Multilateral Diplomacy
Online Course
Multilateral Diplomacy in Practice: Framework, Actors, Engagement and Negotiations
Starts 17th of March
The online course in Multilateral Diplomacy equips participants with a strong understanding of key concepts and practical strategies to navigate the evolving global diplomatic landscape. It prepares diplomats to seize opportunities through multilateral engagement and effectively implement strategies with real impact.
Led by top experts, the course follows the latest diplomatic education trends and aims to train the next generation of leaders for 21st-century diplomacy. Participants will explore challenges facing international organizations like the UN and WTO, focusing on issues like trade, the COVID-19 pandemic, and climate change. The course also highlights alternative approaches, including multi-stakeholder diplomacy, to address emerging global challenges.
Course Curriculum
The format of the online course in Multilateral Diplomacy consists of a comprehensive set of online modules available to diplomats, professionals, students and trainee diplomats. The topics within the course will correspond directly to the pillars of multilateral Diplomacy concept, therefore providing recipients with the most recent theoretical and practical knowledge in the area.
The Online Course in Multilateral Diplomacy is a practical course that covers topics focusing on different aspects, stakeholders, channels and practices that constitutes the framework of Multilateral Diplomacy. The course aims at enhancing practitioners skills in a globalised and interdependent issues as well as to strengthen the skills relevant to operating within a changing world.
Course Outcomes
Understanding the framework of Multilateral diplomacy
Learning the practice of Multilateral diplomacy from practitioners and via real-life case studies
Grasping the process of Identifying diplomatic opportunities through Multilateral routes
Acquiring an In-depth knowledge of relating multilateral work to diplomacy and global affairs
Developing transferable knowledge and skills necessary to advance to every field
Course Leaders
Dr. Jennifer Cassidy: Departmental Lecturer in Global Governance and Diplomacy at the University of OxfordShaun Riordan; Director of the Department for Diplomacy and Cyberspace in the European Institute of International Studies
Modules
Module 1 : Multilateral Diplomacy: Introduction and Global and Regional Governance System
Module 2: Multilateral Diplomacy framework and Stakeholders: Trade, Health, Transnational crimes, conflicts and Climate
Module 3: Multilateral Diplomacy In practice: Engagement and Negotiations
Module 4: New Fronts for Multilateral Diplomacy: Space, and the Internet
Course Fees and Access Options
The course fee us £395 - See below for enrolment options:
1- Individual course access: access this course for 12 month ( £395)
2- Monthly access plan : access all GDF academy courses for a month (£79 per month )
3- Annual access plan : access all GDF academy courses for a year ( £49 per month paid annually )
4- Institutions Access Plan : For Embassies or Ministries to enrol a certain number of staff
Check below the benefits of each option
40% off all courses - Limited time
Enrolment Options
Single Course Access
What you get:
12-month access to the selected course.
Free GDF Platform Membership for 12 months.
Certificate of Completion to showcase your achievement.
15% off future course enrolments.
Self-paced learning—study on your own time, at your own pace.
10% discount for our Young Diplomats Forum.
£395
Monthly Access Plan
What you get:
Unlimited access to all GDF Academy courses.
New courses added every year (5-8 courses per year).
Free GDF Platform Membership for the duration of your subscription.
Certificates for every completed course.
Self-paced learning—complete as many courses as you want during your subscription.
£79 a month
Annual Access Plan
What you get:
Unlimited access to all GDF Academy courses for 12 months.
Free GDF Platform Membership for 12 months.
New courses added (5-8 per year).
25% savings compared to the monthly subscription.
Certificates for each completed course.
Self-paced learning—complete as many courses as you want during the subscription period.