"....an ambassador's job is government to government primarily, but it's also to be a commercial diplomat"
Amb. Anthony Harrington
'In many significant offshore financial centres, specialist commercial judges exist where formal specialist courts do not'
The Hon. Justice L. Kawaley
Commercial Judge
Supreme Court,
Bermuda
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Commercial Diplomats Regulation Authority
Association of Certified Commercial Diplomats is an extraterritorial professional diplomatic institution, whose activities include justice and judicial, regulation of, and contribution to responsible and more efficient commercial diplomatic practise. As the first independent regulation authority and international professional body for career commercial diplomats, ACCD provides a wide range of professional membership options that are tailored to recognise seasoned career commercial diplomats and new applicants alike. It is independent of government and does not owe allegiance to any political party.
Global voice of the commercial diplomatic profession
The umbrella of Association of Certified Commercial Diplomats covers career ambassadors, representatives, trade and investment advisors, arbitrators, negotiators of IIAs, policy-makers & government officials involved in trade, commercial and or investment issues, commercial counselors, IIA experts, academia, private sector & NGO representatives, officials in government ministries, parastatals, corporations, academic, public and private institutions worldwide. The cadres of individual membership are complimented by a corporate option which is reserved for institutions that display an outstanding contribution to responsible commercial diplomatic practise.
Principal activities as a pioneering institution:
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Setting of policy and guidelines, as well as the education, qualification and accreditation procedures for the commercial diplomatic profession.
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Provision of appropriate impartial regulations, advanced research and development, professional accreditation, public advocacy, capacity building, examination standards and professional education on commercial diplomacy at the highest level;
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Provision of appropriate impartial regulations and professional accreditation for qualified diplomatic institutions, governmental organisations and learning providers of postgraduate programmes that display an outstanding passion for, and contribution to the advancement and professional practise of commercial diplomacy (i.e qualified institutions of higher learning); and
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Advancement of the interests of practitioners of commercial diplomacy globally. |
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.... to date, commercial diplomacy has suffered a present but-invisible status within diplomatic studies. This blindness produces a partial disclosure of what constitutes diplomatic practice.
- Donna Lee and D. Hudson
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