Qatar has been granted the full membership of Global Public Diplomacy Network (GPDNet), Katara – the Cultural Village has said.
The recognition was announced at an international conference in Istanbul, Turkey on October 19 to 22, participated by Katara.
Titled
“The Role of Culture in bringing Polarised and Conflicting Societies
together through Public Diplomacy,” the event feted Qatar, now the only
Arab country having a full membership in GPDNet, for its significant
role in the conference. Other Arab countries received Associate
Membership.
Katara took part in the conference upon an invitation
from the chairman of Yunus Emre Institution (Yunus Emre Enstitüsü) and
chairman of GPDNet under the Turkish presidency, professor Dr Seref
Ates.
Katara general manager Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim al-Sulaiti
presented a conference paper stating Katara’s role in rendering culture
into the language of societies as it is the best means of communication
and aids in the rapprochement between countries.
GPDNet was founded
by public and cultural institutions of nine countries (Philippines,
Sweden, Korea, Taiwan, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Singapore and Turkey),
including Yunus Emre Enstitü, in Seoul, the capital of South Korea in
2014. The number of countries reached 10 as Hungary joined the network
recently.
GPDNet was established on October 23, 2014 aimed at
enabling the knowledge exchange in theoretical and practical fields and
carry out bilateral or multilateral projects between cultural and public
diplomatic institutions all over the world.
