CSDP Orientation Courses – the ESDC responds to a high demand for CSDP training

The beginning of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) academic year is   always very busy. In late September and early October this year, the European Union Military Staff (EUMS) held, for instance, two CSDP Orientation Courses in Brussels, in which forty women and ninety-four men participated. Although the most of the participants were newcomers
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Launch meeting of the European Military Secondary Schools Forum (EUMSSF)

On 15th of October 2019, the European Security and Defence College hosted the launch meeting of the European Military Secondary Schools Forum (EUMSSF), a project inspired by the successful European initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus (“military Erasmus”). Undertaken by the European Union Member States on a voluntary basis, this ambitious
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European Armament Cooperation in the framework of the European Security and Defence College

European Armament Cooperation in the framework of the European Security and Defence College pursues several objectives: networking among armament experts, knowledge of respective organisations as EDA, OCCAR and NSPA, the specific conditions of the European Defence Market with the related armament industry and finally, to appreciate the values of cooperation. Backed by this approach, EU
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PM²: the EU’s Project Management Methodology, in support of CSDP Missions and Operations

The ESDC had the honour of co-organising, together with LAFP, a tailor-made course on the use of the European Commission’s PM² Project Management Methodology to support CSDP Missions and Operations. LAFP is a well-known training provider with vast experience of delivering high-quality, structured training to Missions and Operations personnel. The entire course was run as
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Training course ‘Integration of a gender perspective in CSDP’

From 24 to 26 September, the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) held a training course for military and civil personnel with the focus on the integration of a gender perspective in CSDP. The course was conducted under the aegis of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC). Personnel from EU missions in Rafah, Iraq, Georgia, the
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1st module of the 15th CSDP High Level Course 2019/2020 “Altiero Spinelli”

The residential part of the 15th CSDP High Level Course (HLC) 2019-2020 ‘Altiero Spinelli’ started with the module in Brussels, jointly organised by The Royal Higher Institute for Defence and the Egmont Institute, between 23 and 27 September 2019. The course consists of four residential modules of one week each, to be held in Brussels,
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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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