UNITAR Peacekeeping Training Programme

The UNITAR Peacekeeping Training Programme (PTP) contributes to the effectiveness of peace operations, by improving the preparedness of civilian, military and police personnel interested in deployment to field missions.

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Programme Highlights

Mandated to Protect -- Protection of Civilians in Peacekeeping Operations

Over the past 20 years Protection of Civilians has moved to the forefront of the Security Council resolutions under which United Nations peacekeepers are deployed. But what exactly is meant by 'protection of civilians'? How are peacekeepers meant to protect? What are the responsibilities of heads of mission and force commanders? How are we to counter crimes against women and children which have become weapons of war? These and other questions are addressed in this documentary film which features contributions from United Nations personnel, military, police and civilian peacekeepers, as well as representatives from international non-governmental organisation around the world with vast experience in the Protection of Civilians in the context of peacekeeping operations.

Upcoming courses in India

Peacekeeping training courses are offered in Summer 2012 in New Delhi, India. Click here to find out more!

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Enhancing the Capacity of African Peacekeeping Training Institutions

Peacekeeping in Africa has grown dramatically over the last five years, with the continent hosting more peacekeepers than any other region. Today, more than ever, peacekeeping capacity building in Africa with African and UN institutions is imperative. Click here to read chairperson Jean Marie Guehénno’s singular report Enhancing the Capacity of African Peacekeeping Training Institutions.

In Focus

UNITAR contributes to the training of high level Officers at the “War College” in Paris

For the second consecutive year, UNITAR contributed to the training of 260 high-level Officers of the “War College” in Paris coming from 60 countries around the world.

The “Coalition” module has the main objective of strengthening the skills of the high-level trainees in planning and conduct at the operational level, and to allow them to discover the problematics of the strategic and tactical levels within a multinational framework of a conventional type engagement in a complex regional conflict with wide-ranging asymmetric types of threats. Read More

Government of Germany supports UNITAR in quest to build capacity in Africa

29 February 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - Germany’s Permanent Representative in Geneva, Dr. Hans H. Schumacher, presented the letter for the US$ 1.6 Million grant to UNITAR Executive Director, Mr. Carlos Lopes, as a contribution to support the project for “Enhancing the Capacity of African Peacekeeping Training Institutions through the Training of Trainers (ToT).”
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UNITAR promotes Inter-Agency Cooperation through DDR Training

January 2012, Versoix, Switzerland - The UNITAR, in partnership with the Inter-Agency Working Group on Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (IAWG DDR), successfully held an e-Tutors Training Course on Integrated DDR Standards (IDDRS) from 23 to 27 January 2012. The face-to-face course was attended by nine DDR practitioners with proven experience in delivering DDR-related training courses and was delivered at the “Centre de Formation du Comité International de la Croix-Rouge” (Ecogia) in Versoix, Switzerland. Read More

Official launch of documentary on: Protection of Civilians in Peace Operations

December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR and the Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence (APCMCOE) officially launched the jointly developed documentary: Mandated to Protect: Protection of Civilians in Peace Operations at the 31st Conference of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that is being held in Geneva from 28 November to 1 December 2011. Read More

Training course on “Leadership, Team Work and Team Management in Peace Operations”

October 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. Peacekeeping Training Programme of UNITAR, in partnership with the African Leadership Centre of King’s College London, offered, an executive training course on “Leadership, Team work and Team Management in Peace operations from 17 to 21 October 2011”. The course was attended by 25 experienced women and men, and sponsored by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Political Affairs Division IV, Human Security (PDIV / FDFA). The course was delivered in the face-to-face format in the African Leadership Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.
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