2. Chasing the invisible This is so obvious... So WHY can’t we see it?

3. What is culture? ‘Culture, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.’ Edward Burnett Tylor ( 1871)

4. How important is cultural competence for the 21st century peacekeepers?

6. Military maps RED BLUE

7. Attitude to “uniform” Choose the word which best describes the attitude to police in your own country : respect security justice force fear corruption

8. Are Hofstede’s cultural dimensions still valid?

9. Social networks : society structure social welfare Denmark written rulesGermany tribal hierarchySierra Leone religious beliefs ? vertical hierarchy ?

10. Individual versus group ДАНИЯ

11. High/Low context society All the information in words/all the information in codes Emotions hidden/emotional outbursts ? ??

12. PARIS - NEW YORK

13. Communication

14. Power distance: International contingent, Helmand UK, US, Denmark and Estonia : Different lines of communication Different meanings behind various strategic concepts

15. OSCE Special Monitoring mission to Ukraine Established on 21 March 2014 300 Monitors deployed in the first two weeks 57 countries sent their representatives Monitors operating in ten cities across Ukraine

16. G8 Science Ministers’ meeting Final document France Holistic approach, let’s involve all the emotions and have the document beautifully crafted Germany We have to make sure that all the rules and procedures are listed and thought through Italy We need to think how the changes of scientists careers’ affect their families Russia We disagree with a number of points and will come back to you with our position later.

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