Academic Institutional Membership

ACCD provides a wide range of membership options that are tailored to recognise seasoned practitioners and new applicants alike. The cadres of individual membership are complimented by a corporate option which is reserved for institutions that display an outstanding contribution to the profession of commercial diplomacy and responsible commercial diplomatic practise. One of Association of Certified Commercial Diplomats' mission is to encourage high-quality advanced postgraduate (professional) education and training for qualified practitioners and students pursuing careers in the field of commercial diplomacy.

Institutional Membership

The role of our institutional members is extremely important for ensuring the short-term and long term success of the whole commercial diplomacy project. The Association will continue to provide superb range of high quality advanced and specialized programmes and rich ideas, mostly in collaboration with other professional institutions on many collaboratively developed activities. One of the campaigns in which the Association has more tie is its support for the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).

The Association will continue to focus a large part of its activity on researching, promoting and developing advanced specialized courses, and managing seminars/forums on mostly foreign trade and investment, anti-corruption, and commercial diplomacy. All of which are governed by the current oversight regulations by Council on Commercial Diplomacy.

Academic Institutional Members and partners of ACCD are the premier and registered accredited providers of training courses on commercial diplomacy. The global professional body admits to its membership only those institutions that satisfy council by meeting the high standards set by the Association's Bylaws.

Target

• Diplomatic Institutions (Diplomatic Academies, Missions etc) 
• Vocational Education and Training Providers
• Foreign Affairs Institutions
• Ministries and Departments of Commerce and Industry, Trade and Investment, Agriculture and Natural Resources and others 
• Academic Institutions
• Professional Institutes etc

Criteria for Institutional Membership and Accreditation:

Applicants should carefully review ACCD Academic Institutional Membership criteria. Membership in the global professional body is open to bona fied institutions that possess:

• an advanced vocational training-related comprehensive learning programme on international trade-related policy, commercial diplomacy, commercial diplomatic practice and or other related-relevant advanced postgraduate programme of high quality;
• a significant and demonstrated commitment to the promotion, development, advancement and professional practice of responsible commercial diplomacy;
• a commitment to the delivery of advanced vocational postgraduate, professional and executive commercial diplomatic training; and
• significant autonomy (as intergovernmental organization, diplomatic academy, non-governmental organization, advanced research institute, professional institute etc) as expected of a business school, diplomatic academy, foreign service institute/academy, or advanced diplomatic institution, or within a major institution (MFA etc).

Demonstration of Qualification