Twenty-six (26) new Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) completed the Foreign Service Officers’ Cadetship Course (FSOCC), an intensive 6-month training program with the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), on 12 March 2020. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin, Jr. graced the event as Guest of Honor. Key Messages to the Cadets: To Keep Learning, continue reading : FSO Cadetship Batch Liyab Laya: Ignited to Serve the Filipino People
The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) had a productive participation in the 14th Annual Meeting of Deans and Directors of Diplomatic Institutions of ASEAN+3 as FSI’s Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Celeste Vinzon-Balatbat had also explored projects for the Institute from two side meetings. The Annual Meeting of Deans and Directors was held last 23-25 October 2019 in Hanoi, continue reading : Three in one FSI pushes three projects from Hanoi trip
Reaching a milestone in ties with the Government of Colombia, the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) now offers its Spanish Language Course with a native Spanish speaker as instructor. FSI and the Language Center of the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana of Medellin – through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia – collaborated for this Course to continue reading : FSI Engages in Historic Partnership with the Government of Colombia
FSI boosts relations with representatives from diplomatic institutes and Embassies, proposes cooperation in teaching Arabic In July and August, the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) exchanged information and best practices in diplomatic training with visitors from counterpart diplomatic institutions in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia and a youth delegation from the US. FSI also explored possible areas continue reading : FSI boosts relations with representatives from diplomatic institutes and Embassies, proposes cooperation in teaching Arabic
On 12 April 2016, the Foreign Service Institutehosteda Mabini Dialogueentitled “The Philippines After the 2016 Elections: Assessing Political and Economic Change and Prospects” at the Benedicto Room of the Carlos P. Romulo Library. Professor David Timberman, Visiting Professor at De La Salle University-Manila, and Mr. Zeno Ronald Abenoja, Director of the Department of Economic Research continue reading : Mabini Dialogue Examines Philippine Conditions and Policy Priorities for the Next Administration
The Foreign Service Institute held inaugural ceremonies for the Carlos P. Romulo Murals, its renovated classrooms in the 5th Floor, and the newly constructed Ambassador Francisco L. Benedicto Room in the Carlos P. Romulo Library on. The Institute is the recipient of the generous support of Ambassador Benedicto. His contribution resulted in the upgrade of continue reading : FSI Inaugurates new facilities
Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert F. Del Rosario convened and chaired the Foreign Service Institute Board Meeting on January 23, 2015. The meeting was attended by Board Members namely, President Antonio T. Kalaw, Jr. of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP), Executive Director Arthur Luis P. Florentin of the Civil Service Institute for the Civil continue reading : FSI holds Board Meeting for 2015
The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) marked its 37th founding anniversary with the Closing Ceremony of the Foreign Service Officers Cadetship Course (FSOCC) Batch XX and the Awarding of Plaques of Appreciation to Resource Persons at the Bulwagang Apolinario Mabini, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Main Building, Pasay City, 10 December 2013. Undersecretary for Special and continue reading : FSI Celebrates Its 37th Anniversary