3rd Cultural Diplomacy Forum – Skopje 2025

“Sustainable Development and Cultural Diplomacy - Fostering Global Partnerships”

(Skopje; May 19th - 22nd, 2025)

Speakers & Delegates

Speakers for the conference will include among others the following dignitaries:

Gjorge Ivanov
President of the Republic of Macedonia 2009-19		 Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
President of the Republic of North Macedonia
Timcho Mucunski
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia		 Afrim Gashi
President of the Assembly of North Macedonia		 Zoran Ljutkov
Minister of Culture and Tourism of North Macedonia
Abdulaziz Othman Al-Twaijri
Former Director General of Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO)		 Václav Klaus
2nd President of the Czech Republic 2003-13		 Rexep Maidani
President of Albania 1997–2002
Saranda Imeri Stafai
President of the Committee for Culture and Tourism, Assembly of North Macedonia		 Rosetta Epifani
Top-Senior Expert - Office of the Diplomatic Advisor to the President of the Council of the Ministers		 Melpomeni Korneti
Deputy Minister of Culture of North Macedonia 2002-06
Ranko Krivokapić
President of the Parliament of Montenegro 2003-16; Minister of Foreign Affairs 2022		 Delia Domingo-Albert
Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs 2003-4		 Erkki Tuomioja
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland 2000-07, 2011-15
Miro Kovač
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia 2016		 Davor Filipović
Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Croatia 2022-23		 Volkan Bozkir
Minister of European Union Affairs of Turkey 2015-16; President of the 75th UN General Assembly
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
Former Member of the British Parliament		 Benedetto Zacchiroli
President, European Coalition of Cities against Racism (ECCAR)		 Peng Guan
Founder of the International Asian Cultural Society
Ivan Ivanov
Executive Chairman, International Center Alliance of Civilizations		 Henry Jones
Chairman of COFR Technologies; Advisor to the Arkansas Secretary of State, USA		 Mark Donfried
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy