3  Regular Capacity Building Programmes  

This training was given in two categories viz

1. Capacity building for different ministries including the Office of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, other Ministries, Commissions, Parliament and Regional Administrations.

2. Capacity building via awareness generation for public, private and civil society groups ¾ the bridging function. 

4  Content and Syllabus of Training Programmes 

Example of the syllabus on courses in International Relations, Diplomacy and Diplomatic Communication:  

•  Sector Policies and Performance

      - Reform and Performance of Agriculture,

      - Reform and Performance of Trade and Industry,

      - Macro-economic Trends,

      - Reform and Performance of Mining,

      - Reform and Performance of Education,

      - Reform and Performance of Investment,

      - Reform and Performance of Revenue,

      - Reform and Performance of Defense and Security,

      - Reform and Performance of the Energy Sector,

      - Reform and Performance of Capacity Building (Civil Service Reform Program),

      - Reform and Performance of Infrastructure,

     - Reform and Performance of Rural Development.  

The courses in IR, Diplomacy and Diplomatic Communication have a duration of 16 - 24 weeks and the trainees are drawn from different ministries including the Prime Minister's Office and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Institute conducts this training program on a regular basis.   

The purpose of the training programmes is the need to foster and enhance knowledge and skills on the last word in the best practices in international relations and the status of Ethiopia in the aforesaid sectors. The ultimate aim of this is to make Ethiopian diplomats conversant with the rules and norms of international diplomacy.

5  Evaluation and Feedback 

The EIIPD is both a teaching and learning Institution. In line with this it ensures that the training programmes are slated to the needs of the trainees.  This is done via appropriate planning and evaluations.  Evaluations of the training programmes are conducted in the wake of the training and during the end of the programme.  

The goal of each evaluation is to garner critical and constructive feedback and to plough it into future training programs.

6. Workshops and Seminars for Capacity Building  

A total of 39 workshops and seminars each with an average duration of ten days were conducted and 3500 participants benefited from the programs.  The core seminars and workshops included: 

1. Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Immunity,

2. Conflict Management and Negotiation Skills-four rounds,

3. Financial Deregulation and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) — two rounds,

4. Seminar on Regional Security in North East Africa,

5. Value for Money and Financial Audit,

6. Non-Navigational uses of International Watercourses,

7. Multilateral Development Institutions in Ethiopia: two rounds

8. European Union and Africa from Lomé to Cotonou,

9. Human Rights and Civic Responsibility— three rounds

10. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) — two rounds,

11. Ethiopian Admission to the WTO - the Experience of China and Thailand,

12. 100 years of Ethio-US Relations,

13. NEPAD in the Context of Ethiopia's National Policy.

The participants who attended the above workshops and seminars were drawn from more than 50 institutions including the following:   

7.  Implementation of MBO - ProMIS  

The Management By Objectives(MBO) computer tool called Project Management Information System (ProMIS) has been introduced in the following ministries, bureaux and institutions:

1. Ministry of Infrastructure

2.  Ministry of Health

3.  Ministry of Capacity Building

4. Health Bureau, Tigrai Regional State

5. Health Bureau, Amhara Regional State

6. EFFORT Group

7. Health Bureau, SNNP Regional State

8. Health Bureau, Oromia Regional State

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