foundation of its identity, the support for the development of its contemporary culture and influences the positioning of the country in regional, European and world frameworks.
"The panel discussion will try to initiate a conversation on numerous issues related to the use of heritage in cultural diplomacy. The second part of the discussion will focus on the relationship of the European Union towards cultural heritage and the importance of cultural diplomacy activities in order to encourage European cohesion and the improvement of integration as well as to offer answers to the contemporary challenges of foreign policy. Through answers to a set of questions, the panelists will express their opinions on the role of cultural diplomacy in the development of the awareness of the citizens of Montenegro when it comes to European values. The panel discussion will end with the suggestions of the panelists on how to improve the cultural offer of Montenegro in to the function of developing cultural diplomacy", it is written in the press release of the Foundation of Creative Women of Montenegro.
This event is part of the project "European Music of Montenegrin Cultural Diplomacy", which is supported within the framework of the Regional Program of Local Democracy in the Western Balkans 2. The ReLOaD2 program is financed by the European Union and implemented by UNDP in partnership with fourteen municipalities, including the capital Cetinje, the capital and the municipalities of Zeta and Danilovgrad, forming the "Central Region" cluster.
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