FOLKE BERNADOTTE ACADEMY

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• FOLKE BERNADOTTE ACADEMY
• SWEDEN

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FBA Areas of Responsibility

• National cooperation and coordination
• Joint multifunctional education and training
• Research, studies and evaluation
• Method and doctrine development
• Swedish focal point for international
  organisations
• EC project on training for civilian crisis
  management

The Academy is named after Count Folke
Bernadotte, who was the first official UN
mediator and by many recognised as one of the
founding fathers of peacekeeping.

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Partners (examples)

• Various UN Agencies, EU, OSCE and NATO
• National Police Services
• International Development Agencies
• Rescue Services Agencies
• Crises Emergency Management Agencies
• ICRC/Red Cross
• Non-governmental organisations

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Co-operative Structures

• National Advisory Council
• International Advisory Council
• National Reference Advisory Group
• Forum for Co-operation on Training
• Research Forum (under establishment)
• International Association for Peacekeeping
  Training Centres
• EU Group on Training
• Challenges for Peace Operations Into the 21st
  Century
• SEESIM and Viking Exercises Network

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Joint multifunctional education and training

• Co-operation in Multifunctional Peace Operations
• EU Specialization Course on the Rule of Law
• EU Course on Co-operation in ESDP Operations
• Decision-Making in Crises
• UN Civilian Staff Officer Course (SWEDINT)
• Disarmament, Demobilisation Reintegration (FHS)
• SEESIM 04 and Viking 05
• Mission prepatory courses (prepardeness)

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SEESIM Vision

• Promote coordination and cooperation in civil
  disaster management on national and regional
  level
• Support qualified joint training on operational
  level
• Promote application of international procedures
• Increased mutual knowledge understanding
• Conceptual development
• Long-lasting partnerships networks

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