KCOE 4045 - Strategies and Policies of Communication of International Organizations : EU, OSCE, OECD, NATO & UN

This course examines concepts, practices, institutions, and critical issues in communication and public diplomacy of international organizations. The course will focus on EU, NATO, OECD, OSCE and UN strategies and policies of communication and include the evolving roles of their services and departments of public diplomacy and information. We focus on the experiences of seasoned public diplomacy and practitioners and a growing body of academic and practical literature in International Relations and Communication Studies.

The international and regional organizations created after the end of the Second World War are equipped with departments for communication that present and underline their goals and engagements and achievements in their field of competence (democratization, human rights, development, collective security, peacekeeping, peace building). The communications policies and strategies are integrated part of the international organizations’ public diplomacy and therefore the key instruments of their soft power (Melissen, 2005).

Corse taught in English Language: at least a level C1 in English is required to register for this course.

12 x 2h00