The Academy works together with the Bureau of Human Resources to support the professional development of MFA staff, and coordinates their participation in training courses, internships and other forms of upskilling at home and abroad. The Academy also provides training to non-MFA staff who have applied for positions in diplomatic missions.

The Academy organizes and carries out recruitment to diplomatic and consular training, implements its curriculum, and prepares the diplomatic and consular examination.

Moreover, the Diplomatic Academy is responsible for the MFA’s collaboration with educational and training institutions at home and abroad, foreign ministries of other countries, and international organizations. It runs recruitment procedures of Polish candidates to foreign training courses and internships, and conducts civil servant exchanges.

The Academy is also tasked with organizing foreign language courses, administering the MFA’s  foreign language examinations, certifying foreign language proficiency, organizing and running induction programmes for new employees, carrying out recruitment, coordinating the MFA’s cooperation with the College of Europe in Bruges and Natolin, and coordinating the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ competition for the best MA thesis on contemporary international relations.

Management:

Head of the Foreign Service - Rafał Wiśniewski
Deputy Director - Iwona Woicka-Żuławska
Deputy Director - Marta Zielińska-Śliwka

Contact:

Tel.: +48 22 523 7985
E-mail: ad.sekretariat@msz.gov.pl