What is intercultural communication and leadership?
‘Intercultural’ refers to a context where people identifying with different cultures, religion or ethnicity live among or alongside each other. Communication and leadership in intercultural life are to ensure that different people can live together, interact and function as a community or a society in a peaceful and mutually prosperous way. Intercultural leadership refers to the qualities, skills and attitudes of individuals who seek to encourage, enable and motivate sections of communities, in order to achieve this.
One of the definitions of leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. The Intercultural Communication and Leadership School (ICLS) has a clear vision, backed by principles, and strives to translate vision into reality by focusing on young people, who are the foundation of our future. The ICLS experience aims for a better future by helping young leaders on their way, providing them with a few extra tools.
Our Partners
- EACEA The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (Brussels) â Citizenship programme [website]
- The Intercivil Society (London) [website]
- United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (New York) [website]
- Platform For Intercultural Europe (Brussels) [website]
- CIME Consiglio Italiano Movimento Europeo (Roma) [website]
- EPI Espace Projets Interassociatifs (Vaulx en Velin – Lyon) [website]
- MP News (Roma) [website]
- PRAXIS Community Projects (London) [website]
- Istituto Tevere (Roma) [website]
- Fundacion Sociedad y Educacion (Madrid) [website]
- Moschea al Huda (Centocelle â Roma) [ website]
- European Cultural Foundation (Amsterdam) [website]
- Finestra per il Medio Oriente [website]
How did we come about?
The ICLS was born out of a series of international consultations with officials and institutions from the United Nations and the European Union, officials and experts of inter-religious dialogue and conflict prevention, politicians, diplomats and academics.
Since 2002, the ICLS has put its principles into practice in a series of residential seminars in Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Pakistan and Indonesia. The first seminars were held in Bradford UK, in 2002.
The ICLS was registered in October 2002.

Meet the team!

Selina Ullah, President

Guido Orlandini, Secretary General
A development economist by training, Guido Orlandini has worked as a senior international civil servant before co-founding the ICLS, of which he is the secretary general. He has hands-on experience of cultural co-operation and a keen interest in renewable energy and its applications, especially for the provision of drinking water in rural areas.

Guido Fraietta, Board Member

Sophie Powell, Project Manager
Sophie has a background in community arts and development. She is passionate about grassroots community action and empowering others to use their voice. With a long career in visual arts, Sophie is always looking for ways to bring colour and fun into her work with ICLS.

Nazim Ali, Board Member

Géza Tessényi, President (2002-2011)