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Dominique Hoppe

Dominique Hoppe (born 1959) is the current President of the Assemblée des francophones fonctionnaires des organisations internationales (AFFOI) .[1]

Dominique Hoppe
President of the Assemblée des francophones fonctionnaires des organisations internationales
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 2007
Personal details
Born (1959-11-24) 24 November 1959 (age 64)
Longwy, France
Alma materInstitute of Political Studies, Paris
Stanford University
Harvard Business School
Francophone of the year 2011 with Abdou Diouf
Speech Gusi peace prize laureate
Military honor in Manilla
With President of Lithuania and American senator

Prior to his appointment to the AFFOI, Hoppe was Administrator at the European Patent Office,[citation needed] President of the AFIF-PB[2] and President of the Superior Council[3] of the international civil servants in the Netherlands.

In December 2011 he was elected - together with Abdou Diouf – francophone of the year[4] in the framework the world forum of the French language.[5]

In 2014 he received the Gusi Peace Prize - considered as the equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize in Asia - for Peacebuilding thru development of political & diplomatic networks & activities supporting human rights & fundamental freedoms.[6]

In 2015 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. His candidacy was supported by both the OPCW (Nobel Peace Prize 2013) and the CPI.

Early life

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Dominique Hoppe was born in 1959 in Longwy (France).[citation needed] He studied at the Lycée Alfred Mézières, went to the Nancy-Université and graduated from the Institut d'études politiques de Paris. He also graduated from the Stanford University and the Harvard Business School.

Career

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In 1984, he started his career as international civil servant at the European Patent Office.[citation needed] After an internal career at EPO, he became Vice President of the AFIF-PB[7] in 2000 and President in 2006. He was nominated President of the AFFOI in 2007 and President of the Superior council of international civil servants in 2008.[8]

Under his presidency the AFFOI has published its Manifesto for the support of linguistic, cultural and conceptual diversity within international organisations,;[9] created the AFFOI for the youth,;[10] launched the interviews of the AFFOI;[11] and organised the Day of the French language in international organisations,[12] events that happen when the head of states of the 77 countries of the official Francophonie meet, every second year.

In October 2012 he was invited as an expert at the Summit of Kinshasa[13] where he presented a plan for diversity that was supported by many heads of international organizations[14] including Irina Bokova, Director-general of UNESCO, José Ángel Gurría, Secretary general of the OECD, Pascal Lamy, Director general of WTO, Ahmed Uzumcu, Director general of OPCW, Michel Jarraud, Secretary general of WWO, Philippe Couvreur, Secretary general of ICJ and Benoit Battistelli, President of EPO. This plan opened new ways to defend diversity within multilateral environments.

In 2011 he mentioned for the first time the principal of "Anthropocracy" which he further defined in 2013. In October 2013 he launched the ACFOI and the AJFOI that became the two operators of the AFFOI under the umbrella of a broader body: AFFOImonde (AFFOIworld).

In June 2012 he made the closing speech of the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. This speech has been described as both inspirational and visionary by Song Sang-hyun President of the ICC.

In 2013 he was associated -during the acceptance speech given by the Director general of the OPCW - to the Nobel peace prize received by the organisation.

In 2016, worried by the increasing desire of self governance of international institutions, he included "Sovereignty of States in both the governance and the management of International organizations" as a priority on the roadmap of the AFFOI.

Other activities

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He is member of Mensa since 1994. He gives conferences and courses on Management of multicultural environments at Harvard Business School and Sciences Po[15] Paris and on the need of linguistic, cultural and conceptual diversity in the functioning of international organisations to a broad range of multilateral institutions (United Nations (UN),[16] the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the European Space Agency (ESA), Europol and Eurojust, etc..). Dominique Hoppe also writes articles in the French press (e.g. Le Monde,[17] le post,[18] and technical reviews[19]).

Dominique Hoppe is also Vice President of DLF, that is governed by the French academy and board member of several human rights related groups.

In 2014 he co-created - with the painter Christian Wind - the artistic movement "Vent et Esppoir" (Wind and Hoppe).[20] Both artists adhere to this anti-elitist idea that artistic expression is a gift to all; a natural way to explore other states; a tool to express emotions. Inspired by the spirit of the Cobra movement, they decided to combine their talents, to mix, to cross and use the synergistic effect to explore slopes inaccessible to separated arts. The artist doesn't work towards a goal but to thrive. One comes back to oneself to better open to others. Perfection is no longer a goal but a possibility. The multidimensional representation of artistic expression resulting from this collaboration not only increases the flavor of the works, it also overcomes the artistic hermeticism that too often prevents free access to a non-expert public. Wind and Hoppe then becomes a political gesture, an attempt to democratize art.

In 2016 he published the book "Poètes du monde pour la langue française et la Francophonie"[21] written by numerous poets coming from 53 different countries. The preface of this book was written by Abdou Diouf, former President of Senegal and Michaelle Jean, Former President of Canada and current General Secretary of OIF.

References

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  2. ^ "AFIF-PB". Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Superior council of the AFIF-PB". Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Les francophones de l'année 2011". Archived from the original on 29 December 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Forum mondial de la langue francaise"..
  6. ^ "Presentation video Gusi peace prize"..
  7. ^ "French ministry of foreign affairs".
  8. ^ "Dominique Hoppe". Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  9. ^ "MANIFESTO".[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "AFFOI for the youth". Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  11. ^ "AFFOI videos". Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  12. ^ "JFOI". Archived from the original on 6 May 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  13. ^ "Summit of Kinshasa" (PDF).
  14. ^ "videos expressing support to the diversity plan".
  15. ^ "Conference at Sciences Po". Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2011..
  16. ^ "Conference at United Nations". Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011..
  17. ^ "Article Le Monde". Le Monde..
  18. ^ "Article Le Post". Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011..
  19. ^ "Article Sociologie Pratique"..
  20. ^ "Vent et Esppoir". Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018..
  21. ^ "Livre de poésie". Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2018..
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