Ilanta Leadership Institute for Intercultural Excellence

18/05/2025

Dear friends and supporters of Ilanta,
We are very much looking forward to seeing you on zoom next Saturday 24th May UK time (15u00 Brussels Time) and here is the eventbrite link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1333731359399?
Our amazing speakers will make the event rich in information, formation and call to action.

Hopefully see you virtually next Saturday.

Safer Together is an initiative to enhance women’s safety in a culturally rich Europe through innovative, culturally intelligent solutions.

27/03/2025

🌍 Calling All Young Peace Visionaries! ✍️

Join our writing competition, More than Non-violence: Fostering a Culture of Peacemaking, and share your bold ideas for a peaceful world!

📅 Event Date: 13 September 2025 | 14:00–16:30

📍 Venue: Panorama, Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), Brussels

✨ Theme: We want original works (1,000–1,500 words) rooted in reality that reimagine conflict resolution, bridge cultures, and pave new paths to lasting peace.

Who Can Enter?

Emerging writers aged 18–26
Languages: English, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish.

How to Submit:

Email your entry to writingcontest25[at]ilanta.org by 27 June 2025, 23:59 GMT. Include a brief bio (max. 100 words) separately.

🌟 Hosted by Ilanta Leadership Institute for Intercultural Excellence (Charity no. BE 0740.905.695).

Learn more: www.ilanta.org | Follow us: IlantaInstitute

Submit today and help shape a more peaceful tomorrow!

31/10/2024

I’m delighted to announce a new initiative:

The Miriam Accord: A Global Women's Initiative for Peace

Amidst unprecedented global polarisation and conflict, Ilanta Leasership Institute for Intercultural Excellence is delighted to launch its flagship programme:

The Miriam Accord

This pioneering initiative harnesses transformative influence of women across faith traditions and secular spheres to forge sustainable peace through systematic dialogue and actionable frameworks.

Join us in this unprecedented coalition of women peacemakers, where intellectual rigour meets practical wisdom in service of global harmony.

(More details to follow, so watch the space!)

20/04/2024

🌟🎉 What an incredible event it was! 🎉🌟

Here are some amazing snapshots from our recent event, along with a truly inspiring inaugural lecture that left us all buzzing with ideas and motivation!

First and foremost, a huge Thank you to Prof. Dr. Tommaso Di Carpengna Falconieri for delivering a lecture that will undoubtedly shape our paths in Ilanta for years to come. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and insights and talking to us about roots, rivers and roads!

A heartfelt appreciation also goes out to Prof. Dr. Yvonne Dohna Schlobitten for her unwavering support, kindness, and patience, as well as for presenting Marie Czernin's posthumous book. We're immensely grateful for your contributions.

Of course, none of this would have been possible without the dedication and hard work of countless others behind the scenes. Thank you all for your tireless efforts!

This event would have been possible without the Salesian Pontifical University. Prof. Dr. J. Rochowiak, the warmth and hospitality of your university made the event truly unforgettable. Thank you for making everything run so smoothly!

With this incredible experience behind us, we're now gearing up for our next two big events and, of course, eagerly anticipating more enriching lectures! Stay tuned for what's to come! 📚💡

25/03/2024

We are delighted to share with you the poster of Ilanta's augural lecture in Rome on 12th April.
We are privileged to have prof. Tommaso di Carpenga Falconieri as our guest speaker Feel free to check some of his most recent works on www.tommasodicarpegna.it

This event will be live-streamed.

Looking forward to the pleasure of welcoming you in person or online.

17/11/2023

Dear friends,
I’m delighted to let you know that Ilanta is ready to launch its activities in 2024. After a year of fact-finding, thorough study and analysis of the many intercultural challenges facing us, we are convinced more than ever that raising awareness and fighting misinformation are truly fundamental to our intercultural efforts.
Our first annual lecture will be taking place in Rome early next year, to be followed by other lectures in the UK and other major European Capitals. We will be launching our exciting new programmes then and we will keep you all updated.
Thank you for your patience and continued support, and stayed tuned!

28/04/2022

The Ilanta team is still working behind the scenes and we hope to be able to launch our website which we are building ourselves before the end of May.

In the meantime, the War in Ukraine has forced us to take a new challenging reality into account. More than that, it has been a reminder and a wake up call to all of us that war is never far away.

It is not enough to donate, denounce and lament; we need to be there to help people rebuild their own lives. A Workshop for our Ilanta audience is planned for May, more details soon. You will glad to hear all about our new signature coaching programme to be launched in September. In the meantime here is some moe news for you:

Join us in dialogue with Dr Amal Marogy, EMCC Accredited Senior Practitioner coach and affiliated lecturer at the University of Cambridge.

26/02/2022

Two weeks ago I had the honour of address L'Académie de Sciences Morales et Politiques at the Institute de France. It was a true challenge to address such a distinguished audience in French but it was the audience that made the whole experience unforgettable. Aradin's charitable experience was hightlighted as we were discussing the important topics of Charitable Imperialism and Pop up crisis experts, two terms I coined during my MA studies in Cambridge.

To discover more about these two phenomena plaging modern humanitarians efforts and the way forward, you will be two join two events: one in March and one in May.
I will share exact dates and details as soon as they are confirmed by the organisers.

02/01/2022

Dear Friends,
Finally I managed to log in! I haven’t been able to log into my Facebook account hence the long silence.
In the mean time, I hope and pray you’ve all had a meaningful and restful Christmas. Also I would like to wish rach one of you a very happy New Year full of blessing and joy.
The last two years haven a rollercoaster for all of us. However, despite the delay with the Ilanta website, we hope to have some great news to share with you in February
I’m working now on a very important lecture I’ve invited to give by the end of January, I will share some more details in due time and hopefully will be able to share at least the abstract with.
Ilanta website will be a membership site. It will the perfect place to stay in touch and for you to be on top of the latest news, programmes, lecture and much more.
Let’s hope 2022 will treat us more kindly and just
remember what does not kill, make you stronger.

Will be in touch again at the end January to share the abstract of the lecture and pictures.

02/03/2021

I’m delighted to share this important podcast on Ilanta’s mission and work which we hope will be made possible as soon as we can all meet safely again. many thanks are due to and her fantastic podcast series

‎Show Widemindedness with Victoria Ball, Ep Widemindedness: Dr Amal Marogy - 19 Feb 2021

05/12/2020

Dear Friends,
With much sadness but with gratitude and pride we recently had to say good bye to Aradin.
Together we have achieved so much and gave hope to so many shattered lives. Aradin was ready to pass the baton to the new Institute paving thus the way for a new chapter.
Building on our success, we are are delighted to announce the new Ilanta Leadership Institute for Intercultural Excellence. it aims to help tackle new challenges and the growing problems of cultural alienation & radicalisation. Together we can embark on the next chapter where we can learn how to rediscover common ground and contribute to a new intercultural common narrative.
watch the space!