Capacity Building Training Programmes of Economic Diplomacy

Economic diplomacy is concerned with anticipating and influencing the outcomes of future economic policy (trade, investment, etc.) regimes of other countries. This requires a need for better understanding of the working of market forces in different countries in the given but dynamic global economic environment. The process of continuous engagement through economic diplomacy helps a country in advancing its economic interests and, equally importantly, those of its partners.

It needs to be acknowledged that negotiating without preparing reasonably symmetrical concessions and without considering trade-offs does not work. Furthermore, in many countries international negotiations are often at substantial variance with the way the domestic economy is actually run, creating obvious problems.

Many developing countries including India are facing in the context of international negotiations and the imperative for an effective negotiating strategy. National economic success in today’s world depends crucially on the skill of negotiators in forging effective and beneficial economic relationships/partnerships. Learning new skills and acquiring new knowledge is no longer just desirable; it has become an absolute necessity. Over the years, Indian negotiators have acquired new skills and knowledge on economic diplomacy. CUTS has over the years drawn from this experience and designed state of the art training programmes to transfer these skills and experiences.

Given this background, CUTS international will conduct a series of programmes for next two years to import a variety of skills on economic diplomacy for capacity building of government officials/diplomats, private sector and civil society in India.

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