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FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE'S ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT TRAINING PROGRAMS CONDUCTED JANUARY-NOVEMBER 2013

PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF NATIONAL SECURITY

1. Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar

• Situationer on the Current International Issues: Maritime Issues

• Disaster Risk Management

• Transnational Organized Crimes

2. Course on Ocean's Law and Policy

3. Seminar on Archipelagic Consciousness & the West Philippine Sea

4. Foreign Service Officers' Cadetship Course - Batch XX

• Module 4: National Security

• Module 11 : Diplomatic and Consular Practice and Skills: Conflict Resolution and Negotiation (including Crisis Management)

PROMOTION AND ATTAINMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY


• Advancing Philippine Foreign Policy and Interest through One Country Team Approach

• Advancing Economic Diplomacy through our Missions and Posts

• Tourism Promotion

• Export Trade Promotion

• NCCA as Partner in Promoting Philippine Cultural Diplomacy

• Investment Promotion

• Regional Briefing (America, Asia, Australia , Middle East, Africa, Europe, United Nation, United Nation, ASEAN, APEC)

2. Career Ministers' Course (Economic Diplomacy)

3. The Sheer Beauty of Pifia: An Exhibit

4. Weaving our Stories, Threading our Paths:

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5. Cultural Awareness and Training Series


• Module 12: Economic Diplomacy (including Cultural Diplomacy)

PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS AND PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE OF OVERSEAS FILIPINOS


• Overview of Crisis Management

• Basic First Aid and Survival Skills

• Universal Health Care through Social Health Insurance

• Important Provisions of RA 9225 (Citizenship Retention & Reacquisition Act of 2003) and RA 9048 (New Family Code and Clerical Correction Law)

• Assistance to Nationals Services at Post

• OFW in Crisis Situations

• Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges (Vienna Convention)


• Module 7: Diplomatic and Consular Practice and Skills: Assistance-to-Nationals

• Module on Conflict Resolution and Negotiation including Crisis Management

• Module 13: New Trends in Diplomacy

• Module on Conflict Resolution and Negotiation including Crisis Management

DELIVERY OF FRONTLINE SERVICES


• Conducting Consular Services at Post

2. Seminar-Workshop on Enhancing One's self to Ensure Effective Consular Service

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• Module 6: Diplomatic and Consular Practice and Skills: Consular Diplomacy and Practice

4. Training for Members of Rapid Response Team under Overseas Preparedness and Response Team (OPRT)

5. Seminar-Workshop on Strengthening Capabilities of Regional Consular Office Personnel -Butuan

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTION BUILDING


• Protecting the Philippine Image-Public Diplomacy at Post: Dealing with the Host Government Public Sector and C vii Society

• Ethics and Core Value System: Governance, Accountability, & Transparency; Anti-Craft and Corruption

• Ethics and Core Value System: Administrative Discipline

• Financial Literacy

• Public Diplomacy at Post

• Stress Management: Health & Wellness of Foreign Service Personnel Foreign Language Regular Courses

• Arabic

• Bahasa Indonesia

• French

• German

• Mandarin

• Nihongo

• Spanish

2. English Language Review Course

3. Nihongo Language Course for JDS Fellows (Batch XII)

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4. FSO Cadetship Language Course Batch XX (Mandar n and Arabic)

5. Basic Course for Foreign Service Staff Employees

• Introduction to the principle of 5s

• Telephone Etiquette

• Document, Communication and Personal Security

• Record Keeping Procedure

• Oral and Written Communication

• DFA Internal Communication

6. Course on Writing Memoranda and Letters

7. Course on Speech Writing and Delivery

8. Computer Courses

• Seminar-Workshop on Microsoft Excel 2007

• Seminar-Workshop on Microsoft Excel 2010

• Seminar-Workshop on Microsoft Word 2010

• Seminar-Workshop on Basic Computer Applications

9. Administrative Officers Course

10. Financial Officers' & Collecting Officers' Course

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTION BUILDING

1. Basic Foreign Service Staff Officers Course (BFSSOC)

• Human Relations and Management

• Foreign Service Staff Officers Basic Duties and Responsibilities

• Basic Foreign Policy Analysis and Reporting

2. Women Leaders in the Philippine Foreign Service Corps: Success and Challenges

3. Staff Development Program for FSI Personnel

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4. Seminar-Workshop on Protocol and Social Graces

• BFAR Region VII Cebu City (Batch 1)

• BFAR Region VII Cebu City (Batch 2)

• Department of Science and Technology

• Ayala Group

• National Mapping and Resource Information Authority

• Philippine Navy

• RCO Iloilo

• RCO Tugegarao

• RCO La Union

• RCO Legazpi

5. Seminar-Workshop on Foreign Policy and International Commitment


• Module 1: The Philippine Foreign Service

• Module 2: Administration: Personnel and Finance

• Module 9: Diplomatic and Consular Practice and Skills: Public Diplomacy

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RESEARCH PAPERS COMPLETED

1. Conference Report on 2012 World AIDS Day 2. Bright Prospects and Looming Challenges: A look at Philippine Relations

with South Korea 3. Report on the Summary of the Consultation Workshop on West Philippine

Sea Primer 4. Philippine Sovereignty Claims in the West Philippine Sea: Key Events

(1734-2012) 5. Park Geun-hye: South Korea's Cautious Daughter Takes Charge 6. Report on the Meeting with Delegates from South Korea's Institute of

Foreign Affairs and National Security (I FANS) 7. The Five Vital Themes of Philippine Foreign Policy 8. China's New Leadership: Domestic Considerations and Global Expectations 9. Comments on the Draft UN Resolution on the Multilateralization of the WPS

Agenda Prepared by NYPM (Requested by OUP) 10. Report on the Philippine Economic Briefing 11 . Comments on ROK's Concept Paper on the Follow-ups to the EAVG II

Report 12. Japan's Leadership Conundrum: Commentary and Perspective 13. Matrix of the Philippines' Tourism Cooperation Agreements with Other

Countries (Requested by the Department of Tourism) 14. Vetting of Historical Documents on the Sabah Issue (Requested by DFA) 15. US and China's Influence in East Asia: The Case for the Philippines 16. Report on PIDs Seminar on Global Debt Crisis, 15 February 2013 17.APEC and TPP Briefer for DFA- Reading List 18. 22nd ASEAN Summit Briefer 19. Talking Points for the Symposium on "The Phil ippines' Security Landscape

and the VFA: Expectations and Challenges 20. High-Stakes Brinkmanship in the Korean Peninsula: ssues and Prospects 21 . Report on the Meeting with Officials from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and

Trade of Republic of Korea, 22 April 2013 22. Conference Report on "Crisis in the Korean Peninsula: Considerations for

the Philippines," 9 May 2013, UP Diliman 23. Chronology of Events: Philippine Maritime and Territorial Concerns (January

- March 2013) Status: Submitted to ESE 24. Chronology of Events on the North Borneo Issue (January- March 2013)

Status: Submitted to ESE 25. Report on the forum on The Sulu-Sabah Connections: Challenges for the

Aquino Administration and for Philippine Diplomacy, 19 March 2013, UP Asian

26. Backgrounder on the Nansen Initiative 27. UN in the Philippines Quarterly Brief {1 51 Quarter issue) 28. Japan, the Ambiguous Power 29. China as the Power, ASEAN as the Leader: Philippine Perceptions on

Regionalism in Asia 30. Making Sense of the China Complex

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31 . Report on the Meeting between Officials from South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) and Officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs, 15 April 2013, Department of Foreign Affairs.

32. Conference Report: Crisis on the Korean Peninsula: Considerations for the Philippines, 9 May 2013, University of the Philippines

33. Comments on APEC 2015 Policy Studies and Research Project, 3 May 2013

34. Report on the Roundtable Discussion on the China Dream and The South China Sea, UP Asian Center, 05 June 2013

35. UN in the Philippines Quaterly Information Brief (2nd Quarter issue) 36.1nputs for SFA's Speech for the Air Power Symposium, 13 June 2013 37. Report on the Forum on the Philippines-China Security Relations and the

South China Sea Disputes: Current Situation and Future Direction, UP Asian Institute of Tourism, 6 June 2013

38. Report on The 2013 Global Emerging Voices (GEV) Fellowship Program, (Berlin, Brussels, and Torino), 15- 30 June 2013

39. Report on the Forum on India's Expanding Maritime Interests in Southeast Asia, UP Asian Center, 18 June 2013

40. Report on the Launch of the Country Migration Report: The Philippines 2013, Mandarin Oriental Manila Hotel, 27 June 2013

41 . Conference Report on the 2ih Asia-Pacific Roundtable, 9 July 2013 42. Briefing Paper on "China's Relations with ASEAN," for the High Level Forum

on the 1oth Anniversary of ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership, Bangkok, Thailand, 2 August 2013

43. Conference Report: Roundtable Discussion on "China Under Xi Jinping," National Security Council, Quezon City, 13 August 2013

44. Report on the Summary of the First CSCAP Study Group on Regional Security Architecture, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 4-5 September 2013

45. Report on the ROK-ASEAN Future Network Program, 9 September 2013 46. Report on the 2013 Hallyu Forum with the theme on "The New Wave of

Cinema: Connections, Convergence, and Cooperation," Manila Hotel, 17 September 2013

47. EU Integration and ASEAN Regionalism: Prospects for Inter-Regional Dialogue

48. From Helsinki to Seoul: The Quest for a Trust-Building Process in Northeast Asia

49. Chronology of Events: Philippine Maritime and Territorial Concerns (April-June 2013)

50. Chronology of Events: North Borneo Issue (April-June 2013) 51. Report on TID Updates, Industry Development Roadmaps,1 3 August 2013 52. Report on the Philippine Economic Briefing, 17 September 2013 53. Wither ASEAN Plus Three? The Role and Relevance of the EAVG II 54. Report on the 1 i h Philippine APEC Study Center Network (PASCN) and

General Assembly 55. Report on the OECD Investment Policy Reviews 56. Comments on House Bill No. 951 , "An act Expanding the Center for

International Relations and Strategic Studies to Include Research and Formulation of Strategic Options for National Economic and Security Policies"

57. Timeline of North Korea's Missile and Nuclear Programs

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58. Chronology of Events: Philippine Maritime and Territorial Concerns (JulySeptember 2013) 1st Week October

59. Chronology of Events on the North Borneo Issue (July-September 2013) 1st Week October

60. Report on the Orientation Forum on Women, Peace, and Security, DFA, 14th Floor, 20 September 2013

61. Report on the 2"d International Conference on ASEAN Community Building, Traders Hotel Manila, 16-18 October 2013

62. Prospects in Partnership: The Philippines and South Korea, 18 October 2013

63. The Philippines and South Korea: Improving People-to-People Relations, 20 October 2013

64. Briefing Paper for the FSI Director on Philippines-ASEAN Protection Initiatives (21 October 2013)

65. Report on the Orientation Course for the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, 14 November 2013

66.1mplications of Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) on the UN Charter 67. Perspective from the Philippines on the US-Japan Alliance in Southeast

Asia 68. Reef and Relations: Is the Philippines-US Alliance Finally Maturing? 69. The Obama-Xi Summit: Whither ASEAN? 70. Conference Report: The Global Emerging Voices Alumni Program and The

Contemporary World Multilateral Dialogue, Beijing, China, 5-10 November 2013

71 . Talking Points/Backgrounder on Philippines-Japan Relations and Development Cooperation the FSI Director's Presentation at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), 21 October 2013

72. Chronology of Events: Philippine Maritime and Territorial Concerns (November-December 2013)

73. Chronology of Events on the North Borneo Issue (November-December 2013)

ON-GOING RESEARCH PAPERS

1. Concept Paper on Human Rights Diplomacy 2. FSI Reader: Human Rights 3. Potentials and Limits of Maritime Cooperation between the Philippines and

South Korea (Tentative Title) 4. Wheat and Anti-Dumping Measures, 01-2013 5. Compendium of Data on Japan (Part !-Geography) 6. Update of the Primer on the South China Sea 7. Indian Maritime Interests in ASEAN

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