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Key Findings
- A root and branch ediplomacy overhaul is needed if DFAT is to stay relevant and keep pace with other benchmark foreign ministries.
- Perhaps as a result of sustained under-resourcing, DFAT has only more recently moved beyond the use of simple website technology.
- While there is a tendency to associate ediplomacy with social networking platforms these form only one (limited) aspect of ediplomacy.
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Executive Summary
This policy brief looks at the latest ediplomacy innovations being pioneered by the US, UK and Canadian foreign ministries, drawing on meetings with their ediplomacy units.