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ISPDversity is a wikiversity resource centre for the International School of Protocol & Diplomacy (ISPD). As Europe’s leading academic institution solely dedicated to studies in the fields of Protocol and Soft Diplomacy, combining the fields of protocol, diplomacy and cross cultural relations in order to bring students and participants a unique range of study programmes designed and developed by academics from a multicultural perspective.

ISPD is an organisation born out of the need for an academic institution that prepares and certifies professionals in the field of international procedures and relations it's Coordinating Team is headed by Ambassador Luis Ritto, our Academic Director and the former European Union Ambassador to the Holy See, the Order of Malta and the FAO; and Inês Pires-Urquiza , ISPD’s Executive Director and Founder. Our Ambassador is currently involved in the unique challenge of developing an outstanding international curriculum. Under our ISPDversity platform we will introduce to you various intro's to the resources at hand thereby enabling you get the feel of our programs and also gain access to our free online materials.

= Introduction to Protocol Basics = Introduction to Protocol and Diplomacy | ECPD100 This unit offers a brief history of protocol and its main practices. It underlines the importance of understanding protocol as inherent part of  diplomacy. It also explains the difference between the various forms of protocol and helps participants to understand why key concepts such as protocol, etiquette and ceremonial are interdependent, but not reducible to each other..

Suggested Readings

 * Relations between Diplomacy & Protocol: Thomas Sladko
 * A Brief History of Diplomacy eDiplomat.
 * History and the Evolution of Diplomacy Richard Langhorne.
 * Diplomacy as an Instrument of Good Governance Vladimir Petrovsky.
 * Breaking Protocol: Jose Lucena