NATO Public Diplomacy Workshop Multimedia 27/10/2003 Informing NATO member countries - Video Interview with Stefanie Babst PDF Library Bibliographic reference for Public Diplomacy (PDF/ 18kb) Thursday 20 November 2003 La Bibliothèque Solvay, La Maison de l'Europe Rue Belliard 137 1040 Brussels Experts, diplomats and NATO public diplomacy staff discussed ways of effectively communicating the Alliance's policies to the public at a NATO workshop in Brussels on 20 November. The event brought together communication professionals from governments, the private sector and NATO to debate issues such as the need for public diplomacy, how public opinion has changed after September 11, running successful campaigns and crisis communication. More...

Documents, speeches, audio & photos     Thursday 20 November 2003   "La Bibliothèque Solvay", Brussels       NATO's publication stand     9.00 Opening remarks Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, NATO Deputy Secretary General and Jean Fournet, Assistant Secretary General, Public Diplomacy Division     9.30 Why Public Diplomacy? Keynote speaker : Simon Walker, Director of Corporate Communications, Reuters   .MP3/8572Kb 11.00 Assessing Public Opinion – How Public Opinion has Changed after 9/11 Panel discussion with Andrew Kohut, Director, Pew Research Center, James Glassman, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute and Thomas Petersen, Scientific Staff, Institut Allensbach Moderator : Stefanie Babst, Head, NATO Countries Section, Public Diplomacy Division     12.15 Keynote speaker: Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns, Permanent Representative of the United States Mission to NATO     14.00 Running Public Diplomacy Campaigns - The Secrets for Success Debate with Debate with Gregory Lagana, Associate Director of the Office of Global Communications, The White House, Washington, Alexandr Vondra, former Foreign Czech Government Commissioner for Prague NATO Summit and Jan Jaap Kleinrensink, Deputy Director, Communications Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague Moderator : Jamie Shea, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for External Relations, Public Diplomacy Division     16.00 Public Diplomacy Challenges in Times of Crisis Debate with Jean-Francois Bureau, Spokesman, Ministry of Defence, Paris, Jonathan Marcus, Defence Correspondent, BBC, London, and Namik Tan, Head Information Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ankara Moderator : Mark Laity, NATO Deputy Spokesman, Public Diplomacy Division     17.15 Wrap-up with Jean Fournet, Assistant Secretary General, Public Diplomacy Division