Head of Soft Power and External Affairs Department, Communication Directorate
7th December 2015
My guest blogger for this post is Chris Barton, who works as Director of International Trade and Export Control, within the British Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. In this video, he shares his views on using soft skills in the context of trade negotiations.
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2nd December 2015
Last week the embassy organised a seminar as part of the ‘Soft Skills in Hard Times. Remembering the Service of Great Romanian and British Women’ project. Entitled ‘Nothing Quiet on the Eastern and Western Fronts’, the event aimed to focus on the work of Romanian and British women in promoting peace, security and humanitarian support. Guest […]
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27th November 2015
In the first of this video blog series, my Deputy Head of Mission, Adam Sambrook, shares his views on using soft skills in the context of climate change negotiations. The series is part of the project ‘Soft Skills in Hard Times. Remembering the Service of Great Romanian and British Women,’ which aims to both commemorate […]
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12th November 2015
We held a learning and development week at the British Embassy last month. Alongside training courses ranging from performance management to social media I decided to put together a slightly more light-hearted finale. We would attempt to identify the pieces of music which, in the view of Embassy staff, best represent Romania and Britain. I […]
10th November 2015
The Magna Carta was a document designed to establish peace between the rather unpopular King John of England and a group of rebel barons. Yet this piece of thirteenth-century English domestic politics still resonates around the world eight hundred years on from the events which forged it. For in establishing that no one, even the […]
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28th October 2015
I attended earlier this month in Bucharest a conference entitled “TTIP: Romania’s Voice”. It was organised by a Romanian member of the European Parliament named Sorin Moisa, and incorporated the outcome of an interesting national consultation exercise sounding out the views of Romanian businesses towards TTIP. It also provided the opportunity to listen to an […]
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30th September 2015
SMURD might sound to the British ear like one of those evil syndicates aiming to take over the world in a sixties spy caper. Or possibly a new brand of detergent. But the acronym actually stands for “Serviciul Mobil de Urgenta, Reanimare si Descarcerare”. It is a Romanian mobile emergency service, which began life in […]
23rd September 2015
One of the many great NGOs in Romania with which the Embassy has a long-established relationship is the Romanian branch of the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF). We provided support to the WWF for example in helping to bring the Earth Hour initiative to Romania. I was therefore delighted to accept this month an […]
22nd July 2015
Last week, our alumni were invited to answer three question before joining the anniversary party. Their answers are listed below, as they probably sum up many of the thoughts included in our series of guest blogs dedicated to our internship scheme. WHAT I REMEMBER My first day at the British Embassy was also my 21st […]
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22nd July 2015
Andra Alexandru was an intern in the Communications Department of the British Embassy and is currently Press & Political Officer for another diplomatic mission in Romania. She is also a co-founder of Digital Diplomacy Romania and of the Bucharest-based Institute for Digital Government. Fascinating, Enriching, Inspiring. These three words only begin to describe my experience […]
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