Commercial Diplomats Regulation Authority - Qualified Policy Advocate

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THE COMMERCIAL DIPLOMATS

"....an ambassador's job is government to government primarily, but it's also to be a commercial diplomat"

Amb. Anthony Harrington

'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

Qualified Policy Advocate - Approved Mandatory Qualifying Requirements

QUALIFIED POLICY ADVOCATE

RECOGNITION OF ABILITY, INTEGRITY AND COMPETENCE

Qualified Policy Advocate is recognition of ability, integrity and competence of qualified commercial diplomats and is open to individuals who can satisfy council with significant career progression. Prospective candidates must be able to produce evidence of seniority, and proven significant professional and maturity of experience in commercial diplomatic field/service, or any field which involves or promotes the advancement and professional practise of responsible commercial diplomacy.

Professional Accreditation:

Qualified Policy Advocate (QA/QPA)

Full (Approved) Qualified Policy Advocate (QA) Mandatory Programme

OPTION ONE

Introduction to Commercial Diplomatic Practise* (Mandatory)

International Investment Policy and Arbitration

International Commercial Arbitration

OPTION TWO

Introduction to Commercial Diplomatic Practise* (Mandatory)

International Trade Policy and Arbitration

International Commercial Arbitration

Responsible commercial diplomatic practise requires proven professional skills in the following:

cross-cultural negotiation and consensus-building
legislative strategy and advocacy
anti-corruption policy and strategy
media strategy and public relations
arbitration and diplomatic protocol
development of integrated negotiating strategies
investigation of issues and research into new areas of knowledge

Role of CoDRA

The appointment to the rank and status of Qualified Policy Advocate is by recommendation, before final approval by the Chairman of Council.

Candidates for Training

Passion for Knowledge

Recommended Texts

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

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

COMMERCIAL DIPLOMATS REGULATION AUTHORITY

Calls may be recorded for security, training and monitoring purposes