The journey of the establishment of the Foreign Service Academy stated with the establishment of the Foreign Service Institute by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs vide Cabinet Memorandum No. 1/2006 with the objective of strengthening the Ministry’s human and institutional capacities in Foreign Policy research, analysis and monitoring. Over the years, the Academy continued to build linkages through Memorandum of Understanding As part of expanding linkages and learning best practices, the Foreign Service Academy signed a number of Memoranda of Understanding with like-minded local and foreign institutions. These partnerships accorded the Academy an opportunity to enrich its training of the staff of the Ministry.