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A Unique Class of Regulated Career Diplomats . Professional Training and Skills The Commercial Diplomat is a professional skilled in advancing the interests of an organization in global trade and investment-related policy issues, in developing agreements and in resolving policy conflicts among nations over global trade, investment and commercial policy issues. Having acquired the skill and competence expected of a certified commercial diplomat, which is the key to quality and efficiency in commercial diplomatic profession, career commercial diplomats act as specialists/senior representatives of commerce, industry, business, government, or an interest group.
Uniqueness of Commercial Diplomacy Practitioners of many professions: lawyers, judges, arbitrators, commercial and or trade attaches, economists, bankers, political analysts etc, all deal with some commercial diplomatic activities, but not on an integrated basis. The career commercial diplomat devotes his or her energies to the integration of all of these areas of knowledge to address policy issues that affect international commerce. Although commercial diplomatic activity has existed from the earliest time of trade, only in the last ten years has it been recognized that this unique field requires professionals who have received specialized professional training specific to the commercial diplomatic field. Prior to this time, commercial officers and trade advisers learned their skills on the job. . What is Work Based Learning? Learning through work is a way of gaining a higher and professional postgraduate qualification using the learning you are continually developing in your working and or professional life. It is based on the simple premise that people don't always need to go to college or university to learn because the process of learning is part and parcel of everyday working life. By creating a framework to help people set out and demonstrate their learning, learning through work enables institutions to offer work-based qualifications through distance learning or using online technology. The qualifications offered through learning through work have the same value as those achieved through traditional university attendance...even better. . How it works Because the Diplomatic Academy's learning through work is geared to meeting the needs of individual work and personal circumstances, it is very flexible in terms of what, where and when you learn. Programme content is usually a mix of learning modes which can include work-based projects, online and or distance learning courses and taught modules. This is sometimes called blended learning. It can also be a 100% research project on a topic of your choice in a related field. The key feature of work-based learning or learning through work is that the learning is relevant, comfortable and beneficial to you and your employer.
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