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Commonwealth Foreign School

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Government Organisation F-220121107

The Commonwealth Foreign School is a constituent organisation of the Parliament of State.

❊ EFF 01 Jan 01
Registry CPS-07 Reg 07 of 09
Headquarters Mira Commonwealth Foreign School
Scale 14 offices
515 staff
Commonwealth Foreign School
Establishment of the Parliament of State
Employees 515
Headquarters Commonwealth Foreign School, Mira
Service State Service

The Commonwealth Foreign School is a post-tertiary establishment associated with the Bureau of State that trains the diplomats of the Commonwealth. Its graduates join the diplomatic branch of the State Service, commonly called the Commonwealth Foreign Service. The school is in Fennel, the capital of Mira, and shares its grounds and its School of Languages with the Commonwealth Consular School.

It was established in 1951, two years after the State Service, and has taken about 120 entrants a year since the 1990s. Most of its students come from the universities, and some from other branches of the civil service. They spend their first year at Fennel and their second at an embassy abroad.

Since the commons is not well understood abroad, a lot of the course is given over to explaining it, and in particular why the Commonwealth trades in money abroad while its people use none at home. Diplomats are often paid a stipend in their host countries as well, and are taught how to manage it. The school is led by a Principal from the State Service.

Departments 4 departments, 14 offices, 515 staff

Department of Diplomatic Studies

125

International law, protocol, negotiation and diplomatic history.

  • Office of International Law

  • Office of Diplomatic Protocol

  • Office of Negotiation

  • Office of Diplomatic History

Department of Regional Studies

165

Politics, languages and customs of the regions of posting.

  • Office of European Studies

  • Office of American Studies

  • Office of African Studies

  • Office of Asian & Pacific Studies

Department of Commonwealth Studies

120

Instruction in explaining the Commonwealth's political and economic system to foreigners.

  • Office of Commons Economics

  • Office of Constitutional Studies

  • Office of Vekllei Studies

Department of Language Studies

105

Advanced languages for diplomatic postings.

  • Office of Major Languages

  • Office of Minor Languages

  • Office of Interpreter Training

Schools

  • School of International Law: Treaties, and the law of the sea.
  • School of Protocol: State visits and the foreign diplomatic corps at Comet.
  • School of Negotiation: Drafting of agreements; taught mostly by serving ambassadors.
  • School of Regional Studies: The politics and history of particular regions.
    • Office of European Studies
    • Office of American Studies
    • Office of African Studies
    • Office of Asian & Pacific Studies
  • School of the Commons: Explaining the commons economy to foreign counterparts.