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Enhancing Knowledge Base and Skills Demanded
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Since the
establishment as a capacity building organization over 10 years ago,
the EIIPD has carried out programmes aimed at enhancing the knowledge
base and skills required by Ethiopian’s diplomacy in the third
millennium.
The specific tasks in
this respect included:
- Dissemination of
research outputs on peace and security issues of concern to Ethiopia
and its vicinity
- Seminars and
workshops to upgrade the competence, the skills and communicative
proficiency of civil servants with attachment to, and interest in,
the diplomatic service of the country.
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In depth examination
of the EIIPD’s research experience and the accumulated resources is
underway to articulate ways and means of enlivening the institute as a
center of excellence.
Diplomatic training
is a core pre-occupation of the EIIPD, which is currently reviewing
the experiences of its diplomatic training.
In
the EIIPD is to make a meaningful contribution to human resources
capacity building in the field of diplomacy, it is necessary to draw
up and articulate relevant content, orientation and extent of training
in ways that reflect the realities of the 21st century
diplomacy. This is to say that the EIIPD in the process of revising
its syllabus to revamp the training package with the emerging concerns
of the international scene
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In the
meantime, some training seminars are being conducted on technical
themes that have relevance to diplomacy. Among these is training on
Protocol and Etiquette, Conference organization, Norms of Diplomatic
Intercourse and Communication, which was conducted at the headquarters
of the institute from 10-14 March 2008. |
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The interactive
five-day training seminar covered activity –based protocol and
Etiquette teaching guides which addressed:
- Social Skills
- Communication
skills
- Ceremonial
Protocol
- Business Etiquette
- Introduction
Etiquette
- Handshaking
Etiquette
- Conversation
Etiquette
- Customer Service
Etiquette
- Dining Etiquettes
and Table Manners
- Office and
Telephone Etiquette
- Rules, Procedures
and practices of Conference organization
Diplomatic privileges and Immunities and case Studies on violation,
and abuse of the privileged diplomatic staff members.
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The trainers, Ato
Mogus Teklemicahel, Acting Director General of the institute and Ato
Tesfaye Hailemariam , the Former Chief of protocol of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Career Diplomat, Conducted the seminar with active
participation of the trainees in case analysis , role play and
constructive discussions on all the topics. |
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The participants of
the seminar were from the AU, Ethiopian Airport Enterprises, The
Commercial and Development Banks of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Insurance
Corporation and the Federal Ethics and Anti Corruption commission. |
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The Ethiopian
International Institute for peace and Development is pleased to
announce that training on the same themes will be given in the third
week of May, 2008 and invites interested organizations and individuals
to register for participation in the seminar. The EIIPD can be reached
by:E-mail at
eiipd@ethionet.et, by Fax at 011-5533398 or by phone at
011-5531955
This item was posted
on 25 march 2008.
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