Luanda – The Angolan President, João Lourenço, inaugurated, this Thursday, the Diplomatic Academy "Venâncio de Moura", with the capacity to train 1,800 specialists in diplomacy and international relations annually.
Located in the Kilamba satellite city, in Luanda, the academic institution, fully equipped with 29 classrooms and its construction budgeted at US $ 16 million, is a donation from the government of the People's Republic of China, under the cooperation between the two countries.
The academy, whose construction was carried out in 19 months, includes nine buildings built in an area of four hectares, comprising computer labs (with 28 computers each) and language labs (for 25 students each) and consular and protocol and ceremonial practice rooms .
It also has a library, dormitories for lecturers (with 23 suites) and for students (with 78 suites), designed to accommodate up to 234 trainees.
The complex has a field for the practice of indoor sports, a tennis court, a gym, auditorium and administrative and service buildings.
It also houses a medical post, a cafeteria with a capacity for 290 people, two protocol rooms, an industrial kitchen and two parking areas for 128 cars.
The facilities will be monetized by offering specialization courses at different levels, namely scientific production and consultancy services, as well as professional and specialty courses for public and private employees.
Transformed into a higher education institution in 2017, it was renamed the Higher Institute of International Relations “Venâncio de Moura”, offering undergraduate, graduate, training and retraining courses at various institutions.
The Diplomatic Academy “Venâncio de Moura” appears within the scope of the ongoing reform in the Higher Education subsystem, maintaining the curricular matrix centered on diplomacy and international relations.
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