Capacity Development

As a newly established institution, NIDIR needs to build a Cambodian team of researchers on foreign affairs who could contribute to the formulation of Cambodia’s foreign policy.

Building and strengthening the capacity of research and strategic analysis

To achieve this objective, in the short term, NIDIR is to set up a research and analysis capacity building programme in collaboration with other local research institutes and think-tanks such as the International Relations Institute of Cambodia under the Royal Academy of Cambodia (IRIC/RAC), Cambodian Development Resource Institute (CDRI), and the Asia New Vision. Under this programme, NIDIR also seeks cooperation with foreign partners and other Institutes of International Relations in building and strengthening the capacity of research and analysis in diplomacy and international relations.

Research and Strategic Analysis is an important skills not only for researchers but also for diplomats and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC). In this regard, under the responsibility of the Research and Strategic Analysis Department (RSAD), NIDIR is developing two main training programmes to build and strengthen the capacity of research and strategic analysis 1) to researchers of NIDIR itself and 2) to officials as well as diplomats of the MFAIC.

In the meantime, RSAD is also willing to develop project proposals to promote the research and trainings on diplomacy and international relations under the cooperation between NIDIR and its partners. With this objective, NIDIR wishes to build and strengthen the capacity of their officials for writing the project proposal.