19 November 2008
Twenty-five Liberians have departed the country for Cairo, Egypt, to undergo a two-week training program in diplomacy.
The delegation, which left the country on Sunday, November 16, 2008, is to participate in a middle-level diplomatic training covering a wide range of topics including development diplomacy, conflict resolution and multi-track diplomacy, and media and public diplomacy.
Other topics include the nature of economic diplomacy, bilateral economic diplomacy, multilateral economic diplomacy and an introduction to development cooperation for diplomats, respectively.
According to a Foreign Ministry release, the training is being made possible with support from the Egyptian Technical Cooperation Fund under the Foreign Ministry of Egypt.
The Liberians benefiting from the program are: Mohammed Ali Nyei, Technical Program Officer in the office of Foreign Minister Olubanke King-Akerele; Moiba Fofana, Senior Desk Officer, Bureau of American Affairs; Nathaniel Jallah, Protocol Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and James Z. Holmes, Bureau of Afro-Asian Affairs.
Also, on the trip are Roland Johnson, Angela Lavella and Mary-Anne Fussung, Foreign Service Officers from the Liberian Missions in Sierra Leone, Ghana and Senegal, respectively and Edward Togba of the Commission on Small Arms.
Other trainees are: Thomas Kamarla, Director of Protocol, Senate Foreign Relations; George Karnley, Executive Assistant on Foreign Affairs, Office of the Speaker; William Greaves, Protocol Officer, Ministry of State; Sahr Felle and Thomas Washington, National Youth Volunteer Service graduates and Beatrice Sherman, S. Mayumi Grigsby, Massa W. Mayson and Aurelia Anderson Akinselure, new entrants.
The beneficiaries also include eight graduates of the Foreign Service Institute including Sarah Brownell, William Sampson, Lovetta Bailey, Menekeh Pshorr, Emmanuel Marmeh, Sam B.S. Gbarwah, James Estrada Amnon and Stephen Marsh.
Recently, a five-day training workshop on Protocol and Etiquette aimed at developing the skills and knowledge of Protocol Officers and employees of other relevant government agencies took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Capitol Hill.
The workshop brought together participants from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs, the Capitol Building, Roberts International Airport including some graduates of the Gabriel L. Dennis Foreign Service Institute and the Special Security Service respectively.
At the close of the workshop recently, the participants were awarded certificates of achievement in Protocol Etiquette.
Foreign Minister, Olubanke King-Akerele, extolled the Egyptian Government for the initiative and said the training will help to develop and improve the skills and knowledge of Liberian Protocol Officers to be more effective and efficient in executing their jobs at the various places of work.
Minister King-Akerele also lauded the Egyptian government for its numerous assistance to Liberia, which she noted, is impacting Liberia's recovery program. The Foreign Minister also disclosed plan by the Egyptian Government to take more than twenty-five Liberians to Egypt for further training in Public Diplomacy.
Also at the ceremony, Minister King-Akerele praised the German Government through its Charge d'Affairs near Monrovia, for supporting Liberia's recovery effort.
The Foreign Minister told participants that the German Government has pledged to take some Liberians to Berlin, Germany to participate a seminar in Public Diplomacy. Those expected to benefit from the seminar include Liberian Foreign Service Officers.
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