Ashraf AboArafe
(Ankara, Turkey – 10 September 2021) – The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), a subsidiary organ of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in partnership with the Diplomacy Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, will organise a training course on “Cultural Diplomacy for the OIC Junior Diplomats” on 13-16 September 2021. The training will be held through a video conferencing platform.
The primary focus of the training is to provide knowledge on the association between cultural diplomacy and foreign policy and to identify processes to formulate and monitor effective cultural diplomacy practices. Renowned experts will deliver the training course, which will provide junior diplomats from the OIC Member States with the opportunity to gain working knowledge and enhance their understanding on how cultural diplomacy is practiced around the world and how to successfully use it as a strategic foreign policy tool in the 21st century.
The Training Course on Cultural Diplomacy for the OIC Junior Diplomats is organised within the framework of SESRIC’s Diplomacy Capacity Building Programme (Diplomacy – CaB), which was initiated in 2017 with the aim to enhance junior diplomats’ diplomatic skills, help them acquire the necessary knowledge about the OIC and assist their understanding of the major regional and international issues.
Since 2017, SESRIC has organised four training programmes within the scope of its Diplomacy-CaB (2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020) and hosted relevant representatives from the OIC General Secretariat, OIC institutions, international organisations, renowned experts, practitioners and academicians who have contributed to the programme by delivering training on various issues of relevance to the OIC diplomatic community.
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About the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC)
SESRIC is a subsidiary organ of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). SESRIC has been serving the OIC Member States in the areas of Statistics, Research and Training since 1978.
The main mandate drawn up for SESRIC is threefold:
1. To collate, process and disseminate socio-economic statistics and information on and for the utilisation of the member countries,
2. To study and evaluate the economic and social developments in the member countries to help generate proposals that will initiate and enhance co-operation among them, and
3. To organise training programmes in selected fields geared to the needs of the member countries as well as to the general objectives of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
In accordance with its statutory mandate and in line with global and regional developments and challenges, SESRIC has, over the last four decades, introduced various measures and modalities and launched new approaches and programmes to strengthen its role in contributing to the efforts of the OIC and its member countries to address the challenges facing them in their development efforts. The Centre is now considered as one of the most important subsidiary organs of OIC in charge of promoting socio-economic development in the context of advancing intra-OIC cooperation in the relevant areas of its mandate. Through its accumulated experience and successful achievements and through its active involvement in the common effort towards the realisation of the noble objectives of the OIC, SESRIC is increasingly solicited to put its accumulated experience and acquired expertise at the service of the Organisation and its member countries as reflected in the ever-expanding scope of activities it carries out.
More details of our overall activities, including the final output of our work in the fields of socio-economic research, statistics, training and publications, together with a great deal of OIC-related information, are given in the relevant sections on SESRIC website http://www.sesric.org/index.php | Twitter: @sesric
About the Diplomacy Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey
The Academy plans and conducts basic, preparatory and in-service training and internship programs for the Ministry members who carry out the international relations of the Republic of Turkey, its foreign policy and consular services. Academy offers training programs for the career diplomats of foreign countries as well. Academy is also responsible for the planning and participation of Ministry officials in the training programs, language courses and professional seminars in foreign countries. In addition, Diplomacy Academy carries out the training of the public officials posted to foreign missions from other government institutions and entities.
In proportion to expanding the scope of Turkish Foreign Policy and initiatives taken at the regional scale, the need of the Ministry for more qualified cadres increases too. The primary objective of the Academy is to provide human resources, who in today’s rapidly changing international arena, can make appropriate evaluations, produce solutions, effectively implement policies, undertake and thoroughly fulfill tasks and responsibilities both at headquarters and missions abroad; have the capacity to develop proactive policies within a longstanding diplomacy culture and tradition.
For more information: http://diab.mfa.gov.tr/default.en.mfa | Twitter: @DiabAkademi
Contact Persons:
Edmond Neza (Mr)
Assistant Events and Communications Officer
Administration and Finance Department
Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC)
Kudus Cad. No:9 Diplomatik Site, 06450 ORAN-Ankara, Turkey
eneza@sesric.org | event@sesric.org
Tel: +90 (312) 468-6172 ext. 2042
www.sesric.org | Twitter: @sesric
Ali Özkara (Mr)
Second Secretary
Diplomacy Academy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey
Çiğdem Mah. 1549. Cad. No:4 Çankaya-Ankara-Turkey
ali.ozkara@mfa.gov.tr
Tel: +90 (312) 253 40 50
www.mfa.gov.tr | Twitter: @diabakademi
