Pioneering Statutory Rights and Mandate
Commercial Diplomats Regulation Authority: Advocating Responsible Education and Practice

Established with delegated pioneering regulatory authority, CDRA activities include justice and judicial, standardization  enforcement and impactful better regulation of, and contribution to responsible and more efficient commercial diplomatic profession, education and practice. The council is maintained through transparent regulatory environment.

Regulatory Arrangements

• CDRA's regulatory arrangements are transparent and open,
• Members of CDRA are distinguished persons and practitioners with recognised integrity, knowledge and expertise,
• They are familiar with the research, development and specialized programmes of the global professional body, and
• They are selected with independent input, as proposed by the Governing Council of the professional body (ACCD).

Umbrella of CDRA
As the oversight regulator of the commercial diplomatic profession, the umbrella of the CDRA covers career commercial diplomats (including but not limited to ambassadors, policy advocates, government trade representatives and negotiators, arbitrators, policy-makers and government officials involved in global trade, investment and commercial issues, counselors, IIA negotiators and experts, academia, private sector and IGO representatives, officials in government ministries, corporations, academic, public and private institutions) worldwide.

In accordance with its mandate, the organization's objectives are to:

• source, research and develop curricula, projects and training modules which analyse key global developments
• support and strengthen capacity to prevent, measure and act against indiscipline and unauthorised practices
• unite in one body those who are interested in responsible commercial diplomatic practice and the unique field of commercial-judicial diplomacy through inter-diplomatic forums
• develop the capabilities of practitioners to be future generators of sustainable value for business and society at large
• collaborate and conduct training courses with new and long established trusted institutions: intergovernmental organizations, diplomatic academies and professional institutes in all regions
• engage in conceptual and empirical research that advances the understanding of the role, dynamics and impact of corporations in the creation of sustainable social, environmental and economic value
• interact with practitioners to extend the knowledge of their challenges in meeting social and environmental responsibilities and to explore jointly effective approaches to meeting these challenges
• facilitate and support dialogue and debate amongst practitioners, educators, government, civil society organizations and other interested groups and stakeholders on critical global issues
• respond to the ever-advancing and ever-growing complexities of commercial diplomatic practice and service
• encourage the establishment of uniquely-competent and friendly diplomatic institutions, which can lead to better and a more concerted focus on equality and competency for practitioners of commercial diplomacy

Mission-driven Objectives 

• effective standardization enforcement and impactful better regulation
• advocating responsible commercial diplomacy
• ensuring effective action against indiscipline and unauthorised practices
• advancing the interests of practitioners and stakeholders globally
• better impactful regulation and standardization enforcement of, and contribution to an efficient and sustainable commercial diplomatic practice
• setting of policy and guidelines, as well as standards of qualification and accreditation procedures
• provision of Mandatory Qualifying Competency Examinations (MQCE)
• advanced training and research, through ACCD-CDRA approved, authorised and recommended vocational education and training providers, institutions and diplomatic institutions
• public advocacy, capacity building and provision of ethical standards, at the highest level
• provision of relevant-related examinations and impartial accreditation for prospective practitioners and experienced professional practitioners
• provision of appropriate impartial accreditation for qualified diplomatic institutions and vocational education and training providers that display an outstanding passion for the development of effective, efficient, highly-skilled and highly-competent practitioners, and contribution to the development and advancement of responsible commercial-judicial  diplomatic practice (i.e qualified institutions)

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 Integrity, Professionalism, and High Standards of Excellence

Established with the Mandate to:

• implement policies that will positively affect the careers of qualified practitioners of commercial diplomacy globally
• 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
• determine from time to time the competence, standards, knowledge and skills that shall be attained by persons seeking to qualify for accreditation
• ensure that Qualified Policy Advocates, Qualified Certified Diplomats, and Chartered Diplomats maintain a reputable and high standard of behaviour
• regulate the commercial diplomatic discipline and professional conduct of members of ACCD worldwide
• recognize, and formally accredit educational institutions' qualifications and monitor their activities
• formally recognise qualifications awarded by ACCD accredited academic institutional members
• focus on activities that shall promote integrity, transparency, impartial justice, harmony and responsible commercial diplomatic education, and practice
• 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

Established with the Aims & Objectives to:

• advocate, advance, regulate and promote responsible commercial diplomatic education and training, learning and development
• work with both new and long established bona fied institutions, helping to develop and strengthen the institutions and culture of commercial-judicial diplomacy
• work in partnership with national, international and regional bodies on the role of Commercial Diplomats and the Commercial Diplomatic Practice
• promote, support and implement (as a stakeholder) the covention on commercial diplomatic integrity and the Principles for Responsible Commercial Diplomacy
• integrate the values of the Principles for Responsible Commercial Diplomacy into the core of our curriculum
• promote, support and implement (as a stakeholder) the DECLARATION of COMMITMENT to Commercial Diplomatic Integrity
• promote and support the Regulators Code 2014 and the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)