Cyprus Youth DiplomaCY in the context of the two-year term of the Board of Directors (2017-2019) in Cultural Diplomacy, organized on June 12, 2018 in Nicosia, a seminar on “Cultural Diplomacy: the Initiatives of the Republic of Cyprus and the Role of Youth” The President and Founder of the Hellenic Institute of Cultural Diplomacy Mr. Petros Kapsaskis presented the presentation: “Cultural Diplomacy: the Continuation of Foreign Policy by Other Means” in the field of cultural diplomacy.
The young men and women of Cyprus were informed by technocrats, academics and experts in cultural diplomacy about what cultural diplomacy is, how it is practiced and how they themselves can become agents of cultural diplomacy in order to promote Cypriot culture and Cypriot culture abroad. . The specific proposed topic took place for the first time in Cyprus and brought young people close to the decision-making centers and the structures of diplomacy in Cyprus. The Seminar was included in the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018.