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Byline: Anastasiia Pachina

The 'From Culture for Peace to Culture of Peace' (known also as the Culture for Peace - Unifying Potentials for the Future) Initiative was once again participating in the 'Vienna Processes' conference series program by wishing to emphasize the importance of cultural diplomacy in the processes of creating and maintaining dialogue and the well-being of society. On the historic date of March 08th - International Women's Day, a large number of international affairs specialists gathered for the second consecutive summit in Vienna, Austria. This leg of the Vienna Process event titled: 'Europe - Future - Neighbourhood at 75: Disruptions Recalibration Continuity'.

The conference, jointly organized by four different entities (the International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies IFIMES, Media Platform Modern Diplomacy, Scientific Journal European Perspectives, and Action Platform Culture for Peace) with the support of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, was aimed at discussing the future of Europe and its neighbourhood in the wake of its old and new challenges.

This highly anticipated conference gathered over twenty high ranking speakers from three continents, and the viewers from Australia to Canada and from Chile to Far East. The day was filled by three panels focusing on the rethinking and revisiting Europe and its three equally important neighbourhoods: Euro-Med, Eastern and trans-Atlantic (or as the Romano Prodi's EU Commission coined it back in 2000s - 'from Morocco to Russia - everything but the institutions'); the socio-political and economic greening; as well as the legacy of WWII, Nuremberg Trials and Code, the European Human Rights Charter and their relevance in the 21st century.

The event was probably the largest gathering since the beginning of 2021 for this part of Europe. For this occasion, the selected work of artist Alem Korkut is on the Conference...