The Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine has completed the latest phase of a specialized consular service course. The third week of the consular course focused on the practical aspects of consular operations, combining legal, security and psychological elements of professional training.

The programme for this training module covered the most pressing areas requiring particular attention from consular officials:

• Identification and provision of assistance to victims of human trafficking.
• Issues relating to the state registration of civil status records. Working with the state register of civil status records.
• Personal safety of consuls.
• Matters relating to citizenship (acquisition, renunciation, loss). Issues concerning the registration of permanent residence. Immigration to Ukraine. Certificates of political persecution.
• Types and categories of visas, validity periods, grounds for issuance.
• Self-regulation of emotional state.

The invited experts shared their unique experience and professional case studies with the participants:

• Iryna Ihorivna Titarenko – National Manager of the Protection Programme
• Halyna Ivanivna Nosok – Head of the Department of Document Certification, Notary Services and the Civil Registry Office of the Diplomatic and Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
• Daniil Serhiiovych Kononenko – Second Secretary of the Department of Document Certification, Notary Services and Civil Registry of the Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
• Iryna Vasylivna Protsyk – Head of the Citizenship Department of the Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
• Olena Stanislavivna Brezhnieva – Deputy Head of the Directorate and Head of the Visa Policy Department, Consular Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
• Vsevolod Volodymyrovych Zelenin – PhD, Professor, Honoured Education Worker of Ukraine, internationally accredited business coach, lecturer on MBA programmes at the International Institute of Management (MIM)