On Monday, the 7th of November, 25 trainees will join us at Jable Castle for the two-day International Humanitarian Law & Military Practice Developments Training for Military Personnel.
The two-day training will cover topics such as international humanitarian law, future disruptive technologies in the military field, neurocognitive science in military and intelligence operations, practical application of IHL, Slovenia’s defence capabilities connected to space and how digital technologies shape wars and geopolitical dynamics.
The training will also include a visit to the Noordung Center in Vitanje where we’ll take a closer look at Slovenia’s defence capabilities connected to space.
Several established lecturers will join us live or via teleconference, including:
prof. dr. Vasilka Sancin, University of Ljubljana;
dr. Simona Soare, European Union Institute for Security Studies;
dr. James Giordano, Institute for Biodefense Research;
Lt. Col. Maximilian Katz, NATO School Oberammergau;
Breda Bunič, Ministry of Defence;
and dr. Julian Ringhof, European Council on Foreign Relations.
The aim of the training is to go over current and future challenges of everyone working in the field of human rights and to take a closer look at military practice developments that are influencing events of today and tomorrow.
This past Friday (October 21st) the Peace Operations Training Centre (POTC), in collaboration with the Slovenian Ministry of Defence, successfully organised a refresher course for civil experts on the topic of Stabilisation and Reconstruction at Grad Jable.
The goal of the course was to review and upgrade the knowledge of civilian experts on civil-military cooperation happening on Slovenian missions abroad.
All in all 35 civilian experts attended the Stabilisation and Reconstruction refresher course. Diverse lecturers, who have returned from international missions, shared their insights from the ground, including:
presenting the changes in the international arena such as the fallout of the Afghanistan retreat;
the current work of Slovenians on international missions and operations like the cooperation in the Western Balkans;
past work done for KFOR;
many more topics and future post openings.
Afterwards, the civilian experts were engaged in a lively debate with the presenting experts, mainly wanting to know more about new developments from international missions and highlighting the importance of civilian experts on missions. The knowledge and experience shared during the course will hopefully contribute to future mission success.
Peace Operations Training Centre (POTC) would like to thank the Slovenian Ministry of Defence for their input and collaboration on this course.
Peace Operations Training Centre (POTC), in collaboration with the Slovenian Ministry of Defence, will organize a refresher course for civil experts on the topic of Stabilisation and Reconstruction at Grad Jable on Friday, October 21st.
The goal of the course is to review and upgrade the knowledge of civilian experts on civil-military cooperation.
The whole-day course will cover diverse topics, including but not limited to:
familiarisation with the changed international situation;
the current work of Slovenian personnel on international missions and operations (MOM);
Slovenia’s vision in regard to participation in international missions and operations (MOM)
the basic working principles of international missions and operations (MOM) such as cooperation with representatives of different cultures, technical knowledge, personal safety, etc.
In the course, 6 civilian experts will share their knowledge from recent mission experience, followed by a debate and a Q&A section.
The POTC team brought the second set of 4-day workshops for 19 local representatives from 6 municipalities around Prijedor to an end. As the end of the second module was also the end of the Workshop on EU Project Proposal Writing, the participants were awarded Certificates of participation. Local participants are now equipped and familiarised with the following topics:
