The International School of Protocol and Diplomacy is Europe's leading academic institution solely dedicated to studies in these fields. We combine the fields of protocol, diplomacy and cross cultural relations in order to bring students and participants a unique range of study programmes designed and developed by academics from a multi-cultural perspective.ISPD is an organisation born out of the need for an academic institution that prepares and certifies professionals in the field of international procedures and relations.We have taken all of our programmes on a step further by combining them with cross cultural communication, thus preparing our students to go global with an ability to interact with several cultures.Our students and alumni have had the opportunity to listen to, learn from and be challenged by leading experts from the fields of International relations, procedures and conventions such as the former European Union Ambassador to the Holy See, the former Chief of Royal Protocol of Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, the former Chief of Protocol of the European Commission, the Head of Information at the International Criminal Court, the former Belgian Ambassador to China, and the Head of Protocol of the European Parliament.Last academic year, 2013-2014, was marked by an important milestone that we are very proud of: the ISPD passed the Qfor standard certification with 92% quality average in all of the 8 instruments of the quality evaluation, attributed