7th Pan-European Network Meeting of Kurdish Institutes and Academic Organisations
re-Connect: Rethinking diplomacy
Academic responsibility & perspectives in the peace policy context
Saturday, 20.09.2025
12:00 -12:30 Welcome & Introduction
12:30 – 14:00 The path to peace and a democratic society: academic positions and necessities
Status: Unresolved? – Transformation processes and options
A current overview of the political situation
Mahmut Şakar, Maf-Dad, Germany
Our future – our responsibility
An introduction to the responsibility of academic organisations and institutes
Kurd-Akad Executive Board
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:30 Rethinking diplomacy: accents and perspectives
Overcoming fragmentation: Intersections and Strengths in the Context of a National Posture of Diversity in Academia
Lezgin Botan, former HDP MP, Plattform of Kurdish Language in Europe, Germany
Jin, Jiyan, Azadî – Connecting elements of diplomacy by and with women from local to global
Meral Cicek
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:15 Professions and their potential in the context of diplomacy
Enforcing rights: legal mechanisms and options
Rengin Ergül, jurist, Maf-Dad, Germany
Health as a determinant of peace: the power of medicine(s)
Dersim Dağdeviren, physician, Kurd-Akad, Germany
18:15 – 19:00 Digital diplomacy: the future of global communication
Challenging existing systems: Utilising the media and opportunities of the time
Civan Akbulut, Anti-Kurdish Racism Information Centre, Germany
Dinner