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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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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A comprehensive approach to gender in operations

Certified course under the auspices of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC). An international course for middle management civilian and military professionals The one week (5-day) course at the end of May 2019 was co-organised by the Spanish and Dutch Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs under the aegis of the European Security and
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Welcome on board the CSDP!

Sixty-five participants from EU member states and institutions, third states and international organisations joined a European Security and Defence College CSDP Orientation Course, organized by the Romanian National Defence College under the auspices of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, from 3 to 7 June 2019 in Brussels. The organisers’ aim
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PDT as a “final cut briefing”

Training is a shared responsibility between Member States, Brussels and the Field The PDT is a “final cut briefing” complementing national preparatory training activities   The PDT (blue field of the training cycle) is a “final cut briefing” complementing national preparatory training activities (grey field of the training cycle). It provides participants with the latest
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The Head of ESDC highlighting the importance of  EU-UN cooperation in the field of Mission and Operation training, during the EU-UN-Regional Organisations cooperation seminar, on May 23, 2019

On May 23, 2019, the Head of the ESDC, Mr Dirk Dubois delivered a speech during the EU-UN-Regional Organisations Cooperation seminar, highlighting the importance of  EU-UN cooperation in the field of Mission and Operation training. The event took place in the Trustsheep Council room of the UN. Mr Dubois explained that EU and UN Missions
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Two new ESDC pilot courses to test the training requirements for logistics – a critical enabler for CSDP missions and operations.

A few years ago, the Multinational Logistics Coordination Centre (MLCC) was appointed by the EU Military Committee as discipline leader of “Multinational Logistics in the CSDP context” and was invited to analyse the training requirements for logistics in CSDP military operations and missions. From the outset, together with EU Military Staff, the MLCC extended the
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