 04/09/2012: EUCLID delegation meets with Prime Minister of Headquarters State in sidelines of UN meeting
A EUCLID delegation was received on Wednesday April 9, 2012 by His Excellency Faustin Archange Touadera, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, in the sidelines of this intervention before the United Nations Security Council, for a meeting at the Permanent Mission and for a working lunch. The EUCLID delegation discussed the institutional accomplishments of the organization who has its origins in an initiative sponsored by the Prime Minister during his tenure as Rector of the University of Bangui in 2005-2006.
MDIA student Mrs Nelly Gicho-Niyonzima, the wife of the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Burundi to the United Nations also received her diploma on this occasion, also in the presence of the Prime Minister and three Ambassadors - Permanent Representatives (Hermenegilde Niyonzima of Burundi, Mohamed Toihiri of the Comoros, and Charles Armel Doubane of the Central African Republic).
Photo above: Mrs Nelly Gicho-Niyonzima receiving her diploma from His Excellency Faustin Archange Touadera, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (headquarters state) and Mr Robin van Puyenbroeck, Special Representative of the EUCLID Secretary-General.
03/12/2012: EUCLID Assistant Secretary-General presents Post-Graduate diploma to Vincentian diplomat
Assistant Secretary-General Chad D'Amore was received at the Embassy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in Washington DC to present to government-sponsored student Omari Williams his well-deserved Post-Graduate Certificate in Diplomacy and International Affairs. Mr Williams is the Deputy Chief of Mission at the embassy and is currently pursuing the remainder of the MDIA program. The EUCLID PCGDIA is awarded upon completion of ACA-401, TPH-499 and DIP-401.
03/04/2012: EUCLID adopts Egnyte Private Cloud for global file sharing solution
EUCLID announced today the adoption and roll out of its new global private cloud solution based on the Egnyte platform. "The new technology will facilitate collaboration and information sharing between staff, faculty and students in EUCLID's very distributed organizational structure" explained Secretary-General Syed Zahid Ali.
For more information about Egnyte's Cloud Platform, visit www.egnyte.com
03/01/2012: EUCLID releases and distributes 2011 Annual Report to stakeholders
EUCLID announced today the distribution of its 2011 Annual Report in English and French to all major stakeholders in accordance with its Statutes and established practice. The letter of transmittal signed by the Secretary-General confirmed the broad distribution of the report to all Ministers of Education and Foreign Affairs, UNESCO Delegations and National Commissions, Permanent Missions to the United Nations as well as National Points of Contact for all 11 Participating States.
02/02/2012: SRSG meet with CAR and Comoros Permanent Representatives to the United Nations
EUCLID's Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr Robin van Puyenbroeck, held a meeting today Thursday with H.E. Ambassador Charles-Armel Doubane, Permanent Representative of the Central African Republic to the United Nations (photo center) and H.E. Ambassador Mohamed Toihiri, Permanent Representative of the Comoros to the United Nations and Ambassador to the United States.
They discussed a number of themes and projects of mutual interest and took this opportunity to officially communicate updated information regarding EUCLID (and relevant to US-based and government-sponsored EUCLID students) with the Government of the United States by means of a Joint Letter of the two ambassadors to Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, and a member of the Cabinet of the United States, for transmission to the US State Department and its Bureau of International Organizations Affairs.
In January, Mr van Puyenbroeck had also met with H.E. Ambassador Herménégilde Niyonzima, the newly appointed (10/2011) Permanent Representative of Burundi to the United Nations, who also added his letter to the Joint Letter mentioned above.
02/01/2012: Reply to Accredibase / Verifile regarding government practice and degree-granting authority in the case of international universities 
02/01/2012: A landmark paper on the legal status and degree-granting authority of international universities
 |
11/21/2011: EUCLID completes registration of constitutive agreements with United Nations Treaty Section
Depositary notice: posted 21 November 2011
Action by: United Nations Treaty Section
Link to UNTS Database
Certificates of Registration |
10/05/2011: UN/ACABQ Chairman Collen Kelapile joins EUCLID faculty team
EUCLID is pleased to announce that Collen Kelapile has joined the EUCLID faculty team to share his unique expertise with the inner workings of the United Nations, as adjunct instructor on theDIP-801 course.
Kelapile (left), Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) at the United Nations General Assembly (an elected position), is seen here meeting UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) in September 2011.
09/19/2011: Official Journal of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation features article on EUCLID with interview excerpts with Secretary General
In an historic 72 page issue that also discusses the new name of the organization (from Organization of the Islamic Conference to Organization of Islamic Cooperation), the official OIC Journal features an article on EUCLID with emphasizes the unique mandate and vision of the organization in area of inter-religious dialogue and diplomacy.
OIC is the world's second largest intergovernmental body after the United Nations with 57 members states. Its aim is to represent the voice of the international Muslim community and to foster international cooperation among its Member states.
 Link to OIC Journal (see page 49)
08/05/2011: Timor-Leste completes academic review and validation, activates EUCLID training program
The EUCLID Secretariat General announced today that the Ministry of Education of the Democractic Republic of Timor-Leste (EUCLID's 11th Participating State) has completed the academic review and validation of EUCLID's program for use to train government staff.
Official notification of academic review and validation
06/11/2011: EUCLID Assistant Secretary General meets Prime Minister Touadéra (Category: Institutional)
 |
EUCLID's New York-based Assistant Secretariat General Imara Johnpullé was received today by His Excellency Faustin Touadéra of the Central African Republic on the occasion of his visit to the United Nations. The Assistant Secretary General began her report by presenting a copy of the letter signed in February 2005 by the Prime Minister when he was Rector of the University of Bangui in which he had approved the original "Euclid" initiative. A formal review of what has been accomplished was presented to the Prime Minister and his Deputy Chief of Cabinet, including the recent conclusion of EUCLID's listing by the IAU and the participation of Timor-Leste. |
Ambassador Toihiri, EUCLID's High Steward and Chairman of the Board of Advisors and Permanent Representative of the Comoros, was unable to attend due to pressing commitments but delivered a personal letter to the Prime Minister through the good offices of Ms Johnpullé.
Photo of Prime Minister Touadera's meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (06/09/2011)
UN lecture (video) by Prime Minister Touadera at HIV Summit (06/08/2011)
06/08/2011: EUCLID Officials complete historical lecture visit in Russia (Category: Institutional / Academic)
EUCLID Commissioners Colin Evans and Darren Evans have become the first British Docents to be invited to lecture at the Faculty of International Relations of the prestigious Lobachevsky State Research University of Nizhny Novgorod in Russia.
The event was described as “Historic” by Dr. Oleg Kolobov, Dean of Studies of the Faculty.
 |
The lecture tour was delivered to undergraduate students, master degree candidates and doctoral degree candidates.
Topics covered included EUCLID and its aims and missions, the non-static nature of Diplomacy and International Relations, Aims of Diplomacy as per the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Diplomatic Immunity, Cultural Diplomacy, Personal Diplomacy and Communication Skills, and "Lost in Translation" issues. |
05/18/2011: EUCLID welcomes Timor-Leste as 11th Participating States (Category: Institutional)
The EUCLID Secretariat General announced today that the Democractic Republic of Timor-Leste - the first new independent state of the twenty-first century - became EUCLID's 11th Participating State with the signature of the instrument of participation by Minister of Education Joao Cancio Freitas.
Official instrument of participation and approval |
