Report First EL-CSID Annual Dissemination Event

This report summarises the main issues addressed at the first EL-CSID dissemination event, organised to officially launch the project to the public. The event aimed at presenting the EL-CSID research agenda to both the academic and policy communities as well as at gaining insights into the stakeholders’ views and expectations. This early discussion helped the EL-CSID consortium further refine its perspectives on its core concepts of cultural, science and diplomacy and ensure its academic and policy agenda are integrated. To these ends, the first session of the event was a roundtable discussion that provided for interaction among the EL-CSID researchers and a small group of EU officials and policy-makers. The second session was an academic panel that provided a platform for the EL-CSID researchers to discuss the early steps of their research on cultural and science diplomacy with a large academic audience.