"....an ambassador's job is government to government primarily, but it's also to be a commercial diplomat"
Amb. Anthony Harrington
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'In many significant offshore financial centres, specialist commercial judges exist where formal specialist courts do not'
The Hon. Justice L. Kawaley
Commercial Judge
Supreme Court,
Bermuda
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A large part of the foreign secretary's job is commercial diplomacy, a major part of foreign policy and should be done extremely well
- Vince Cable, UK Business Secretary
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Commercial diplomacy is an important component of the FCO's wider prosperity agenda, which brings together all the actions that it takes globally to support the UK economy
- Rt Hon. Lord Howell of Guildford
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Association of Certified Commercial Diplomats (ACCD) - Pioneering Statutory Rights and Mandate
Compass of Pioneering Statutory Rights:
- first global professional awarding, rules-based representative, accreditation, standardization enforcement and impactful better regulation body,
- advocating commercial diplomacy professionalism and responsible commercial diplomatic practice,
- leading, capable and competent authority on commercial diplomat competency and development,
- independent voice and world's foremost membership driven body for all individuals and organisations with an interest in the commercial-judicial diplomatic practice.
Mandate:
Safeguarding High Standards of Excellence
Mandate of CDRA
- To implement policies that will positively affect the careers of qualified practitioners of commercial diplomacy globally
- To determine from time to time the standards, knowledge, level of integrity and skills that shall be attained by persons seeking to qualify for diplomatic merit awards
- To determine from time to time the competence, standards, knowledge and skills that shall be attained by persons seeking to qualify for accreditation
- To ensure that Qualified Policy Advocates, Qualified Certified Diplomats, and Chartered Diplomats maintain a reputable and high standard of behaviour
- To regulate the commercial diplomatic discipline and professional conduct of members of ACCD worldwide
- To recognize, and formally accredit educational institutions' qualifications and monitor their activities
- To formally recognise qualifications awarded by ACCD accredited academic institutional members
- To focus on activities that shall promote integrity, transparency, impartial justice, harmony and responsible commercial diplomatic education, and practise
Established with a mandate to:
- be independent of government and owe no allegiance to any political party
- set the highest professional standard in commercial diplomacy
- be non partisan, not-for-profit and non-governmental global professional awarding body
- bring together the distinguished, expert, competent, specialist and informed, to examine commercial diplomatic implications
- research and develop projects on commercial diplomacy which analyse key global developments
Aims & Objectives
- to advocate, advance, regulate and promote responsible commercial diplomatic education and training, learning and development
- to work with both new and long established bona fied institutions, helping to develop and strengthen the institutions and culture of commercial-judicial diplomacy
- to work in partnership with national, international and regional bodies on the role of Commercial Diplomats and the Commercial Diplomatic Practice
- to promote, support and implement (as a stakeholder) the covention on commercial diplomatic integrity and the Principles for Responsible Commercial Diplomacy
- to integrate the values of the Principles for Responsible Commercial Diplomacy into the core of our curriculum
- to promote, support and implement (as a stakeholder) the DECLARATION of COMMITMENT to Commercial Diplomatic Integrity
- to promote and support the Regulators Code 2014 and the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)
- Passion for knowledge and competency
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