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INSTITUTE OF DIPLOMACY AND FOREIGN RELATIONS INSTITUTE OF DIPLOMACY AND FOREIGN RELATIONS
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MALAYSIA MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MALAYSIA

understand the importance of public diplomacy in 2 of the programme took part in the specially organised
promoting Malaysia’s interests. briefing session held via the Zoom platform. The briefing
session aimed to provide exposure to the participants
On the last day of the workshop, Mr Hamizan Hashim on several topics related to diplomacy and international
expressed his special appreciation and gratitude to relations. The first session was on the Overview of
the experts from BERNAMA for sharing their views and Malaysia’s Foreign Policy delivered by Mr Nazarudin
invaluable experiences with the participants. He also Ja’afar, the Deputy Director-General of the Policy
congratulated all participants for their commitment and and Strategic Planning Division, Department of Policy
active participation throughout the course. Planning and Coordination.

Next was Introduction to IDFR and Strategies for
Developing Leadership Skills by Mr Amirul Khairi
Mustafa Bakri and Ms Nuril Fathihah Mazlan, officers
of the Centre for Leadership, Negotiation and Public
Diplomacy. The final briefing was on Malaysia’s Public
Diplomacy and Social Media by Mr Mohammad Hosnie
Shahiran Ismail, Principal Assistant Secretary of the
Communications and Public Diplomacy Division.

The briefing sessions went smoothly and were positively
appraised by the participants. Active and lively two-
A Briefing Session for Malaysia Future Leaders way interactions between presenters and participants
School 2021 Programme took place during the sessions, especially when they
put forward questions on the current issues such as
On 15 October 2021, IDFR, in collaboration with the economies, social welfares, and initiatives taken by
Institute for Leadership Excellence and Development the government in addressing youth’s challenges of
(i-LEAD), Ministry of Youth and Sports successfully education and employment. IDFR looks forward to more
organised the second briefing session on the topic collaborations with i-LEAD in preparing youths for their
of Youth Ambassador for participants of the Malaysia future role at the national and international levels.
Future Leaders School (MFLS) 2021. This strategic
collaboration between IDFR and the i-LEAD has
started in 2020. This is a youth-based programme
specially designed for training and shaping Malaysian
youths in becoming strategic partners in the national
development and role actors both in national and
global settings. Among the main objectives of MFLS
are character building, leadership, citizen awareness,
entrepreneurship, volunteerism, communication, and
internationalisation of the youths. The first-ever MFLS
programme was held in February 2020.

A total of 157 selected participants from Tier 1 and Tier

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