Strengthening peacekeeping capacity with a focus on Africa - Phase Six

Lead Entity/ies
DPO, Integrated Training Service (ITS)
Collaborating Partners
Other elements of DPO and DOS
Duration
January - December 2023
Location
Africa
Approved Budget
$ 923,999
Description/outline
This is the 6th phase of a capacity building project started in 2018. This phase focused on training for infantry battalions and UN police for both formed police units and individual police officers for African Troop and Police Contributing Countries (T/PCCs), Member States committing to peacekeeping for the first time or significantly increasing their contributions to African peacekeeping missions and senior military and police commanders from the top T/PCCs.
Status
Completed

Synopsis

Objectives

The project aims to strengthen the capacity of African T/PCCs, field missions and those who support African T/PCCs, to deploy and employ personnel who are trained to DPO and DOS standards to UN-led peacekeeping operations. It also aims to provide training support to other T/PCCs which deploy personnel to African peacekeeping missions, Member States which provide capacity-building support to T/PCCs deploying to these missions and in-mission training teams which are responsible for the delivery of training to deployed units and personnel.

Components

The project consists of 11 activities: an infantry battalion course in China, an UN national planner course, a UN police pre-deployment training of trainer course, a formed police unit command course, a facilitation skills course for mission trainer, a training of trainer course for military specific induction training, a training of trainer course for police specific induction training, a training of trainer course for mission trainers to use alternate training methods, an infantry battalion commander course, a sector commander and force chief of staff course (all in Entebbe); and the organization of round-table events followed by thematic regional scenario-based training courses with the simulation of terrorist attacks, armed conflicts and emergencies.

Main achievements

26 participants representing 13 troop- and police-contributing countries received a training package for the support of pre-deployment preparation of military and police units. The training prepared contingents on force protection issues such as the safety and security of peacekeepers, and protection against improvised Explosive Devices and cyber threats.

The project has, with the participation of Sri Lanka, validated the Formed Police Unit Commander training material and identified the steps needed to finalize the material. The validation course also proved the utility of new material on stress management and peacekeeping-intelligence-led policing. The course confirmed that three weeks was the appropriate duration for the course. The infantry battalion commander course has enhanced the capacity of deployed and soon-to-be-deployed battalion commanders to work within a UN mission context.

Impact

The project has enhanced the capacity of Police Contributing Countries (PCC) to build self-sustaining training capacity to prepare individually deployed UN police officers.

group photo outdoors on the steps to a buildingInfantry battalion commander course, Entebbe, 12 – 16 June 2023

group photo outdoors on the steps to a buildingUnited Nations Formed Police Unit Command Staff Course (Pilot), 13-31 March 2023

group photo outdoors on the steps to a buildingUnited Nations Training and Certification Course for the new Specialised Training Materials for UN Police (UNPOL STM 2021) – Brindisi, Italy 29 May – 09 June 2023