Title Datesort icon Location Organisation Type
Women in Peace Operations Seminar and Workshop

Aimed at identifying systematic barriers that currently serve to exclude women from participating in Peace Operations, and exploring strategies and identifying skills needed to overcome barriers.

 12 Oct 2009 - 15 Oct 2009 Zambia Pearson Peacekeeping Centre Gender and SSR
UN Mission Visit

Organised in partnership with United Nation Department for Peace Keeping Operations (UNDPKO), senior decision makers from ministries and institutions involved in the management of participation in peace missions will deepen their understanding and appreciation of the challenges associated to these missions; and will have the opportunity to meet their police officers and gendarmes.

 19 Oct 2009 - 21 Oct 2009 Ivory Coast (Cote D`Ivoire) Pearson Peacekeeping Centre Peacekeeping / Peacebuilding
United Nations Integrated Mission Staff Officers Course (UNIMSOC VII)

Designed to prepare participants for entry into a United Nation (UN) integrated mission headquarters and to familiarise them with how a typical military organisation operates. This course aims to provide participants with the training required to fill key staff positions within a military establishment.

 26 Oct 2009 - 3 Dec 2009 Canada Defence
Geneva Peacebuilding Platform (GPP) Annual Forum

The Geneva Peacebuilding Platform is an action-oriented forum where stakeholders can build upon the contributions of Geneva to peacebuilding worldwide. Its annual International Peacebuilding Forum will bring together practitioners from Headquarters and the field as well representatives from civil society and academia, to discuss a pressing issue of specific relevance to peacebuilding practitioners.

 11 Dec 2009 Switzerland Geneva Centre for Security Policy Peacekeeping / Peacebuilding
Building Integrity in Defence Establishment (BIDE) training

The course is developed by five institutions, including ASSET members SNDC and GCSP. Other institutions include the NATO School and Transparency International. The UK Defence Academy takes the lead in this project. The module aims at enhancing professionalism and strengthening the foundation for leadership, integrity, good governance and management within the defence and security sectors through sharing experiences, challenges and best practices between nations, irrespective of their political/ developmental contexts.

 14 Dec 2009 - 18 Dec 2009 Bosnia-Herzegovina Swedish National Defence College Defence
GFN-SSR - SSR Practitioners' Course, January 2010

The SSR Practitioners' Course is a residential programme held in Birmingham. The course aims to provide an overview of security sector reform and its constituent parts, as well as provide an opportunity for discussion of good and bad practices in SSR and issues to consider when developing programmes and projects.

 17 Jan 2010 - 20 Jan 2010 United Kingdom Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform Training event
ASSET Annual General Meeting

The second ASSET AGM will take place within backdrop of the ASEAN Human Rights Consortium. Special focus will be laid on issues related to human rights and SSR. Invitation letters will follow shortly. A limited number of travel grants are also available.

 2 Mar 2010 - 3 Mar 2010 Philippines Institute for Strategic and Development Studies SSR General
SSR Training Course

In this SSR course, participants will acquire an understanding of the definitions of SSR and how the concept has developed. The guiding principles of SSR will be explored as well as concepts for how to develop an integrated approach to SSR in peace operations. The specific challenges and opportunities arising in post-conflict situations will be analyzed bearing in mind the importance of sustainability. The participants will gain insight in several of the key areas of SSR and specific program design, while remaining aware of the holistic approach needed in security sector reform.

 8 Mar 2010 - 12 Mar 2010 Sweden Folke Bernadotte Academy SSR General
Course on Security Sector Reform

The course will deal with major aspects of the assessment, analysis, design, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of SSR. Participants will not only learn to collaborate with other actors from the various segments of the security sector but will also learn lessons regarding the better functioning in their own field of expertise.

 23 Apr 2010 - 30 Apr 2010 Austria Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution Training event
Senior Course on Crisis Management and Civil Emergency Planning (CMCEP)

The aim of the course is to give a deeper understanding about security policy and international relations in a new Europe. The course is a part of the Swedish contribution to NATO’s Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme. There are no tuition fees for this course, however, participants are expected to cover their own travel costs and costs for board and lodging. A limited number of scholarships are available. The participants should come from a country within the PfP programme.

 17 May 2010 - 21 May 2010 Sweden Swedish National Defence College Defence
Security Sector Reform - undergraduate course

August 31st the very first lecture of SNDC's academic course on SSR was held. This is a five week course aimed for students of political science at univeristy level. The purpose of the course is to teach the students the basics of SSR, how to relate to how security institutions and organisations (judiciary, police, military etc.) may contribute to (re)construction of states and solid societies.
 

 31 Aug 2010 - 1 Oct 2010 Sweden Swedish National Defence College Other event
Senior Course on Security Policy in a New Europe (SPNE)

The aim of the course is to provide the participants with an enhanced knowledge base and analytical tools for effective and legitimate crisis management with focus on civil emergency planning. The course is a part of the Swedish contribution to NATO’s Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme. There are no tuition fees for this course, however, participants are expected to cover their own travel costs and costs for board and lodging. A limited number of scholarships are available. The participants should come from a country within the PfP programme. However, if the number of participants from PfP countries is not filled, other countries may be considered.

 22 Nov 2010 - 2 Dec 2010 Sweden Swedish National Defence College Training event