The CEO of the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute, Jean-Christophe Bas, will be speaking at the Normandy World Peace Forum, taking place on the 1 & 2 October. Bas will take part in a debate titled “The EU on the international scene: What results?” from 17h30 to 19h00 on Thursday 1 October, alongside moderator Xavier Chemisseur, Elena Lazarou, Alain Le Roy, Monika Nogaj, and Serge Stroobants.

The Forum, now in its third edition, will be held in the Abbaye-aux-Dames in Caen, and will discuss the environment, education and new technologies within the theme of …

The Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute (DOC) co-hosted a two-day global forum alongside CGTN Think Tank and a number of other partners. 140 speakers from 39 countries shared their views on the unprecedented success of China’s efforts to reduce poverty, and explored ways to facilitate the global achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Participants agreed that the COVID-19 pandemic is a major crisis for the whole of humanity, and also the most urgent challenge to the global cause of reducing poverty. In the face of such global crises, people have become increasingly aware that the international community should …

On 28 August, the Chairman of the DOC Supervisory Board, Dr. Vladimir Yakunin, took part in the 14^th edition of the Forum du Futuroscope, organised by the Foundation Prospective & Innovation, chaired by former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.

The special panel “Existing in a fractured world” focused on the tectonic changes taking place in the global architecture. The panel concept note argued that the multilateral system put in place in the aftermath of the Second World War, while based on an inequality of rights and duties, offered a universal forum and dispute resolution mechanisms that helped to mitigate …