Is HERACLEIA region in a “Thucydides Trap” and does EU have an answer to the region’s crisis?
Monday, 15 April 2019
That was the main question that gave rise to a heated debate that took place at the Hellenic Supreme Joint War College (HSJWC) as the highlight of the CSDP Orientation Course. A fictitious crisis, serving as the vessel for idea generation, hot debate and solution identification . An ideal way to conclude a successful, fulfilling
- Published in CSDP Orientation Course, News
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A course ‘challenging’ EU Cyber Security
Saturday, 06 April 2019
Between 2 and 4 April 2019 the European Security and Defence College and the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale (IHEDN), France organised the third edition of the ‘Challenges of EU Cyber Security’ course. In first day, LG Patrick DESTREMAU, the Director of IHEDN, and Mr Dirk Dubois ,the Head of ESDC, officially opened
- Published in Cyber ETEE, News
University Politehnica of Bucharest visit to the ESDC
Monday, 25 February 2019
During Romania’s Presidency of the Council of the EU, a group of master and bachelor students from the University Politehnica of Bucharest visited the main EU institutions, the Parliament, and the European Security and Defense College(ESDC).
Head of ESDC presenting at the GAP Conference
Friday, 11 January 2019
On January 10th & 11th, Trinity College in Dublin hosted the GAP (Gaming for Peace) Conference. GAP is an EU H2020 funded project which is developing a curriculum of soft skills derived from interviews with experienced military, police and civilian peacekeeping personnel, and the state of the art in peacekeeping relevant soft skills and serious
- Published in H2020 projects, News, Peacekeeping
‘Improving Performance in CSDP Missions’. The case of the GAP project
Wednesday, 09 January 2019
As the first activity of the year Trinity College Dublin and Laurea University of Applied Sciences organised the course ‘Improving Performance in CSDP Missions’, under the auspices of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) and held in Dublin on 7-9 January 2019. Professor Anne Holohan from Trinity College Dublin and principal scientist Petteri Taitto from
- Published in H2020 projects, News, Peacekeeping
Fine tuning of PDT in accordance with survey findings
Tuesday, 04 December 2018
The Brussels PDT, designed by the ESDC within the network of European training institutions and CPCC representatives, was tested as early as 2015 in a pilot phase and properly launched in the beginning of 2016. The ESDC is running 9 PDT courses per year in close co-operation with CPCC, MPCC, CMPD and other relevant actors
- Published in News, Pre-deployment Training
EAB.Cyber – the new working muscle for the cyber platform
Tuesday, 04 December 2018
The European Security and Defence College is led by the EU Member States. They provide within their meeting format (‘Steering Committee’) political and strategic guidance (‘decision making body’). The Executive Academic Board is the forum in which the training institutes can meet, discuss and implement the academic programme. This Board can meet in different project-focused
- Published in Cyber ETEE, News
Head of the ESDC declares IOC for the cyber platform
Tuesday, 20 November 2018
On 6 February, the EU Member States decided to develop a cyber platform within the European Security and Defence College (ESDC). Its task will include activities in the fields of education, training, evaluation and exercises. Only six months later, on 20 November 2018, the Head of the ESDC, Mr. Dirk Dubois, was in a position
- Published in Cyber ETEE, News

