Jahresheft 2017 | Yearbook 2017 Internationale Diplomatenausbildung | Training for International Diplomats 2017 Yearbook Jahresheft Training for International Diplomats International for Training Diplomatenausbildung Internationale Diplomacy by Networking Auswärtiges Amt Federal Foreign Office Akademie Auswärtiger Dienst Foreign Service Academy Internationale Diplomatenausbildung Training for International Diplomats D-11013 Berlin Tel. +49 (0)30 18 17 48 30 Fax +49 (0)30 18 17 48 88 E-Mail [email protected] www.trainingforinternationaldiplomats.de Jahresheft Yearbook Internationale Diplomatenausbildung Training for International Diplomats 2017 2 Willkommen | Welcome Liebe Freundinnen und Freunde, Vor 25 Jahren wird mit Boutros Boutros-Ghali zum ersten Mal ein Afrikaner Generalsekretär der Vereinten Nationen. Hans-Dietrich Genscher unterzeichnet für die Bundesrepublik Deutsch- land den Vertrag von Maastricht, der die Grund- lagen für den Euro schafft. George Bush und Boris Jelzin einigen sich auf den START-II- Vertrag zur weltweiten Reduzierung der strate- Diese Menschen in den „Maschinenräumen“ gischen Nuklearwaffen. der Außenpolitik sind es, die wir mit dem Pro- gramm unserer seit nunmehr 25 Jahren beste- Diese Menschen gestalteten eine neue Ordnung, henden Internationalen Diplomatenausbildung nachdem mit dem Ende des Kalten Krieges eine erreichen wollen. Viele Absolventinnen und Zeitenwende angebrochen war. Auch heute ist Absolventen der ersten Jahrgänge finden sich die Welt im Umbruch, wenn auch in noch stür- heute an Schlüsselpositionen ihrer Länder oder mischeren und schwierigeren Zeiten. Es ist die internationaler Organisationen. Die Teilnehmer Aufgabe der Außenpolitik, diese Ordnung weiter der vielen Seminare nutzen ihre Zeit in Berlin und immer wieder neu zu formen. und anderen deutschen Städten, um wert- volle Netzwerke und Kontakte zu knüpfen, die Nicht alle der Menschen, die Außenpolitik ge- manchmal ein Leben lang tragen. Sie verbessern stalten, befinden sich vor, sondern sehr viele praktische Fähigkeiten und werden so zu noch auch hinter den Kulissen des Geschehens. Sie professionelleren Vertretern ihrer Länder. Oft repräsentieren ihre jeweiligen Länder und deren kehren die jungen Diplomatinnen und Diplo- Interessen, in aller Buntheit und Vielfalt der maten als Partner und Freunde Deutschlands Kulturen der Erde – oft sind es Diplomaten, aber in ihre Heimat zurück, ausgestattet mit neuen bei weitem nicht immer. Einblicken und Ideen. Ich wünsche der Internationalen Diplomaten- ausbildung und den Menschen, die sich dort begegnen, auf ihrem weiteren Weg viel Erfolg. Sigmar Gabriel Bundesminister des Auswärtigen Welcome | Willkommen 3 Dear Partners and Friends, It was 25 years ago that Boutros Boutros-Ghali became the first African to be appointed Secre- tary-General of the United Nations. Hans-Dietrich Genscher signed the Maastricht Treaty on Ger- many’s behalf laying the foundations for the euro. George Bush and Boris Yeltsin agreed on the START II Treaty to bring about a global reduction in strategic nuclear arms. It is these people working the machines of for- eign policy that we want to reach out to with our These figures were establishing a new order Training for International Diplomats programme following on from the watershed moment which has now been up and running for 25 years. created by the end of the Cold War. Today, as Many of our alumni from the very first courses well, the world is in the midst of upheaval and we held are today working in key positions in we are experiencing even more tempestuous their countries or in international organisations. and difficult times. Foreign policy has the job Those participating in the many seminars we of reinventing and further shaping this order offer use their time in Berlin and other German time and again. cities to set up valuable networks and contacts which sometimes last a lifetime. They improve Not all those involved in foreign policy are in the their practical skills and thus become even more spotlight. Many are working behind the scenes. professional representatives of their countries. They represent their countries and their inter- Often, young diplomats return to their home ests with all the colour and diversity that the countries as partners and friends of Germany, cultures of our world offer – often this is done equipped with new insights and ideas. by diplomats, but certainly not always. I wish the Training for International Diplomats and those who partake in it every success for the future. Sigmar Gabriel Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs 4 Inhalt | Contents » Inhalt | Contents « 25 Years of Training for International Diplomats ............ 6 idp* ................................................................................................................ 10 8th International Diplomats Programme idl .................................................................................................................... 14 41. Internationaler Diplomatenlehrgang wb ................................................................................................................... 18 7 th Executive Seminar for Diplomats from the Western Balkans ukr .................................................................................................................. 22 High Level Experts Programme Ukraine 2017 chn ................................................................................................................. 26 5 th Executive Seminar for Diplomats from the People’s Republic of China afr .................................................................................................................... 30 11th Executive Seminar for Diplomats from Africa nmo ............................................................................................................... 34 16 th Executive Seminar for Diplomats from the Middle East and North Africa asp* ................................................................................................................ 38 10 th Programme for Diplomats in Berlin from Asia and the Pacific col ................................................................................................................... 42 1st Executive Seminar for Diplomats from Colombia pse .................................................................................................................. 46 2nd Executive Seminar for Diplomats from the Palestinian Territories Contents | Inhalt 5 dk* . 50 12. Diplomatenkolleg zas ................................................................................................................... 54 1st Executive Seminar for Diplomats from Central Asia mmr ..............................................................................................................Programmvorschau 2017 58 2 nd Executive Seminar for Diplomats fromProgrammes Myanmar 2017 if .......................................................................................................................IDL | 41. Internationaler NMO | 16th Executive Seminar for 62 th Diplomatenlehrgang | Diplomats from the Middle East | 14 INTERNATIONAL FUTURES 25. Januar – 3. März 2017 25 April – 23 May 2017 IDP* | 8th International Diplomats DK* | 12. Diplomatenkolleg | lak* ................................................................................................................Programme | January – April 2017 August – Oktober 2017 66 12 th Programme for Diplomats in BerlinWB from | 7th LatinExecutive America Seminar forand Dip the- CaribbeanAFG | 17th Executive Seminar lomats from the Western Balkans | for Diplomats from Afghanistan 13 February – 10 March 2017 and neighbouring countries | irq ....................................................................................................................UKR | 7th High Level Experts 4 September – 29 September 2017 70 6 th Executive Seminar for Diplomats from Programme Iraq Ukraine | LAK* | 12th Programme for 8 March – 24 March 2017 Diplomats in Berlin from Latin ASP* | 10th Programme for America and the Caribbean | Networking ...............................................................................................Diplomats in Berlin from Asia and October – December 74 Alumni Activities and Global Diplomacythe Lab Pacific |April – June 2017 IF | 14th INTERNATIONAL FUTURES | AFR | 11th Executive Seminar 6 October – 21 October 2017 for Diplomats from Africa | Team .............................................................................................................24 April – 22 May 2017 86 Internationale Diplomatenausbildung | TrainingAlumni Events for in International Germany and abroad Diplomats Regional Network Meeting, Marokko | 5 February – 7 February 2017 Programme 2018 | Programmes6th Network Consolidation 2018 Programme .................................... on Peace Mediation, Berlin | 89 6 March – 10 March 2017 Regional Network Meeting, Mexiko | 23 March – 26 March 2016 7th Network Consolidation Programme, Berlin | tba Zahlen & Fakten | Facts & Figures .............................................. 90 Unsere Alumni in der Welt | Our AlumniGlobal Worldwide Diplomacy Lab Buenos Aires | 18 June – 21 June 2017 Tunis | 19 November – 21 November 2017 * Programme for Diplomats on a posting to Berlin * Programme for Diplomats on posting to Berlin 25 Years of Training for International Diplomats 7 25th Anniversary You can read about foreign policy in the papers, and the history books are chock-full of it, too. There is talk of systems of treaties and spheres of