UN GUIDELINES PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS TRAINING

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UN GUIDELINESPEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS
TRAINING
Based in part on September 2003 TES Presentation
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PRESENTATION OVERVIEW

• UN / National Responsibilities
• Training Evaluation Service (TES)
• Place in DPKO Structure
• Mission
• Strategic Involvement
• Organization
• Optimization Cells
• Programme Management Cells
• Annual Activities

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THE BRAHIMI REPORT STATES
The Secretariat should as a standard practice,
send a team to confirm the preparedness of each
troop contributor to meet the provisions of the
memoranda of understanding on the requisite
training and equipment requirements, prior to
deployment those that do not meet the
requirements must not deploy
(A/55/305-S/2000/809, para.117(C))
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TRAINING / STANDARDS RESPONSIBILITIES
Peacekeeping training remains a National
responsibility
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TRAINING
UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION
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Department of Peacekeeping Operations
OFFICE of the USG
Peacekeeping Best Practices Unit
Mine Action Service
Executive Office
Office of Operations
Civilian Police Division
Office of Mission Support
Military Division
Africa Division
Training Evaluation Service
Europe and Latin America Division
Administrative Support Division
Military Planning Service
Asia and Middle East Division
Current Military Operations Service
Logistics Support Division
Situation Centre
Force Generation Service
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TES MISSION

• Optimize peace operations training and evaluation
  for Member States and missions, in partnership
  with the UN system, through
• Recognition of Standardized Training
• Mission Training
• Rapid Deployment
• Pre-Deployment, and
• In-Mission
• Knowledge Fusion - Peace Operations Training

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TES TRAINING INVOLVEMENT STRATEGIC

• SPECIFY standard courses and modules for
  recognized training by Member States and regional
  organizations
• REACH OUT to emerging contributing countries and
  assist in the gaining of training recognition
• TRAIN headquarters, mission training cells and
  contingents for pre-deployment on missions

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TES TRAINING INVOLVEMENT STRATEGIC(continued)

• FUSE knowledge from Member States, regional and
  peacekeeping training organisations, UN
  committees and the peacekeeping community
• SHARE information and documents -
  access to databases, websites and publications

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TES ORGANIZATION
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OPTIMIZATIONTRAINING RECOGNITION

• Standard Courses
• Course specification
• Training Recognition Board liaison
• Standard Training Modules (STM)
• Module specification
• Subject matter expert liaison
• Outreach
• Emerging contributing countries
• Enhancement of African training

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STANDARDIZATION OF TRAINING

• SGTM 1 Standardized Generic Training Module for
  all peacekeepers
• STM 2 Standardized Training Modules for
  Specialists including UN Military Observer, Staff
  Officer and Contingents
• STM 3 Standardized Training Module for Senior
  Mission Management Personnel

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16 STANDARD GENERIC TRAINING
MODULES
The United Nations (UN) System (3) 01 The United
Nations The UN System UN Peacekeeping
Operations 02 Structure of UN PKOs 03 Legal
Framework for UN PKOs The United Nations
Peacekeeper (4) 04 Stress Management 05 Attitudes
and Behavior Code of Conduct Cultural
Awareness Gender and Peacekeeping Child
Protection 06 Personal Security
Awareness 07 Landmines and UXO Awareness
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16 STGMs(continued)
United Nations Issues (6) 8 Human Rights for
Peacekeepers 9 Humanitarian Assistance 10 UN
Civilian-Military Coordination 11 Communications
and Negotiation 12 Disarmament, Demobilization
and Reintegration 13 Media Relations United
Nations Support (3) 14 Personnel 15 Logistics 16 M
edical HIV/AIDS Malaria Basic Life
Support Hygiene
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OPTIMIZATIONMISSION SUPPORT

• In-mission
• Mission induction
• Interoperability
  and cooperation
• Supplementary support
• Raising mission training cells
• Implementation of evaluation findings
• Rotation training

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MISSION TRAINING CELLS (MTCs)
I also intend to establish as a matter of
regular practice, training cells in each mission
to conduct regular training for mission personnel
at all levels and in all components. Provision
will be made in budgets of peace operations for
such training. ( SG Report A/55/502 Para.
74)
Integrated Mission Training Cells (IMTCs) Military
, Police, Civilian Staff
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OPTIMIZATIONMISSION SUPPORT (continued)

• Rapid deployment
• On-call trainers, including UNTAT
• Command post exercises
• Pre-deployment training delivery
• Headquarters
• Mission training cells
• Contributing countries

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OPTIMIZATIONKNOWLEDGE FUSION

• External engagement
• Member States and regional organizations
• Members of the Security Council
• Contributing countries
• Peacekeeping training organizations
• Standard training module (STM) development
• STM 2 Specialists
• STM 3 Representatives and managers

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OPTIMIZATIONKNOWLEDGE FUSION(continued)

• Emerging tasks
• Committee engagement
• Security Council
• Special committee on peacekeeping
• Mandates
• Concept of operations
• Peacekeeping Community
• problem identification, solutions and innovations
  by collaborating practitioners

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OPTIMIZATIONCLIENT SERVICES

• Information and document sharing
• Meeting the information needs of Member States,
  regional organizations and missions
• Focal point for document assistance by recognized
  training organizations
• Translations
• Publications review
• Conversions to digital format

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OPTIMIZATIONCLIENT SERVICES(continued)

• Publishing hard copy and multimedia
• Web site http//www.un.org/Depts/dpko/training/tes
  _publications/publi.htm providing
• Portal for TES
  information
  
  document sharing
• Linkages to
  subject matter
  
  experts
• Translations into all
  
  official UN languages

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TRAINING CDs
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TRAINING PUBLICATIONS
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TES ORGANIZATION
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PROGRAMME MANAGEMENTACTIVITIES PROGRAMME AND
BUDGET

• CTES authorized programme of TES activities
  across three years with detailed tasks
• Cross-referenced to Military Division goals
• Showing priority, budget and linkage with other
  tasks
• CTES authorized budget
• Across three forward years one previous year
• With expenditure performance

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PROGRAMME MANAGEMENTPROCEDURES

• Mission training cell (MTC) procedures including
• Close consultation with mission focal points for
  child protection, HIV/AIDS and civil police
  (including legal assessment)
• Lessons learned networking with other MTC, TES
  and the Peacekeeping Best Practices Unit
• Arrangements for supplementary support including
  associated evaluation

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PROGRAMME MANAGEMENTPROCEDURES(continued)

• TES information and data procedures facilitating
• Practical formats for effective use of
  information
• Identification of data elements essential to TES
  functions
• Identification of data custodians for each data
  element

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PROGRAMME MANAGEMENTPROTOCOL

• How TES formally engages and consults with Member
  States and their representatives
• Aims to create a
  conducive atmosphere
  for successful
  engagement
  and
  consultations on
  training and evaluation
• for peace operations

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PROGRAMME MANAGEMENTQUALITY CONTROL

• Arrangements for TES practices and processes to
  achieve relevance, standards and client value
• Implemented by every member of TES
• Collectively covers all training and evaluation
  activities, publishing, planning and projects
• Assuring quality at international standards
• Alignment with ISO 9000 guidelines

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SUPPORT FOR PEACEKEEPING EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
February 2004 PKO South 04 (US SouthCom)
Paraguay April 2004 Recamp (France) Benin
May 2004 Pirap Jabiru Thailand (one
observer) Multi-Platoon Ex, Asia-Pacific (US
PaCom) Sri Lanka (one
observer) June 2004 PKO South 04 (US
SouthCom) Paraguay Recamp (France) Benin
August 2004 PKO North 04 Guatemala
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SUPPORT ESTABLISHMENT NEW UN MISSIONS

• Training Support for the expansion for MINUCI
• HQ Staff Training Mar - Apr 2004
• UNMOs Training Apr 2004
• TCCs Pre-Deployment Training Apr - May 2004
• MECICI Troops Re-hatting Mar - Apr 2004

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TESVISITS IMTC SUPPORT
Mission Visits 2004 MONUC UNMEE MINURSO
UNAMSIL UNOMIG UNMISET Support to Establishment
of New Integrated Mission Training Cells
(IMTCs) UNTSO UNDOF MINUCI All new peacekeeping
missions Mission Training Cell Officers' Course
First Course to be conducted in Poland in June
2004. This course includes Military, Civilian
Police and Civilian Staff. Visits to
Peacekeeping Training Organizations June 2004
Visit Norway, UNMIL, MONUC, South American TCC

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Well-trained, disciplined soldiers are a key to
the Art of Peace
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SUMMARY

• UN / National Responsibilities
• Training Evaluation Service (TES)
• Place in DPKO Structure
• Mission
• Strategic Involvement
• Organization
• Optimization Cells
• Programme Management Cells
• Annual Activities

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