| MISSION
AND PURPOSE
The Foreign Service
Institute (FSI) was established by P.D. 1060 on December 9, 1976
as the career development arm of the Department of Foreign
Affairs. It was also tasked to provide training to personnel
of all government agencies assigned to Philippine foreign
missions. Beginning 1987, the FSI was mandated to provide
research assistance to the DFA and to participate in the
Department's planning review process. The Philippine Foreign
Service Act of 1991 (R.A. 7157) further specified the FSI's
mandate as follows:
- to serve as the
center for the development and professionalization of the
career foreign service corps;
- to serve as a
research institution on issues and problems with foreign
policy implications, global and regional strategies and
management of foreign affairs; and
- to serve as the
institutional consultant of the Department on matters related
to foreign policies and programs as well as development
management, planning and review.
STRUCTURE
A five-person Board
of Foreign Service Institute, chaired by the Secretary of Foreign
Affairs, is the Institute's governing body.cralaw:red
The Institute is
headed by the Director who is a senior career Chief-of-Mission
with the title of Assistant Secretary. The Director is
assisted by the Assistant Director who comes from the academe, and
the heads of the Administrative and Financial Services Division (AFSD),
the Center for Career Foreign Service Development (CCFSD), and the
Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies (CIRSS).cralaw:red
FSI academic
operations are performed by the CCFSD as a training unit and the
CIRSS as a research unit.cralaw:red
Support services
are provided by the Administrative and Financial Services
Division.
PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES
Training
FSI training
programs focus mainly on excellence and leadership.
Excellence in the performance of duty, public accountability,
individual and group discipline, integrity and loyalty.
These qualities are developed and enhanced by upgrading core
competencies in promoting and defending national interest and in
carrying out tasks along accepted standards of diplomatic norms
and practices.
FSI also provides
training along the main focus of Philippine foreign policy --
economic diplomacy. Economics and related subjects are
incorporated in all key programs, and graduate and specialized
courses are conducted complementarily. Management and
supervisory skills, considered vital to career professionalism,
round up the course offerings in the Center for Career Foreign
Service Development.
Research
The Center for
International Relations and Strategic Studies (CIRSS) was
established as a unit of FSI in 1993 as a research institution
on foreign policy issues and global and regional strategies for
the management of foreign affairs.
The Center has
three sections -- Strategic and Security Studies Section,
International Organizations Section, and Area Studies Section.
Through its studies, CIRSS provides assessment of the
international and Asia-Pacific environments, and analyses of
their implications for the Philippines.
Library
The Carlos P. Romulo
Library has a collection of approximately 10,000 volumes of
books and subscriptions to 183 newspapers, journals and
magazines, both domestic and foreign. It also serves as
depository of annual/post reports of Philippine foreign service
establishments and original copies of treaties/agreements
entered into by the Philippine government.
CENTER
FOR CAREER FOREIGN SERVICE DEVELOPMENT (CCFSD)
TRAINING PROGRAMS 1998
I. CORE PROGRAM
Senior Executive
Training Program
Career Ministers Training Program
Management Workshop for Executive Directors
Advanced FSO Course
FSO Cadetship Program
Foreign Service Staff Officers Course
Foreign Service Staff Employees Course
Re-entry and Debriefing Program for Returning Foreign Service
Personnel
Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar for DFA Personnel and Spouses
Course on Security of Information for DFA and FSI Personnel
II.
PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Course on
Political and Economic Reporting
Finance Officers' Course
Seminar-Workshop on Protocol, Social Graces and Etiquette
Seminar-Workshop on Budget Preparation
Seminar-Workshop on the Liquidation of Cash Advances
Course on International Conflict Resolution and Preventive
Diplomacy (Conflict Analysis, Negotiation and Mediation)
Assistance to Nationals
- Seminar-Workshop on Human Rights
- Seminar on Labor Migration and Providing Support
Systems for OFWs
- Orientation Program Towards Enhancing Responsiveness to
OFWs
- Seminar on Crisis Management
- Information Gathering and Accessing NGOs
Economic Diplomacy
- Course on Tourism Promotion
- Course on Investment Promotion
- Course on Export Trade Promotion
Course on International Trade
- Microeconomics for Trade Policy Analysis
- Macroeconomics in the Global Economy
- International Trade Theory
- International Trade Law
Course on Multilateral Relations and Diplomacy Training (in
cooperation with UNITAR)
- Multilateral Diplomacy
- International Economics
- International Law
- Skills Training
Trade and Commercial Diplomacy
- Trade Policy Analysis and Negotiation
- Laws and Institutions Governing World Commerce
- International Trade Organizations
- International Trade Law
- Regional Trade Institutions
- Overviews of Trade Laws and Organizational Structures of
Other Countries and Regions
Computer Applications Courses in MS Excel, Word, Access and
Powerpoint
Values Orientation Workshop
Course on Public Relations
III. LANGUAGE
PROGRAM
Language Courses
- Bahasa Indonesia - Nihongo
- French - Spanish
- German - Proficiency Course
- Mandarin
Self-Study Program for DFA Personnel Due for Foreign Assignment
English Language Review Course
Writing Memos and Letters
IV.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
English Language
Program for Diplomats from Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam Based in
Manila (Intermediate Level and Advanced Levels)
Seminar-Workshop on the Analysis of Foreign Policy for ASEAN
Mid-Career Level Diplomats
V.
GRADUATE STUDIES (Joint Program with the University of the
Philippines)
Master of Arts in
International Studies
Master of Arts in Asian Studies
Master of Arts in Philippine Studies
Master of Arts in Public Administration
Master of Arts in Economics
Ph.D. in Political Science
CENTER
FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND STRATEGIC STUDIES (CIRSS)
By mandate of the
Philippine Foreign Service Act of 1991 or RA 7158, the FSI
maintains a Center for International Relations and Strategic
Studies (CIRSS).
It undertakes
studies in support of the formulation, review and dissemination
of Philippine foreign policy. It also provides channels
for interaction, cooperation and integration of the efforts of
local and foreign experts from government, private and academic
sectors on foreign policy issues and their domestic
implications.
In support of
these functions, the Center is currently composed of three
sections.
STRATEGIC AN
SECURITY STUDIES SECTION
This unit seeks
to conduct both anticipatory and reactive studies on global and
regional issues, problems and forces and their probable impact
on the Philippines. It tries to identify Philippine
interests within changing Asia-Pacific security environment, as
well appropriate foreign policy alternatives and responses.
This unit also examines the various territorial and other
disputes in East Asia, and the processes of confidence building
as well as requirements for peaceful settlement of disputes.
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS SECTION
This section
looks at the development of international organizations and
their impact on the Philippines. It also studies the
extent of Philippine participation in various international
organizations, the benefits the country derives from such, as
well as possible policy options and responses.
AREA STUDIES
SECTION
The area studies
section seeks to undertake interdisciplinary studies on
important regions of the world. It hopes to monitor
significant developments in respective regions specifically as
these impinge on Philippine interests and relations with these
regions. The sub-units under area studies are:
Southeast
Asia-ASEAN-Oceania Russia-CIS
Northeast Asia Latin America-Mecosur
North America-NAFTA South and West Asia-SAARC
Europe-EU-NATO Africa
CARLOS P.
ROMULO LIBRARY
The Library
caters to the DFA, other government and non-government
institutions, and academe. It provides reference services
for inquiries and literature searching; as well as information
services through its Current Awareness Bulletin, Library Update,
World Events Periodical Index, and the publications of Special
Subject Bibliographies.
FSI
PUBLICATIONS 1995-1997
1995
National Marine
Policy; The North American Free Trade Agreement: Policy
Implications on the Philippines; Philippine Policy Perspectives
on Russia, Central Asia and Other Soviet Successor States; Labor
Migration: Issues for DFA Personnel in Servicing Migrant
Workers; Philippine Foreign Policy: Statements of Tomas R.
Padilla; Regulations of the Department of Foreign Affairs; Free
Trade in the ASEAN and its Implications in the Environment: A
Comparative Critique of Environmental Impact Assessment Systems
1996
Filipinos in Blue
Helmets: Philippine Perspectives on Peacekeeping
Philippine Foreign Policy Overview (Sec. Siazon's presentation)
The Philippines in ASEAN: An Assessment of 27 Years of
Cooperation in Selected Functional Areas; The Philippine
National Territory: A collection of Related Documents;
Philippine Trade and Economic Agreements (1983-1994); Preparing
for the 21st Century: Challenges of Philippine Foreign
Policy (Speeches of Sec. Siazon, May '95 - April '96); The Road
to Subic (Selected Speeches on APEC by Filipino Leaders)
1997
Philippine Policy
Statements, 47th UNGA; Philippine Policy Statements, 48th UNGA;
The National Maritime Policy: Selected Papers
Deepening the ASEAN-Euro Partnership: An Assessment of
ASEAN-EU Relations from the Philippine Perspective; The 1996
Primer on Philippine Diplomacy and the Department of Foreign
Affairs; Philippine Policy Perspectives on Greater China;
Philippine Foreign Policy Statements of Tomas R. Padilla, Vol.
2; An International Perspective on the Philosophy of Islamic
Fundamentalism; Negotiating in the United Nations: Three
Philippine Proposals, by Carlos P. Romulo | 
