CSDP Orientation Course – A Blended & Hybrid Learning Experience

ESDC adapts its training format to meet the requirements of participants and speakers forced by the COVID19 crisis to attend or speak remotely. The European Union Military Staff (EUMS), under the auspices of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC),  held a CSDP Orientation Course in Brussels and remotely / virtually, from 28 September to
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A historic event in the ESDC model of training: the first synchronous learning – Advanced Modular Training

Mr Dirk Dubois, head of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), remotely opened the first module of the Advanced Modular Training (AMT) on 3 June 2020. In doing so he recalled that one of the ESDC’s objectives is to ‘help promote professional relations and contacts among the participants in the training and education activities’
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ESDC, EUMS and CPCC launching the 2019 Annual Training and Education Conference

The European Security and Defence College (ESDC) has just kick started its annual training and education conference along with #EUMS and #CPCC. The head of the College Mr Dirk Dubois inaugurated the conference and passed the floor to the Director of EUMS Lt Gen Esa Pulkkinen. Stay tuned for more information as the conference evolves
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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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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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The “European spirit” present at the eastern maritime border of the EU – the Black Sea

“I really appreciated the “European spirit” permeating the Course. I am deeply convinced that the Union will benefit more and more from the professionalism and dedication of all those people believing that, together, we are a stronger player on the world stage. The excellent work conducted by the ESDC plays a fundamental role in creating
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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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