As part of program how to prepare ambassadors, the institute held a panel discussion on Sunday, 24/2/1429H in presence of the newly appointed C�te d'Ivoire Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Mr. Jamal Bin Bakr Balkheor. Invitation was directed to some specialists from Foreign Ministry in C�te d'Ivoire and some government agencies that have an interest or activities such as ministry of Islamic Affairs, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Economy and Planning, the General Authority for Investment and the Saudi Fund for Development, and some of the institute's professors.
This comes within the efforts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its eagerness to create new ambassadors, and give them adequate picture of the country they are designated in, especially commercial trade with the Kingdom, Saudi efforts in that country in the fields of breaching for Islam and foreign aid. The program includes also providing Ambassador with a portfolio that include reliable knowledge about designated country, including information about international law, diplomatic law, the assets of decency and courtesy and protocol, human rights and Kingdom's foreign policy, and the economy of globalization, and other topics related to ambassadors. It is noteworthy that the program was organized and conducted by the institute's development programs management.