Protection of Civilians and Gender in Multinational Operations

Course underlines the fact that successful missions should address the needs of the whole local population in the area of operation and how it is essential that female soldiers, police officers and civilian staff are involved in planning, conduct and evaluation of operations.

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The aim of the course is to raise awareness that civilians are increasingly becoming the victims of armed conflict, and that UN SC has mandated a number of PKOs with the protection of civilians from physical violence, but also to increase  gender awareness and provide implementation of gender perspective in peace operations, including the planning process and overall conduct of mission tasks and activities.

Course underlines the fact that successful missions should address the needs of the whole local population in the area of operation and how it is essential that female soldiers, police officers and civilian staff are involved in planning, conduct and evaluation of operations.  

Сontents

The Course is composed of three modules:

  • Basic PKO training (based on UN CPTMs)
  • Protection of civilians in UN PKOs (based on UN STM on POC)
  • Gender in UN PKOs

The Course programme focuses on: understanding how contemporary peacekeeping operations function and what are contemporary Mission challenges and priorities; basics of the UN concept on Protection of Civilians; familiarization with different roles, responsibilities, activities and tasks associated with the implementation of  POC mandates and gender perspective; lessons learned and practical experience from UN missions.

Student Criteria

  • Key personnel to be deployed in peace operations.
  • Language proficiency: English, described in STANAG 6001 (Listening Fair–2, Speaking Fair–2, Reading Fair–2, Writing Fair–2). No additional training or translation will be provided.

Course Language

Serbian (Course materials in English)

Number of Participants

Up to 30

Foreign participants

No

Course Fee

There is no course fee. The Serbian MoD covers the expenses of accommodation, meals and tuition. 

Necessary documents and other:

  • Application
  • CV 

Duration

5 days

Contact

PKOC Training Department

Phone: +381 11 (0) 2063-274; +381 (0) 11 2063-204
Fax: +381 (0) 11 3005-090
Email: pkoc@vs.rs