Improving professional skills of the diplomatic service personnel is one of the main activities lines of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine.
Improving professional skills of the diplomatic service personnel is performed by a separate structural subdivision of the Diplomatic Academy – the Centre for Improving Professional Skills of the Diplomatic Service Personnel – established in 2002 on the basis of a decision of the Board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
To constantly improve and develop, upon the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the skills and knowledge of the Ministry’s personnel for them to solve effectively the problems whilst their professional activity on the diplomatic service is the main task of the Centre for Improving the Professional Skills.
The priorities of Ukraine’s Government activity, main lines of Ukraine’s foreign policy including the issues of European and Euroatlantic integration, and diplomacy means are the content of improving professional skills of the diplomatic service personnel.
Improving the professional skills of the diplomatic service personnel is conducted according to the professional programmes, and the programmes of the special both year-round and short-term seminars according to the annual plan approved by the management of the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
Improving the professional skills of the diplomatic service personnel is provided by the best lecturers and leading academics of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, other scientific and educational institutions, experienced Ukrainian diplomats, members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and other state power bodies’ staff.
On March 31, 2010 a meeting of the teaching staff and students of the Diplomatic Academy, as well as representatives of research and analytical centers, professors and students from renowned universities in Ukraine was held with leading experts in the field of foreign policy and security Strobe Talbott - a former Deputy of State Secretary in the Clinton administration, the President of the most authoritative American "think tank" Brookings Institution, and Xavier Solana, the former EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy (1999-2009), former NATO Secretary General (1995-1999). Honourable guests visited the Diplomatic Academy on the invitation and due to support of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and “Yalta European Strategy”. The moderator of the meeting was a well-known Ukrainian journalist Andriy Kulykov.
On March 22, 2010 Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, MFA of Ukraine and Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University signed the Memorandum of Cooperation for the period of five years.
On May 22, 2010 the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine holds an Open door day. Future applicants, their parents and dear guests are welcome to participate in the event.
On 23-24 February 2010 Professional Development Center for Diplomats held a thematic short-term workshop on diplomatic protocol and etiquette for diplomatic staff.
On February 17-21, 2010 Rector of the Diplomatic Academy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine prof. B. Humeniuk and the Head of Global and Regional Systems Department prof. S. Shergin participated in the international conference «"Yalta system" and the current world order: the problems of global and regional security». The conference was devoted to the 65-th anniversary of the Crimean (Yalta) conference and was held at the Livadia Palace-Museum (Yalta, Autonomous Republic of Crimea) with the participation of leading scientists, scholars, researchers, experts and practitioners from Ukraine and Russia, MPs of ARC, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps of Russia, USA, the United Kingdom and the European Commission to Ukraine.
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