Continuing Education

The Diplomatic Academy organizes every year a series of seminars aiming at providing continuing professional education for the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as for the personnel of other Ministries, indicatively on the following topics:

• Educational seminars on economic management and consular and registry affairs for the Ministry's employees who are to be posted abroad.
• Training seminars for the employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as those of other Ministries, who are to be posted abroad, on issues related to Schengen Visas, national Visas, and Visa Information System (VIS).
• Training Seminars for public servants to be posted abroad as Military or Naval Attachés.
• Organizing lectures for students of the Police Academy and the National Academy of Security by officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• Organizing regular workshops on Foreign Affairs issues for the students of the National Defence College.
• Quarterly seminars for students of the Air Force Academy.
• Educational seminars for the students of the National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government.
• Coordination of the participation of the Ministry's employees in seminars that are organized by universities, research institutes, international organizations, think tanks, and institutions of global significance.
• Participation in the European Program for Young Diplomats (EDP), which takes place every year since 2000.