Target audience

• Experts working in crisis management/peace support missions who conduct trainings and coaching sessions as subject matter experts or trainers.

• Maximum 15 participants, preferably from international civilian crisis management/peace support missions (OSCE, EU, UN, etc). Experts from NGOs are also welcome to apply.

• The organizers also welcome applications from national mission staff.

Additional course Information

Indicative course agenda
Indicative logistical note

Implementing Partners

The course is organised by Clingendael Institute of International Relations, The Hague , The Netherlands (https://www.clingendael.org/academy)

Participation fee

All candidates have to cover their own travel expenses. There is no participation fee. Full board accommodation (in single rooms) will be provided free of charge to civilian participants. Course participants from the military are required to cover all costs, accommodation, board and travel.

Learning outcomes

After completion of the ENTRi SSR course, participants should be able to:

• 1 Describe how learning theories can be applied to design high impact sessions ;
• 2 Practice advanced training design skills in preparing sessions on a range of learning topics related to their training courses/sessions;
• 3 Reflect on their own training style and their own biases towards different training methods;
• 4 Upgrade facilitation skills in a range of participatory training activities;
• 5 Identify course design methods applicable to their training needs;

Learning outcomes

• 1 Understand mentoring as capacity building;
• 2 Know how to build trust with a mentee;
• 3 Apply principles and processes of building capacity through mentoring (phases of mentoring and importance of the concept of local ownership);
• 4 Utilize communication skills (working with interpreters, basic negotiation skills) and intercultural competence;
• 5 Develop strategies on how to build a working relationship with a mentee and how to cope with resistance from the mentee;
• 6 Recognise the role mentoring plays in fulfilling the overall mission mandate and how to support the evaluation process of the mission.

Additional course Information

Indicative course agenda
Indicative logistical note

Target audience

Experts working in crisis management/peace support missions who have a background or function in security sector reform. A particular focus is on personnel working on SSR processes with long term frameworks who foresee spending a significant time in such a working context.

Maximum 20 participants, preferably from international civilian crisis management/peace support missions (EU, UN, OSCE, AU etc). Experts from NGOs are also welcome to apply.

The organizers also welcome applications from national mission staff.

Implementing Partners

The course is organised by the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Stadtschlaining , Austria (https://www.aspr.peacecastle.eu)

Participation fee

All candidates have to cover their own travel expenses. There is no participation fee. Full board accommodation (in single rooms) will be provided free of charge to civilian participants. Course participants from the military are required to cover all costs, accommodation, board and travel.

Learning outcomes

After completion of the ENTRi SSR course, participants should be able to:

• 1Identify the civilian aspects of long-term Security Sector Reform processes ;
• 2Define the roles and mandates of different actors in the field (security and civilian stakeholders) and the interaction between them;
• 3Apply capacity building methods to strengthen local capacities and ensure a balanced approach which promotes local ownership;
• 4Successfully manage associated processes such as legal and political reforms to benefit the SSR processes;

Additional course Information

Indicative course agenda
Indicative logistical note

Implementing Partners

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in cooperation with College of Law and Governance Studies, University of Addis Ababa and Centre for European Perspective

Participation fee

All candidates have to cover their own travel expenses. There is no participation fee. Full board accommodation (in single rooms) will be provided free of charge to civilian participants. Course participants from the military are required to cover all costs, accommodation, board and travel.

Learning outcomes

After completion of the ENTRi HR course, participants should be able to

• 1Deepen and refresh the participants’ knowledge of International Human Rights Law and of other bodies of International Law aimed at the protection of individuals and groups (International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Justice, Refugee Law, international standards pertaining to the protection of IDPs, etc.);
• 2Familiarize participants with the institutional aspects related to the establishment and the functioning of Human Rights Field Operations, with particular reference to those organized by the UN and by the EU;
• 3Transfer the skills needed to perform the main tasks usually assigned to Human Rights Field Officers (Monitoring, Fact Finding, Reporting, Capacity Building, etc.).

Target audience

Experts working in crisis management/peace support missions who conduct trainings and coaching sessions as subject matter experts or trainers.

Maximum 20 participants, preferably from international civilian crisis management/peace support missions (OSCE, EU, UN, etc). Also experts from NGOs are welcome to apply.

Implementing Partners

Crisis Management Centre Finland CMC

Registration fee

There is no registration fee. Short-listed candidates will have to cover their own travel expenses.

Full board accommodation (in single rooms) will be provided free of charge to participants.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please also note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accommodation, board, and travel costs.

Learning outcomes

After completion of the ENTRi ToT, participants should be able to:

• 1Describe how learning theories can be applied to design high impact sessions;
• 2Practice advanced training design skills in preparing sessions on a range of learning topics related to their training courses/sessions;
• 3Reflect on their own training style and their own biases towards different training methods;
• 4Upgrade facilitation skills in a range of participatory training activities;
• 5Refine the delivery of course material based on the guidelines in the ToT Participants Manual relevant to their area of expertise;
• 6Identify course design methods applicable to their training needs;

Target audience

Experts working in crisis management/peace support missions – with a human rights background or function - who conduct trainings and coaching sessions on issues related to human rights as subject matter experts or trainers.

Maximum 15 participants, preferably from international civilian crisis management/peace support missions (OSCE, EU, AU, UN, etc). Experts from NGOs are also welcome to apply.

Implementing Partners

The course is organised by Scula Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy (www.santannapisa.it)

Learning outcomes

After completion of the ENTRi ToT, participants should be able to:

• 1Describe how learning theories can be applied to design high impact sessions;
• 2Practice advanced training design skills in preparing sessions on a range of learning topics related to their training courses/sessions;
• 3Reflect on their own training style and their own biases towards different training methods;
• 4Upgrade facilitation skills in a range of participatory training activities;
• 5Refine the delivery of course material based on the guidelines in the ToT Participants Manual relevant to their area of expertise;
• 6Identify course design methods applicable to their training needs;

Target audience

Civilian experts working in crisis management missions who conduct trainings and coaching sessions as subject matter experts or trainers.

Maximum 20 participants, preferably from international civilian crisis management missions (OSCE, EU etc).

Implementing Partners

The course is organized by the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict resolution (ASPR) in cooperation with the Centre for European Perspective (CEP)

Registration fee

There is no registration fee. Short-listed candidates will have to cover their own travel expenses.

Full board accommodation (in single rooms) will be provided free of charge to participants.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please also note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accommodation, board, and travel costs.

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Learning outcomes

After completion of the ENTRi ToT, participants should be able to:

• 1Describe how learning theories can be applied to design high impact sessions;
• 2Practice advanced training design skills in preparing sessions on a range of learning topics related to their training courses/sessions;
• 3Reflect on their own training style and their own biases towards different training methods;
• 4Upgrade facilitation skills in a range of participatory training activities;
• 5Refine the delivery of course material based on the guidelines in the draft ToT Facilitation Guide and Participants Manual relevant to their area of expertise;
• 6Identify course design methods applicable to their training needs;
• 7Deliver positive and constructive ideas:
• a. to further strengthen the ENTRi draft ToT course package materials;
• b. on how to further harmonize the future ToT training in ENTRi III;
• c. on how to pass on lessons learned and good practices to training staff working in civilian crisis management missions.
• The last outcome is deliberately referring to the second and future ToT courses that are to be implemented by the ENTRi ToT working group next year and focusing on training/capacity enhancement of staff in international missions.

course is designed to:

• Deepen and refresh the participants’ knowledge of International Human Rights Law and of other bodies of International Law aimed at the protection of individuals and groups (International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Justice, Refugee Law, international standards pertaining to the protection of IDPs, etc.);
• Familiarize participants with the institutional aspects related to the establishment and the functioning of Human Rights Field Operations, with particular reference to those organized by the UN and by the EU;
• Transfer the skills needed to perform the main tasks usually assigned to Human Rights Field Officers (Monitoring, Fact Finding, Reporting, Capacity Building, etc.).

Prospective participants must already have basic knowledge of international human rights law and preferably of international humanitarian law and refugee law. Please note that this course is taught in English.

You may find the logistical information here

You may also find the agenda of the course here. Please note that the final agenda will also be sent to the selected participants.

Implementing Partners

The Course is organized by the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Italy, in cooperation with the School of Law of Addis Ababa and EGMONT Institute, Brussels.

Registration fee

There is no registration fee. Short-listed candidates will have to cover their own travel expenses.

Full board accommodation (in single rooms) will be provided free of charge to a maximum of 24 participant.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please also note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accommodation, board, and travel costs.

Candidates are considered who:

After completion of the ENTRi ToT, participants should be able to:

• Can demonstrate a professional link to the topic of the course;
• Have been selected to / contracted for an international crisis management mission;
• Have a very good command of the English language (or other(s) as appropriate).

In the selection process, ENTRi ensures that an appropriate gender and nationality balance is reflected in the pool of selected participants. Due consideration is also given to ensure participation of national mission staff, and candidates nominated by EU Member States and other seconding nations.

The courses are co-funded by the European Commission and the ENTRi partners. The following costs are covered by the project:

• Full board and lodging

While ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

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-Introduction to the concept of rule of law;

-International cooperation in the field of crisis management (including CIMIC);

-The role of the judiciary and transformation of dysfunctional judicial systems;

-Core ethics principles;

-Risk assessment in an international context;

-Monitoring, mentoring and advising components;

- The role of the police in RoL enforcement.

Prospective participants should have already completed a core course in civilian crisis management. The Rule of Law course is designed to build on the already existing theoretical background acquired in core courses.

You may find the logistical information here

You may also find a sample agenda of the course here

Implementing Partners

The Course is organized by the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), in cooperation with l’École Nationale d'Administration (ENA).

Registration fee

There is no registration fee. Short-listed candidates will have to cover their own travel expenses.

Full board accommodation (in single rooms) will be provided free of charge to a maximum of 24 participant.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please also note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accommodation, board, and travel costs.

Target audience:

Civilian experts with professional experience required for deployments to international civilian crisis management-type missions in third countries with a particular focus on experts selected or pre-selected for deployment for the first or second time or field mission personnel.

The courses are co-funded by the European Commission and the ENTRi partners. The following costs are covered by the project.

-Full board and lodging.

While ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel cost.

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Target audience:

The target group of this training is composed of civilian, police and military (see: costs) experts who work with international organisations in the field of crisis management, conflict resolution. In particular, we focus on staff members in roles of analysts, trainers, advisers, mentors and other core staff of the mission.

As negotiation and mediation skills are generic skills to apply in complex political and conflict environments, this training does not focus on one specific group or region. Throughout the training however, cases, simulations and examples that are derived from EU civilian crisis management mission practice are used.

Implementing Partners

The Course was organized by Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Cligendael' and Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute in cooperation with Georgian Defence Institution Building school.

Registration fee

There is no registration fee. Short-listed candidates will have to cover their own travel expenses.

Full board accommodation (in single rooms) will be provided free of charge to a maximum of 24 participant.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please also note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accommodation, board, and travel costs.

Course Objectives:

The aim of the course is to enable participants to ameliorate their knowledge, skills, and competencies in negotiation and mediation, and thereby be more successful in their approaches to (civilian) crisis management in missions.

• Describe the crisis management decision-making in the EU and the mediation support that the EU provides;
• Identify the key principles underpinning a successful negotiation or (conflict) mediation;
• Practice skills and competencies in negotiation and mediation in real-life situations;
• Be more confident and effective in (local) mediations and negotiations in the context of civilian crisis management;
• Use tips and tricks for negotiation and mediation;
• Recognise and anticipate cultural differences in negotiation and mediation processes;
• Develop strategies for negotiation and mediation processes;
• Recognize bargaining tactics and respond to them;
• Recognise psychological processes in general and individual reactions to negotiation and mediation situations specifically.

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Implementing Partners

The course is organized by the Centre for European Perspective (CEP) in cooperation with EULEX Kosovo.

Registration fee

This course is free of charge. Accommodation and board will be covered by ENTRi. Course participants will be responsible for covering their own travel to the course venue.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

Target audience:

Civilian experts working in crisis management missions who conduct trainings and coaching sessions as subject matter experts or trainers.

The courses are co-funded by the European Commission and the ENTRi partners. The following costs are covered by the project.

-Full board and lodging.

While ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accommodation, board, and travel cost.

You may find testimonials from course participants here

course is designed to:

• Deepen and refresh the participants’ knowledge of International Human Rights Law and of other bodies of International Law aimed at the protection of individuals and groups (International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Justice, Refugee Law, international standards pertaining to the protection of IDPs, etc.);
• Familiarize participants with the institutional aspects related to the establishment and the functioning of Human Rights Field Operations, with particular reference to those organized by the UN and by the EU;
• Transfer the skills needed to perform the main tasks usually assigned to Human Rights Field Officers (Monitoring, Fact Finding, Reporting, Capacity Building, etc.).

Prospective participants must already have basic knowledge of international human rights law and preferably of international humanitarian law and refugee law.

Please note that this course is taught in English.

You may find the agenda here and the logistical information here

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body:

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Italy

Other partner implementing bodies: Crisis Management Centre (CMC), Finland and School of Law Addis Ababa.

Registration fee

This course is free of charge. Accommodation and board will be covered by ENTRi. Course participants will be responsible for covering their own travel to the course venue.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

Candidates are considered who:

• Can demonstrate a professional link to the topic of the course;
• Have been selected to / contracted for an international crisis management mission;
• Have a very good command of the English language (or other(s) as appropriate).

In the selection process, ENTRi ensures that an appropriate gender and nationality balance is reflected in the pool of selected participants. Due consideration is also given to ensure participation of national mission staff, and candidates nominated by EU Member States and other seconding nations.

The courses are co-funded by the European Commission and the ENTRi partners. The following costs are covered by the project:

• Full board and lodging.

While ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

For a testimonial of a course participant, please click here

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Learning objectives:

Actively support gender mainstreaming

Design effective communication strategies

Identify effective strategies for handling resistance

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body:Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden. Other partner implementing bodies:Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Austria.

Registration fee

This course is free of charge. Accommodation and board will be covered by ENTRi. Course participants will be responsible for covering their own travel to the course venue.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

This course has been certified by ENTRi. Click here for more information on the ENTRi certification process

Candidates are considered who:

• Can demonstrate a professional link to the topic of the course;
• Have been selected to / contracted for an international crisis management mission;
• Have a very good command of the English language (or other(s) as appropriate).

In the selection process, ENTRi ensures that an appropriate gender and nationality balance is reflected in the pool of selected participants. Due consideration is also given to ensure participation of national mission staff, and candidates nominated by EU Member States and other seconding nations.

The courses are co-funded by the European Commission and the ENTRi partners. The following costs are covered by the project:

• Full board and lodging.

While ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

Target group:

Personnel working in civilian international crisis management missions with a special focus on gender aspects (or aiming for such positions) such as Gender Advisers, Gender Focal Points or other kinds of gender experts. As this is a specialized course, applicants are expected to already have a basic understanding of the concept of gender

Interview of a participant of ENTRi's Gender Advisor course:

The successful Gender Advisor course hosted by the Folke Bernadotte Academy in Sandö, Sweden held in November 2016, proved once again to be highly popular. One participant shared her thoughts on the course through an interview which you may find here.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, Belgium. Other partner implementing bodies: Crisis Management Centre (CMC), Finland.

Registration fee

This course is free of charge. Accommodation and board will be covered by ENTRi. Course participants will be responsible for covering their own travel to the course venue.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

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Course objectives:

After this specialization course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the mandates and objectives of the various policy instruments used and international actors in the field
• Explain how the comprehensive approach takes place from policy level all the way till the operational level and the need for transition strategies
• Identify appropriate synergies, actions and international partnerships possible and how to obtain sustainable results taking into account local ownership

Target audience:

Deployed staff from the various EU and UN missions (especially from the Sahel Region such as EUCAP Sahel Mali, EUTM Mali, MINUSMA, EUCAP Sahel Niger), personnel from the EEAS (planners and programmers), EU Commission, and EUSR Offices.

The application deadline for this course is 06 December 2015.

• Introduction to the concept of Rule of Law;
• International cooperation in the field of crisis management (including CIMIC);
• The role of the judiciary and transformation of dysfunctional judicial systems;
• Core ethics principles;
• Risk assessment in an international context;
• Monitoring, mentoring and advising components;
• The role of the police in RoL enforcement.

Prospective participants should have already completed a core course in civilian crisis management. The Rule of Law course is designed to build on the already existing theoretical background acquired in core courses.

Target group

Civilian experts with professional experience required for deployments to international civilian crisis management-type missions in third countries with a particular focus on experts selected or pre-selected for deployment for the first or second time or field mission personnel.

The application deadline for this course is 15 November 2015.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Austria. Other implementing bodies: Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), France.

Registration fee

This course is free of charge. Accommodation and board will be covered by ENTRi. Course participants will be responsible for covering their own travel to the course venue.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

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In a four days high intensive seminar the participants will be trained in negotiation and mediation skills within the framework of EU missions. The course will start with an explanation of EU decision making concerning civilian missions to provide adequate context of the official mandates. Understanding EU decision making in these matters helps as a framework for their own behavior and the possible instruments that can be used while on mission. The course continues with negotiation strategy and tactics, both bilateral as multilateral from the point of view that participants will have to negotiate with local stakeholders, government officials and other international organization during the mission. In these negotiations, participants are defending own interests.

This is in contrast to the mediation part of the training, in which participants do not have their own interest and want to mediate between negotiating (conflict) parties. Understanding negotiation processes helps being a good mediator. In the training the mediation part follows the negotiation elements. Considering that these missions take place within an international environment, special attention will be given to intercultural communication and psychological aspects.

The application deadline for this course is 04 October 2015.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael (NIIB), Netherlands

Other partner implementing bodies:International Alert (Alert), UK; Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Austria

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Aim and objectives

The Gender Adviser course provides personnel with a responsibility to promote a gender perspective in their organizations the opportunity to upgrade their knowledge and to strengthen their skills. The course builds on input from experienced gender experts working in international civilian crisis management missions and current research on the topic. The main aim is to strengthen the gender expert functions within international crisis management missions by providing the participants with up to date knowledge and practical skills deemed necessary to work effectively in a gender expert function. The course is run by experienced trainers and applies an interactive methodology that mixes theory with practice and actively draws on the knowledge and experience of the participants.

Registration fee

This course is free of charge. Accommodation and board will be covered by ENTRi. Course participants will be responsible for covering their own travel to the course venue.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

Target Group

Personnel working in civilian international crisis management missions with a special focus on gender aspects (or aiming for such positions) such as Gender Advisers, Gender Focal Points or other kinds of Gender Experts. As this is a specialized course, applicants are expected to already have a basic understanding of the concept of gender.

The application deadline for this course is 18 September 2015.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden.

Other partner implementing bodies: Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Austria.

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The 8-day intensive course is designed to:

• Deepen and refresh the participants’ knowledge of International Human Rights Law and of other bodies of International Law aimed at the protection of individuals and groups (International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Justice, Refugee Law, international standards pertaining to the protection of IDPs, etc.);
• Familiarize participants with the institutional aspects related to the establishment and the functioning of Human Rights Field Operations, with particular reference to those organized by the UN and by the EU;
• Transfer the skills needed to perform the main tasks usually assigned to Human Rights Field Officers (Monitoring, Fact Finding, Reporting, Capacity Building, etc.).

Prospective participants must already have basic knowledge of international human rights law and preferably of international humanitarian law and refugee law.

For more detailed logistical information about the course, please click here.

You can find the preliminary agenda here.

The application deadline for this course is 06 September 2015.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Italy.

Other partner implementing bodies: Law School, Addis Ababa University; Africa Programme, UN Peace University.

Registration fee

There is no registration fee. Short-listed candidates will have to cover their own travel expenses while full board (accommodation in single rooms) will be provided free of charge.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

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The training course will:

• Explain to participants the phenomenon of organized crime and its impact.
• Provide participants with the analytical tools and skills to identify and analyse illicit groups and activities.
• Explain the challenges and possibilities of working with actors involved in illicit activity, particularly in the context of peace operations.
• Provide an inter-action between practitioners and experts involved in dealing with organized crime activities.
• Provide participants with information and contacts to enhance their networks and knowledge.

Methodological Approach

The course employs a mixture of theory and practice to equip participants with state-of-the-art methodologies derived from on-the-ground experience, also taking into account the working environment of the participants. The participants will be involved in lectures, inter-active discussions, and simulations as well as preparing a threat assessment. Material for the project draws heavily on recently published documents produced by the International Peace Institute (IPI) in the context of its Peace without Crime project.

Target Group

• Current or prospective staff members of peace operations, particularly in fragile states.
• Practitioners involved in development and humanitarian work as well as political and strategic advice who are seeking a better understanding of, and skill set to address, organized crime.
• Law enforcement and criminal justice experts dealing with situations involving illicit activity.

The application deadline for this course is 07 September 2015.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Austria.

Other implementing bodies: International Training Centre (ITC), Hungary; International Peace Institute (IPI), USA.

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In particular, the course is structured around 4 modules.

Module 1 - Context setting: Ukraine’s history and distinctive legal, political and cultural features.

Module 2 - International and EU presence in Ukraine: background, key actors and coordination mechanisms.

Module 3 - Main challenges of operating in Ukraine for SSR missions and their personnel.

Module 4 - Practical issues related to field activities (e.g. code of conduct, risk assessment and duty of care).

By focusing on mission-specific issues, the course aims at equipping trainees with the essential knowledge and information necessary to be active mission and team members and to operate smoothly in the respective area of assignment.

It aims at fostering a common knowledge about Ukraine among participants and at providing participants with specific knowledge for their specific mission in order to operationalise and adapt their expertise to the conditions of the theater of operations and the mission environment, including the activities carried out by other international organisations. It has been conceived so as to bring together participants from different international organisations working in Ukraine, such as the OSCE and the EU, with a view to building a mutual understanding of their respective activities and foreseeing a better cooperation on the ground.

The training course will start on Monday,02 November 2015, at 08:30 and will finish on Thursday, 05 November 2015, around 12:00 noon. Classes will start at 8:00 and will finish between 17:00 and 20:00, depending on the day, in the venue of CMC Finland in Kuopio, Finland (www.cmcfinland.fi).

Please note that this training has been cancelled.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Crisis Management Centre (CMC), Finland.

Registration fee

This course is free of charge. Accommodation, board, and international travel costs will be covered by ENTRi.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accommodation, board, and travel costs.

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The course is designed to:

• Improve participants knowledge of various threats in hostile field environments and to learn how to deal with them in an effective manner;
• Rehearse and practice safety and security procedures according to specific threats;
• Develop individual skills to deal with different stressful situations;
• Develop group dynamics to deal with multiple stressful situations.

Target group and minimum requisites: personnel already working or contracted/seconded to work in an international field operation. Participants are strongly advised to have a valid driving licence which must be brought to the training in order to drive 4x4 vehicles for training purposes.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), Denmark.

Other partner implementing bodies: Crisis Management Centre (CMC), Finland.

Registration fee

There is no registration fee for the course.

Please note that accommodations and board will be covered by ENTRi for all participants. Please note that travel costs are generally not covered for HEAT courses. Applicants who are unable to cover their own travel costs for HEAT courses may apply for additional funding with adequate justification. The reimbursement of travel costs is subject to individual review and participants are not entitled to the reimbursement of travel costs.

• Introduction to the concept of Rule of Law;
• International cooperation in the field of crisis management (including CIMIC);
• The role of the judiciary and transformation of dysfunctional judicial systems;
• Core ethics principles;
• Risk assessment in an international context;
• Monitoring, mentoring and advising components;
• The role of the police in RoL enforcement.

Prospective participants should have already completed a core course in civilian crisis management. The Rule of Law course is designed to build on the already existing theoretical background acquired in core courses.

Target Group

Civilian experts with professional experience required for deployments to international civilian crisis management-type missions in third countries with a particular focus on experts selected or pre-selected for deployment for the first or second time or field mission personnel.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), France.Other implementing bodies: TBA.

Registration fee

This course is free of charge. Accommodation and board will be covered by ENTRi. Course participants will be responsible for covering their own travel to the course venue.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

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• Georgia’s history, culture and current political situation;
• International presence in Georgia: key actors and coordination systems;
• Specific skills such as monitoring and reporting needed in the missions;
• Practical matters related to living and working in Georgia.

By focusing on country-specific and function-specific issues, the course aims at equipping participants with essential knowledge and information, enabling them to become active team members and to operate smoothly in their respective area of assignment. The course provides with an opportunity to get first-hand information from Georgia and network with the future mission colleagues.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden.

Other partner implementing bodies: Centre for European Perspective (CEP), Slovenia.

Registration fee

This course is free of charge. Accommodation, board, and international travel costs to the course venue will be covered by ENTRi.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

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The 8-day intensive course is designed to:

• Deepen and refresh the participants’ knowledge of International Human Rights Law and of other bodies of International Law aimed at the protection of individuals and groups (International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Justice, Refugee Law, international standards pertaining to the protection of IDPs, etc.);
• Familiarize participants with the institutional aspects related to the establishment and the functioning of Human Rights Field Operations, with particular reference to those organized by the UN and by the EU; Transfer the skills needed to perform the main tasks usually assigned to Human Rights Field Officers (Monitoring, Fact Finding, Reporting, Capacity Building, etc.).

Prospective participants must already have basic knowledge of international human rights law and preferably of international humanitarian law and refugee law.

For more detailed logistical information about the course, please click here.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Italy.

Other partner implementing bodies Crisis Management Centre (CMC), Finland.

Registration fee

There is no registration fee. Short-listed candidates will have to cover their own travel expenses while full board (accommodation in single rooms) will be provided free of charge.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

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Large international organisations have experienced their share of problems in attempting to plan, set up and support civilian crisis management field operations and, particularly, to achieve a rapid deployment of administration and logistics support resources. Mission personnel that cannot be efficiently supported within a very short time of arrival in theatre will face difficulties in carrying out their mandate effectively. Moreover, sustainable management of a field mission is key to improving the motivation and efficiency of all staff.

The overall objective of the four-day Mission Administration & Support course is to provide its participants with in-depth knowledge of administrative and support procedures and structures of civilian crisis management operations. The course contributes to the creation of a similar management culture among future mission members who have different professional, organisational and cultural backgrounds, and a sense of common identity and purpose.

Taking into account the different categories of staff involved in missions, the course will address not only technical and administrative experts but also middle and senior management staff.

Implementing Partners

Implementing body: Centre for European Perspective (CEP), Slovenia.

Other partner implementing bodies: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden.

Registration fee

This course is free of charge. Accommodation and board will be covered by ENTRi. Course participants will be responsible for covering their own travel to the course venue.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

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Learning objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• 1Explain the relevance of concepts such as peace, conflict and violence to civilian crisis management
• 2Conduct a conflict analysis
• 3Describe the key principles underpinning the conflict sensitive approach
• 4Explain the relationship between conflict analysis and conflict sensitivity
• 5Devise conflict sensitive approaches to issues faced in civilian crisis management
• 6Identify the benefits and limitations of the conflict sensitive approach

Course outline

The course will cover the following core topics:

• Conflict sensitivity in civilian crisis management
• Key concepts: peace, conflict, violence
• Evolving nature of civilian crisis management
• Conflict analysis tools and methodologies
• Conflict sensitivity principles and practice
• Skills and competencies for conflict sensitivity

Course content will be customised to fit the learning needs of participants, as identified through a training needs assessment questionnaire.

Learning Objectives

The learning objectives for this training are:

• To be able to use new media tools to collect, analyze, present, verify and disseminate information;
• To understand the impact new and web-based social media have on civilian crisis management;
• To communicate and share information in a secure manner;
• To be aware of the added complexities that have arisen and are arising through the increased use of new media;
• To understand the nature of big and open data on the web and internet, and how this information can be useful in crisis response and mitigation.
• To gain an understanding of Crisis Information Management Systems.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body:Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany.Other partner implementing bodies: ICT4Peace Foundation, Switzerland.

Registration fee

This course is free of charge. Accommodation and board will be covered by ENTRi. Course participants will be responsible for covering their own travel to the course venue.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

Course Modules

• Introduction to New Media in Crisis
• Information Management in Civilian Crisis Management
• OS-INT & Big Data
• Data Visualisation & Visualisation Tools
• Tools for Collaboration: Creating & Using Wikis
• New Cartographies & Mapping Tools
• Source Verification in the Digital Age
• Security in the Digital Domain
• Data Protection

Course Audience

ENTRi courses are accessible to individuals either going to or already working in crisis management missions for organisations such as the European Union (CSDP missions), the United Nations (UN), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the African Union (AU), or members of other international organizations working in crisis areas.

This course is geared towards experts working in the area of information management and analysis, monitoring, and reporting.

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Course Objectives

After this pre-deployment training, participants will be able to:

• Interpret current developments in the context of the socio-political and historical background of the Sahel region;
• Identify the different mandates and resources of donors and organisations active in Mali and Niger;
• Employ skills of mentoring, advising, training, and negotiating.

Whom Does This Training Address?

Incoming staff of international missions in Mali and Niger, such as UN Offices, EU training missions, EUCAP capacity-building, EUSR Offices, and/or Embassies.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael (NIIB), Netherlands.Other partner implementing bodies: Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, Belgium

Please note that this course will partly be held in French and partly in English!

Registration fee

This course is free of charge. ENTRi will cover accommodation, board, and international travel costs to the course venue.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

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The objective of the course is to increase participants’ knowledge, skills and attitudes to:

• Establish good governance and support state formation;
• Use organisational development, planning and managing tools for the supervision, coaching, development and execution of
• administrative systems in crisis situations;
• Learn how to manage limited resources in a constantly changing environment.

Please note that this course will be held in French language!

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), France.

Other partner implementing bodies:Swiss Expert Pool for Civilian Peace Building (SEP), Switzerland;

École de Maintien de la Paix Alioune Blondin Beye (EMP), Bamako, Mali;

Target Group

The course will provide training for a heterogeneous group of civilian experts with professional experience required for deployments to international crisis management missions in third countries, with a particular focus on experts selected or pre-selected for deployment, or field mission personnel.

Registration fee

This course is free of charge. Accommodation and board will be covered by ENTRi. Course participants will be responsible for covering their own travel to the course venue.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

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Course Audience

ENTRi courses are accessible to individuals either going to or already working in crisis management missions for organisations such as the European Union (CSDP missions), the United Nations (UN), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the African Union (AU), or members of other international organizations working in crisis areas.

This course is geared towards local staff members working for international missions and projects in Kosovo.

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Centre for European Perspective (CEP), Slovenia.

Other partner implementing bodies: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Italy.

Registration fee

This course is free of charge. Accommodation and board will be covered by ENTRi. Course participants will be responsible for covering their own travel to the course venue.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

Aim and Objective

This specialisation course equips participants with specialised knowledge and skills to become effectively involved in monitoring, advisory, and executive functions to protect children in crisis areas.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Austria.

Registration fee

This course is free of charge. Accommodation and board will be covered by ENTRi. Course participants will be responsible for covering their own travel to the course venue.

Please note that while ENTRi courses are primarily geared toward civilian personnel working in international crisis management missions, police and military candidates are welcome to apply. Please note that course participants from the military are required to cover their own expenses during the course, including accomodation, board, and travel costs.

Target Group

People with relevant professional background who want to become experts for child protection, monitoring, and rehabilitation in crisis areas or who plan to intensively include child protection and rights of the child in future activities in their respective areas of competence. Basic knowledge of international human rights and humanitarian law is required.

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael (NIIB), Netherlands.

Other partner implementing bodies: Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany.

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Aim and objectives

The Gender Adviser course provides personnel with a responsibility to promote a gender perspective in their organizations the opportunity to upgrade their knowledge and to strengthen their skills. The course builds on input from experienced gender experts working in international civilian crisis management missions and current research on the topic. The main aim is to strengthen the gender expert functions within international crisis management missions by providing the participants with up to date knowledge and practical skills deemed necessary to work effectively in a gender expert function. The course is run by experienced trainers and applies an interactive methodology that mixes theory with practice and actively draws on the knowledge and experience of the participants.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden.Other partner implementing bodies:Crisis Management Centre (CMC), Finland.

Target Group

Personnel working in civilian international crisis management missions with a special focus on gender aspects (or aiming for such positions) such as Gender Advisers, Gender Focal Points or other kinds of Gender Experts. As this is a specialized course, applicants are expected to already have a basic understanding of the concept of gender.

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Aim and objectives

The pilot Child Protection Adviser course provides specialized personnel with a responsibility to promote a child protection perspective in their organizations the opportunity to upgrade their knowledge and to strengthen their skills. The course builds on input from senior DPKO child protection advisers and current research on the topic. The main aim is to strengthen the child protection functions within international crisis management missions by providing the participants with up-to-date knowledge and practical skills deemed necessary to work effectively in child protection functions.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body:Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Austria.Other implementing bodies: United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO).

Target Group

Personnel working in international crisis management missions with a child protection mandate, such as DPKO child protection officers, human rights officers who act as child protection focal points, or other kinds of child protection experts. As this is a specialized course, applicants are expected to already have a thorough understanding of the child protection agenda in crisis management missions.

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Course Objectives

After this pre-deployment training, participants will be able to:

• Interpret current developments in the context of the socio-political and historical background of Mali;
• Identify the different mandates and resources of donors and organisations active in Mali;
• Employ skills of mentoring, advising, training and negotiating.

Whom Does This Training Address?

Incoming staff of international missions in Mali, such as MINUSMA, EUTM, EUCAP Sahel Mali, EUSR Office, and/or Embassies.

Please note that this course will partly be held in French and partly in English!

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael (NIIB), Netherlands.
Other partner implementing bodies: Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, Belgium.

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• Introduction to the concept of Rule of Law;
• International cooperation in the field of crisis management (including CIMIC);
• The role of the judiciary and transformation of dysfunctional judicial systems;
• Core ethics principles;
• Risk assessment in an international context;
• Monitoring, mentoring and advising components;
• The role of the police in RoL enforcement.

Prospective participants should have already completed a core course in civilian crisis management. The Rule of Law course is designed to build on the already existing theoretical background acquired in core courses.

Target group

Civilian experts with professional experience required for deployments to international civilian crisis management-type missions in third countries with a particular focus on experts selected or pre-selected for deployment for the first or second time or field mission personnel.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), France.

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In particular, the course is structured around 4 modules.

Module 1 - Context setting: Ukraine’s history and distinctive legal, political and cultural features.

Module 2 - International and EU presence in Ukraine: background, key actors and coordination mechanisms.

Module 3 - Main challenges of operating in Ukraine for international missions and their personnel.

Module 4 - Practical issues related to field activities (e.g. code of conduct, watch-keeping capability, risk assessment and duty of care).

By focusing on mission-specific and function-specific issues, the course aims at equipping trainees with the essential knowledge and information necessary to be active mission and team members and to operate smoothly in the respective area of assignment.

It aims at fostering a common knowledge about Ukraine among participants and at providing participants with specific knowledge for their specific mission in order to operationalize and adapt their expertise to the conditions of the theater of operations and the mission environment, including the activities carried out by other international organizations. It has been conceived so as to bring together participants from different international organizations working in Ukraine, such as the OSCE and the EU, with a view to building a mutual understanding of their respective activities and foreseeing a better cooperation on the ground.

The training course will start on Monday, 22 September 2014, at 08:15 with the registration of the participants and will finish on Thursday, 25 September 2014, around 11:30 am. Classes will normally be held from 9:00 to 18:00 in the venue of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy (www.sssup.it).

For more detailed logistical information about the course, please click here.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Pisa, Italy.

Other implementing partner: CMC Finland.

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden.Other partner implementing bodies: Crisis Management Centre (CMC), Finland.

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Italy

Other partner implementing bodies: Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Austria, International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL), Italy;

With support from United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN OHCHR)

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), France.

Other partner implementing bodies: Ministry of the Interior, France;

Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, Belgium.

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Learning objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• 1Explain the relevance of concepts such as peace, conflict and violence to civilian crisis management
• 2Conduct a conflict analysis
• 3Describe the key principles underpinning the conflict sensitive approach
• 4Explain the relationship between conflict analysis and conflict sensitivity
• 5Devise conflict sensitive approaches to issues faced in civilian crisis management
• 6Identify the benefits and limitations of the conflict sensitive approach

Course outline

The course will cover the following core topics:

• Conflict sensitivity in civilian crisis management
• Key concepts: peace, conflict, violence
• Evolving nature of civilian crisis management
• Conflict analysis tools and methodologies
• Conflict sensitivity principles and practice
• Skills and competencies for conflict sensitivity

Course content will be customised to fit the learning needs of participants, as identified through a training needs assessment questionnaire.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany.

Other partner implementing bodies: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Pisa, Italy;

Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden.

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The objective of the course is to increase participants’ knowledge, skills and attitudes to:

• Establish good governance and support state formation;
• Use organisational development, planning and managing tools for the supervision, coaching, development and execution of administrative systems in crisis situations;
• Learn how to manage limited resources in a constantly changing environment.

Please note that this course will be held in French language!

Target Group

The course will provide training for a heterogeneous group of civilian experts with professional experience required for deployments to international crisis management missions in third countries, with a particular focus on experts selected or pre-selected for deployment, or field mission personnel

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), France.

Other partner implementing bodies:

Swiss Expert Pool for Civilian Peace Building (SEP), Switzerland;

École de Maintien de la Paix Alioune Blondin Beye (EMP), Bamako, Mali;

Cairo Regional Centre for Training on Conflict Resolution & Peacekeeping in Africa (CCCPA), Cairo, Egypt.

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Implementing Partners

Implementing body: Centre for European Perspective (CEP), Slovenia.

Other partner implementing bodies: Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany.

Other partner implementing bodies: ICT4Peace Foundation, Switzerland.

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This will be achieved specifically by building a common understanding among future mission members of:

• The EU crisis management system;
• Kosovo’s history and distinct political and cultural features;
• International presence in Kosovo: background, key actors and coordination systems;
• Practical field-related issues.

By focusing on function-specific issues, the course aims to equip participants with the essential knowledge and information necessary to be active team members and to operate smoothly in the respective area of assignment. The training will be organised in a highly interactive manner with two round tables, role playing, simulation, and several case studies in which participants will be able to acquire new knowledge and skills. The added value of the training is first-hand information from Kosovo as well as networking possibilities, which support participants' future work in mission.

For additional information please contact the organisers at CEP ( | +386 (0) 1 560 86 03).

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Centre for European Perspective (CEP), Slovenia.

Other partner implementing bodies: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Italy.

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael (NIIB), Netherlands.

Other partner implementing bodies: Crisis Management Centre (CMC), Finland.

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In particular, the course is structured around 4 modules.

Module 1 : Context setting: Libya’s history and distinctive legal, political and cultural features.

Module 2 : International and EU presence in Libya: background, key actors and coordination mechanisms.

Module 3 : Main challenges of operating in Libya for international missions and their personnel.

Module 4 : Practical issues related to field activities (e.g. code of conduct, watch-keeping capability, risk assessment and duty of care).

By focusing on mission-specific and function-specific issues the course aims at equipping trainees with the essential knowledge and information necessary to be active mission and team members and to operate smoothly in the respective area of assignment.

It precisely aims at fostering a common knowledge about Libya among participants, and at providing participants with specific knowledge for their specific mission, in order to operationalise and adapt their expertise to the conditions of the teather of operations and the mission environment, including the activities carried out by other international organizations. It has been conceived so as to bring together participants from different international organizations working in Libya, such as the UN and the EU, with a view to building a mutual understanding of their respective activities and foreseeing a better cooperation on the ground.

The training course will start on Thursday, 16 January 2014 at 08.15 with the registration of the participants and will finish on Sunday, 19 January 2014 around 11.00 am. Classes will normally be held from 9.00 to 18.00 in the venue of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy (www.sssup.it).

For more detailed logistical information about the course, please click here.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Pisa, Italy.

Other implementing partner: CMC Finland.

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany.

Other partner implementing bodies: Centre for European Perspective (CEP), Slovenia; Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), France.

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Learning objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• 1Explain the relevance of concepts such as peace, conflict and violence to civilian crisis management;
• 2Conduct a conflict analysis;
• 3Describe the key principles underpinning the conflict-sensitive approach;
• 4Explain the relationship between conflict analysis and conflict sensitivity;
• 5Devise conflict sensitive approaches to issues faced in civilian crisis management;
• 6Identify the benefits and limitations of the conflict-sensitive approach.

Course outline

The course will cover the following core topics:

• Conflict sensitivity in civilian crisis management;
• Key concepts: peace, conflict, violence;
• Evolving nature of civilian crisis management;
• Conflict analysis tools and methodologies;
• Conflict sensitivity principles and practice;
• Skills and competencies for conflict sensitivity.

Course content will be customised to fit the learning needs of participants as identified through a training needs assessment questionnaire.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael (NIIB), Netherlands

Other partner implementing bodies: : Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), France; International Alert (Alert), UK; Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany.

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• Introduction to the concept of Rule of Law;
• International cooperation in the field of crisis management (including CIMIC);
• The role of the judiciary and transformation of dysfunctional judicial systems;
• Core ethics principles;
• Risk assessment in an international context;
• Monitoring, mentoring and advising components;
• The role of the police in RoL enforcement.

Prospective participants should have already completed a core course in civilian crisis management. The Rule of Law course is designed to build on the already existing theoretical background acquired in core courses.

Target group

Civilian experts with professional experience required for deployments to international civilian crisis management-type missions in third countries with a particular focus on experts selected or pre-selected for deployment for the first or second time or field mission personnel.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), France

Other implementing bodies: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden; Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany.

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Centre for European Perspective (CEP), Slovenia.

Other partner implementing bodies: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Italy; Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden.

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• Georgia’s history, culture and current political situation;
• International presence in Georgia: key actors and coordination systems;
• Specific skills such as monitoring and reporting needed in the missions;
• Practical matters related to living and working in Georgia.

By focusing on country-specific and function-specific issues, the course aims at equipping participants with essential knowledge and information, enabling them to become active team members and to operate smoothly in their respective area of assignment. The course provides with an opportunity to get first-hand information from Georgia and network with the future mission colleagues.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden

Other partner implementing bodies: Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael (NIIB), Netherlands

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The course is designed to:

• Improve participants knowledge of various threats in hostile field environments and to learn how to deal with them in an effective manner;
• Rehearse and practice safety and security procedures according to specific threats;
• Develop individual skills to deal with different stressful situations;
• Develop group dynamics to deal with multiple stressful situations.

Target group and minimum requisites: personnel already working or contracted/seconded to work in an international field operation. Participants are strongly advised to have a valid driving licence which must be brought to the training in order to drive 4x4 vehicles for training purposes.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Crisis Management Centre (CMC), Finland.

Other partner implementing bodies: Centre for European Perspective (CEP), Slovenia; Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden.

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The 8-day intensive course is designed to:

• Deepen and refresh the participants’ knowledge of International Human Rights Law and of other bodies of International Law aimed at the protection of individuals and groups (International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Justice, Refugee Law, international standards pertaining to the protection of IDPs, etc.);
• Familiarize participants with the institutional aspects related to the establishment and the functioning of Human Rights Field Operations, with particular reference to those organized by the UN and by the EU;
• Transfer the skills needed to perform the main tasks usually assigned to Human Rights Field Officers (Monitoring, Fact Finding, Reporting, Capacity Building, etc.).

Prospective participants must already have basic knowledge of international human rights law and preferably of international humanitarian law and refugee law.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Italy

Other partner implementing bodies: International Institut of Humanitarian Law (IIHL), Italy;

With support from United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN OHCHR).

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Italy.

Other partner implementing bodies: Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, Belgium; Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany.

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• Introduction to the concept of "Rule of Law"
• International cooperation in the field of crisis management (including CIMIC)
• The role of the judiciary and transformation of dysfunctional judicial systems
• Core ethic principles
• Risk assessment in an international context
• Monitoring, mentoring and advising components
• The role of the police in RoL enforcement

Prospective participants already completed a core course in civilian crisis management. The Rule of Law course is designed to build on the already existing theoretical background acquired in core courses.

Target group

Civilian experts with professional experience required for deployments to international civilian crisis management type missions in third countries, with a particular focus on experts selected or pre-selected for deployment for a first or second time, or field mission personnel.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Royal Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), France

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden

Other partner implementing bodies:Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, Belgium; Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF),Germany

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations, Belgium

Other implementing bodies: : Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden

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The course is made up of the following four modules:

• Introductions
• Niger/Sahel State of play today
• Strategic Challenges of civilian crisis management in the region
• Operational Challenges of civilian crisis management in the region

By focusing on the challenges of the mission build up, the course aims to equip the course participants with the essential tools, knowledge and information necessary to complete the mission build up and enable them to operate smoothly in the area of assignment.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Royal Institute for International Relations (Egmont Institute), Belgium

Other partner implementing bodies: Center for International peace Operations (ZIF), Germany

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The 8-day intensive course is designed to:

• deepen and update the participants’ knowledge of International Human Rights Law and of other bodies of International Law aimed at the protection of individuals and groups (International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Justice, Refugee Law, international standards pertaining to the protection of IDPs, etc.);
• familiarize participants with the institutional aspects related to the establishment and the functioning of Human Rights Field Operations, with particular reference to those organized within the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy;
• transfer the skills needed to perform the main tasks usually assigned to Human Rights Field Officers (Monitoring, Fact Finding, Reporting, Capacity Building, etc.).

Prospective participants must already have a basic knowledge of international human rights law and preferably of international humanitarian law and refugee law.

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Italy

Other partner implementing bodies: International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL), Italy;

With support from United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR);

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Implementing Partners

Implementing body: Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany

Other partner implementing bodies: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, Romania

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Austria

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael (NIIB), Netherlands

Other partner implementing bodies: : Crisis Management Center (CMC), Finland; Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), France; International Alert (Alert), UK

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP),Italy

Lead implementing body: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA),Sweden

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Learning objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• 1Explain the relevance of concepts such as peace, conflict and violence to civilian crisis management
• 2Conduct a conflict analysis
• 3Describe the key principles underpinning the conflict sensitive approach
• 4Explain the relationship between conflict analysis and conflict sensitivity
• 5Devise conflict sensitive approaches to issues faced in civilian crisis management
• 6Identify the benefits and limitations of the conflict sensitive approach

Course outline

The course will cover the following core topics:

• Conflict sensitivity in civilian crisis management
• Key concepts: peace, conflict, violence
• Evolving nature of civilian crisis management
• Conflict analysis tools and methodologies
• Conflict sensitivity principles and practice
• Skills and competencies for conflict sensitivity

Course content will be customised to fit the learning needs of participants, as identified through a training needs assessment questionnaire.

The course consists of four elements:

• The first day looks at the context and environment. Topics such as the role of civilian crisis management in Afghanistan and cultural awareness will be discussed.
• The second day will introduce the background to the conflict and then look at the various missions and mandates of international organisations in Afghanistan. Work particularly in the justice and police sectors will be discussed.
• During the third day course participants will discuss and practice soft skills needed in many civilian crisis management mission, namely mentoring, advising and training.
• The last day of the course ends at lunch time and looks at the most common physical and psychological health issues present in Afghanistan.

By focusing on mission-specific and function-specific issues the course aims to equip the course participants with the essential knowledge and information necessary to be active mission and team members and to operate smoothly in their respective area of assignm

Training starts on Tuesday, 27 March and finishes on Friday, 30 March at 13:00. The course is held in Kuopio, Finland, some 400km north of Helsinki (www.cmcfinland.fi).

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Crisis Management Centre (CMC) Finland

Other partner implementing bodies: Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP),Italy

Lead implementing body: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Centre for European Perspective (CEP), Slovenia

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael (NIIB), Netherlands

Other partner implementing bodies: Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Austria; Royal Institute for International Relations (Egmont Institute), Belgium

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden

Other partner implementing bodies: : International Training and Civilian Crisis Management Centre (IT&CCM), Hungary; : Crisis Management Center (CMC), Finland; : Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany

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Participants will become acquainted with:

• child rights assessment and monitoring
• strategies for prevention of child rights violations and strategies to reduce the impact of armed conflict on children (child recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration), emphasizing the relevance of child rights-based and child-participatory approaches as well as the direct involvement of children in rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts
• methods, instruments and actors for the implementation of strategies for child protection, monitoring and rehabilitation

Target Group:

People with relevant professional background in working with children who want to become experts for child protection, monitoring and rehabilitation in crisis areas (e.g. child protection officers). People who come from diverse professional backgrounds but plan to intensively include the children's rights topic in future activities in their respective areas of competence.

Knowledge on peace and conflict related topics, organisational and management skills, monitoring techniques, situation assessment and analytical skills, documentation as well as communication and networking skills are required. Particiapnts should also have a basic understanding of international human rights and humanitarian law.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Austria

Other partner implementing bodies: Royal Institute for International Relations (Egmont Institute), Belgium

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden

Other partner implementing bodies: : Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), France

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden

Other partner implementing bodies: Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), Denmark; Crisis Management Centre (CMC), Finland

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael (NIIB), Netherlands

Other partner implementing bodies: International Alert (Alert), UK

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body:Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), France

Other partner implementing bodies: Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA-RO), Romania

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Learning objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• 1Explain the relevance of concepts such as peace, conflict and violence to civilian crisis management
• 2Conduct a conflict analysis
• 3Describe the key principles underpinning the conflict sensitive approach
• 4Explain the relationship between conflict analysis and conflict sensitivity
• 5Devise conflict sensitive approaches to issues faced in civilian crisis management
• 6Identify the benefits and limitations of the conflict sensitive approach

Course outline

The course will cover the following core topics:

• Conflict sensitivity in civilian crisis management
• Key concepts: peace, conflict, violence
• Evolving nature of civilian crisis management
• Conflict analysis tools and methodologies
• Conflict sensitivity principles and practice
• Skills and competencies for conflict sensitivity

Course content will be customised to fit the learning needs of participants, as identified through a training needs assessment questionnaire.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), Denmark

Other partner implementing bodies: Crisis Management Centre (CMC),Finland; Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden

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Thus the overall objective of the Specialisation Course on “Press and Public Information” is to provide participants with specialised information as well as practical tools and skills for:

• Fulfilling their tasks in the field of press and public information. The aim is the implementation of successful communication strategies with local as well as international media in order to guarantee clear information dissemination concerning the EU involvement, measures and actions taken, so that transparency is guaranteed.
• Becoming confident in their respective job as e.g. spokesperson, press officer etc. in dealing with the very practical challenges they will face when fulfilling their tasks, i.e. how to handle difficult interview partners and interviews, how to set up a press conference, how to write press releases or official statements etc.
• Reaching and influencing populations in conflict-prone conditions and for playing a crucial role in the promotion of dialogue in divided societies.

As a precondition for participation it is expected that participants have professional working experience in relevant fields in their home countries and/or missions (journalists, PR specialists, editors, managers of press and radio-television enterprises, employers of broadcasting co-operations etc.).

Implementing Partners

Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Austria

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The 9-day intensive course is designed to:

• deepen and update the participants’ knowledge of International Human Rights Law and of other bodies of International Law aimed at the protection of individuals and groups (International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Justice, Refugee Law,
• international standards pertaining to the protection of IDPs, etc.); familiarize participants with the institutional aspects related to the establishment and the functioning of Human Rights Field Operations, with particular reference to those organized within the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy;
• transfer the skills needed to perform the main tasks usually assigned to Human Rights Field Officers (Monitoring, Fact Finding, Reporting, Capacity Building, etc.).

Prospective participants must already have a basic knowledge of international human rights law and preferably of international humanitarian law and refugee law.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Italy

Other partner implementing bodies:International Institut of Humanitarian Law (IIHL), Italy;

With support from United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR);

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This will be achieved specifically by building a common understanding among future mission members of:

• The EU Crisis Management System.
• Kosovo’s history and distinctive political and cultural features.
• The EULEX Mission in Kosovo, its structure, components and methods of work.
• International presence in Kosovo: background, key actors and coordination systems.
• Practical field related issues.

By focusing on mission-specific and function-specific issues the course aims to equip the trainees with the essential knowledge and information necessary to be active mission and team members and to operate smoothly in the respective area of assignment.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Crisis Management Centre (CMC), Finland

Other partner implementing bodies: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden; Center for International peace Operations (ZIF), Berlin; Royal Institute for International Relations (Egmont Institute), Belgium; Ministry of Exterior (MFA-RO), Romania

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany

Other partner implementing bodies: Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), Denmark

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This will be achieved specifically by building a common understanding among future mission members of:

• Kosovo’s history and distinctive political and cultural features.
• International presence in Kosovo: background, key actors and coordination systems.
• Practical field related issues.

By focusing on the tasks oft he missions in the region the course aims to equip the trainees with the essential knowledge and information necessary to be active mission and team members and to operate smoothly in the respective area of assignment.

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body:Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP), Italy

Other partner implementing bodies: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden

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This will be achieved specifically by building a common understanding among the future mission members of:

• The EU Crisis Management System and EU actions in the region
• EU missions in the area, their structure, components and methods of work
• Other international actors in the region and their mandate, coordination mechanisms
• Palestinian/Afghan history and distinctive political and cultural features
• Practical field related issues and skills

By focusing on the tasks oft he missions in the region the course aims to equip the trainees with the essential knowledge and information necessary to be active mission and team members and to operate smoothly in the respective area of assignment.

Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Crisis Management Centre (CMC), Finland

Other partner implementing bodies: Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), Sweden; Center for International peace Operations (ZIF), Berlin; Royal Institute for International Relations (Egmont Institute), Belgium; Ministry of Exterior (MFA-RO), Romania

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Implementing Partners

Lead implementing body: Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Germany

Other partner implementing bodies: Barcelona Peace Center (BPC), Spain

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