The Mozambique-Tanzania Centre for Foreign Relations (CFR) is a higher learning institution in

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. It is located in the

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ward.

Introduction

The Centre for Foreign Relations is one of the high learning institutions in Tanzania. The CFR was established in 1978, as a result of an agreement between the governments of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Republic of Mozambique. The Centre has been incorporated in Immunities and Privileges Act No. 5 (1986). This incorporation conferred the Centre with the status of a Diplomatic Institution, a status which the Centre continues to enjoy to date. The Centre was originally designed to train nationals of the two countries in the field of International Relations and Diplomacy. However, the expansion of foreign policy constituency and the demands of each country out of global changes enabled the Centre to admit students from other ministries, the private sector as well as other countries. New demanded programmes namely; Economic Diplomacy, Language and Communication Skills and Strategic Studies were introduced in the Centre’s training programmes. International Relations is an important discipline offered in other higher learning institutions. However, the CFR combines the study of International Relations and Diplomacy into one meaningful training programme. Moreover, the CFR offers a comprehensive programme for the low and medium level government and private sector personnel dealing with International Relations and Diplomacy. The Vision of the Centre is to become a regional Centre of excellence in diplomatic and strategic studies. The Mission of the Centre is to create and sustain national and regional capacity for conflict prevention, management, resolution and early warning systems through research and analysis, policy advocacy and advice, outreach and training.

History

It was founded in 1978 by the governments of

Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...

and

in order to train

foreign service officer A Foreign Service officer (FSO) is a commissioned member of the United States Foreign Service. FSOs formulate and implement the foreign policy of the United States. They spend most of their careers overseas as members of U.S. embassies, cons ...

s of the two countries' foreign ministries.

Academic Programmes

The Centre offers courses in International Relations and Diplomacy, Strategic Studies, Economic Diplomacy and Foreign Languages.

Governance, management and administration

The Centre for Foreign Relations (CFR) is a corporate body with an established agreement and constitution. It has a Governing Council, the Director, Deputy Director - Academics, Research and Consultancy (DD – ARC), Deputy Director -Planning, Finance and Administration (DD - PFA) and various heads of departments.

Notable alumni

* Ombeni Sefue, Tanzanian politician and diplomat * Bonnah Kaluwa, Member of Parliament * Raphael Maganga, Tanzania Country Representative, East Africa Business Council *

Irene Tarimo Irene Aurelia Tarimo (born 1 October 1964) is a Tanzanian environmental scientist and educator. She currently serves as Head of Department of environmental studies at the Open University of Tanzania (OUT), where she is also a lecturer and a res ...

, Researcher and Lecturer at

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* Wanu Hafidh Ameir, Tanzanian politician *

Hoyce Temu Hoyce Anderson Temu (born 20 March 1978) is a Tanzanian diplomat, journalist, public relations, public relations professional and former beauty queen, who was appointed as the deputy head of mission at Tanzania's Embassy in Geneva, Switzerland, ...

, Tanzanian diplomat *Paul Siniga popular as "Rio Paul", Tanzanian fashion model.

References

{{Authority control Centre for Foreign Relations alumni Universities and colleges established in 1978 Schools of international relations Education in Dar es Salaam 1978 establishments in Tanzania