Training “sur mesure” – ESDC provides a tailor-made in-mission-training on “Monitoring and Advising in EU Civilian Crisis Management” to EULEX Kosovo

Upon special request by EULEX Kosovo, the German Federal Police and the ESDC jointly delivered a tailor made in-mission-training on “Monitoring and Advising in EU Civilian Crisis Management” from 9th to 13th September 2019 in Pristina. This in mission training has been delivered within the ESDC network to EUAM Ukraine in 2018 and to EUPOL
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EU (ESDC) and NATO (DEEP) join forces in Tunis

Who says that successful practical cooperation between EU and NATO needs to be complicated? This was certainly not the case in the case of a visit of the Head of the ESDC to Tunis and the Tunisian ‘Ecole Supérieure de Guerre’ (ESG). Building further on a year-long cooperation between the ESDC and the NATO Defence
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Declared Full Operational Capability of ESDC’s CYBER ETEE platform

The European Security and Defence College (ESDC) announced Full Operational Capability (FOC) of the Cyber ETEE platform as of September 4, 2019. The Executive Academic Board on Cyber (EAB.Cyber) acknowledged the Cyber ETEE platform’s ability to fulfil its obligations as laid down during the 1st EAB.Cyber. The Cyber ETEE platform will deliver directed, sophisticated, target
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Advanced Modular Training 2019 – Pilot course confirms the need for training

When Advanced Modular Training (AMT) was launched as a pilot course in 2017-2018 at the request of the EU Military Committee, the needs analysis revealed that civil-military common training was required in order to provide senior officers and their civilian equivalents with the right skills and knowledge to perform their duties in the Common Security
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July 2019 – New achievements and major steps in the European Doctoral School on the CSDP

Assuming that high-level scientific reflections supported by doctoral studies are in a position to support the emergence of a common strategic culture for the benefit of the European Union’s security and defence, voluntary academic and scientific institutes as well as practising institutions have decided to enhance the attractiveness of the Common Security and Defence Policy
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EU, ASEAN and Indonesia Cooperation

On 8th of July 2019, the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) had the great honour and privilege to represent the EU and the European External Action Service (EEAS) and deliver a lecture on “Shifting International Politics and Future Global War on Terror” – European Union Policy on Counterterrorism, Cyber & Hybrid Threats, for more
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A specialized course on Recovery Stabilisation, provided by ASPR

From 23 to 28 June 2019, the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) conducted the Senior Level ESDC Course on Recovery Stabilisation, in Stadtschlaining, Austria, with great success. The course was attended by 14 participants from 13 countries, all of whom hold senior positions in the UN, the EU, OSCE and NATO,
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CSDP Orientation Course in Madrid, provided jointly by the CESEDEN and ESDC

From 1 to 5 July 2019, the National Defence Advanced Studies Centre (CESEDEN) and the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) jointly ran the III Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Orientation Course in Madrid, Spain. There were 45 participants, representing 16 EU Member States, EU SatCen, EU institutions, as well as third countries, e.g.
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ESDC Core Course on Security Sector Reform (SSR) – FINCENT, Finland

On 3-7 June 2019, Fincent organised a highly successful Core Course on Security Sector Reform in close cooperation with the DCAF-ISSAT training team that delivered the five-day Advanced course on SSR. The course aims to enhance the skills, capacity and strategic thinking of participants on SSR principles through the sharing of views and experiences in
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Annual Meeting of Human Rights and Gender Adviser Focal Points in CSDP Missions and Operations

On 19-20 June human rights and gender advisers met in Brussels for their 11th annual meeting in order to share best practices and their experiences in the field with the EEAS structures and discuss the latest developments in EU policies in Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), Human Rights and Women, Peace and Security. The
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