City of Masvingo Mayor Clr A Tabe (left) with Masvingo City officials and the representatives of City of Kernen in Germany at the Masvingo Civic Centre

Mayors and Town Clerks from Zimbabwe’s 32 urban councils are participants in a three-day training workshop on Diplomatic Protocol and Etiquette being held in Bulawayo. The workshop kicks off today.

The Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade’s  Zimbabwe Foreign Service Institute are jointly hosting the workshop which kicks  off today in Bulawayo.  The Zimbabwe Foreign Service Institute is providing the facilitators for the workshop.

The Minister of Local Government and Public Works, Honourable Daniel Garwe  is expected to officially open the  workshop.

UCAZ Secretary General, Mr Livison Mutekede said that UCAZ initiated the training after the realisation that Mayors and Town Clerks, in their line of duty, interact with international dignitaries and foreign investors hence they need to be equipped with  diplomatic protocol , etiquette and negotiation skills.