Workshop - Choosing Diplomacy: Why It Still Matters”

Learn to think, speak and negotiate like a diplomat. A lecture and hands-on workshop with practising diplomats.

In geopolitically tense times, escalation and force too often become the first instruments we reach for, while confidence in diplomacy is under pressure. That makes the diplomat’s role harder than ever, and more necessary.

So what does it take to put diplomacy back at the centre, as the first tool we reach for? UNYA Brussels invites you to an evening built around three skills every diplomat needs:

• Eloquence: how to speak clearly and persuasively
• Stance and compromise: how to defend a strong position without losing yourself in it, and still find common ground
• Legitimacy and credibility: how to restore them once they are damaged

The evening opens with a lecture on a pressing global issue where diplomacy makes the difference. Then it’s your turn. In small groups, you’ll work on realistic cases linked to the lecture and tackle them as a diplomat would. H.E. Ambassador Bénédicte Frankinet will guide you through the cases, drawing on her diplomatic experience and giving you direct feedback along the way.