ENTRi – Europe’s New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management

“Capacity building activities.”

ENTRi was a unique capacity building programme that was initiated in early 2011. The project finished with its third cycle, which lasted until summer 2019. The main focus lied on the preparation and training of civilians that are either going to, or already working in, crisis management missions worldwide. Such missions include those of the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the African Union (AU), as well as other international crisis management missions.

ENTRi consisted of 12 partners, led by German Center for Peace Operations (ZIF) from Berlin. Consortium currently offered diverse range of specialisation and Training of Trainers courses, e-learnings and the ENTRi In Control booklet.  In the third phase it developed additional training packages on human rights, gender issues, security sector reform, hostile environment awareness training (HEAT) and more.

CEP has been a proud member of ENTRi project since 2011 and has in its framework organised the following types of capacity building activities:
– pre-deployment trainings for Kosovo
– mission management courses
– hostile environment and awareness training (HEAT) courses
– training-of-trainers (ToT).

In the ENTRi framework, CEP was leading two working groups on Evaluation and Training of Trainers. it is the co-author of the following products:

eLearning module on intercultural competence in civilian crisis management. Find out more about the eLearning module opportunities on the ENTRi website.

Training Packages: The Evaluation  Toolkit is now online and the ToT package was uploaded both in English and in its Portuguese version. Find out more about the offered training packages on the ENTRi website.

During the ENTRi several products have been developed:

eLearning module on stress management in civilian crisis management. Find out more about the eLearning module opportunities on the ENTRi website.

Handbook: The 4th version of the Handbook is available in English, Portuguese, French and Arabic. Portuguese.

• ENTRi In Control booklet (English)
• ENTRi In Contol (Portuguese)
• ENTRi In Control (French)
• ENTRi In Contol_(Arabic)

Quiz: A refurbished, more challenging version of the Quiz on the 4th version of ENTRi is now online. Discover the quiz modules on the ENTRi website.

Deployment Checklist: It is now possible to send the checklist via mail to themselves after having filled it in (also partially). Find out more about the Deployment Checklist.

Project results:

–        8 specialization courses implemented

–        6 Training of Trainers courses implemented

–        24 certified courses

–        7 renewed certified courses

–        All together 4.490 individuals received ENTRi certified training

–        3 new courses and approved

Project partners:

Center for Initernational Peace Operations, ZIF, Germany – coordinator

Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, ASPR, Austria

Centre for European Perspective, CEP, Slovenia

CMC Finland

Diplomatic Institute, Bulgaria

Ecole Nationale d’Administration, ENA, France

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, FDFA, Switzerland

Folke Bernadotte Academy, FBA, Sweden

Netherlands Institute for International Relations, Clingendael, the Netherlands

Royal Institute for International Relations, Egmont, Belgium

School of Advanced Studies Pisa, Italy

Stabilisation Unit, United Kingdom

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