PEACE AND SECURITY
Armed conflicts, international terrorism, the proliferation of nuclear armaments, organised crime, threats to critical infrastructure, environmental degradation and climate change all contribute to the deterioration of international peace and security. International organisations and unions such as the UN, OSCE, EU and others involved in maintaining international peace, stability and security need to deploy highly motivated, skilled and trained personnel to ensure the successful completion of their missions’ mandates. This, in turn, will contribute to more resilient, sustainable and peaceful societies.
At CEP, we understand peace and security as one of the main prerequisites for development, democracy and the rule of law. Our activities cover law enforcement capacity building and civilian crisis management training courses focused on salient and cross-cutting topics such as gender mainstreaming in international operations and missions; climate change, peace and security; protection of civilians; digital and strategic communication; training of trainers; disruptive technologies; cultural heritage protection etc.
Even though the past peace and security projects at CEP have been mostly focused on building the capacities and skills of international personnel joining international missions and operations, in recent years, our activities also focused on upgrading Slovenia’s contributions of security personnel to maintaining international peace and security.
CEP entered the civilian crisis management field in 2008. Our rich experiences coordinating and providing numerous training courses contributed to the foundation of the Peace Operations Training Centre, established by the Slovenian Government and based at CEP. At the same time, we are hosting the secretariat of the EU Civilian Training Initiative and representing national training interests through the EU Civilian Training Group. Our projects facilitate our endeavours in supporting the EU to improve its role as a peace actor.
POTC is an interdepartmental training centre delivering training activities for military, police and civilian personnel who can be deployed to peacekeeping operations and missions within the UN, EU, NATO, and OSCE.
ONGOING PROJECTS
European Union Civilian Training Group
EUCTG is a managing body of the Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CIVCOM), analysing EU Common Security and Defence Policy civilian training requirements. Within EUCTG, CEP acts as a National Training Expert and the EU Civilian Coordinator for Training.
European Union Training Initiative – EUTI
European Union Training Initiative – EUTI is a EU-funded project, aiming to provide demand-driven, need-based and tailor-made training activities to experts, who are soon-to-be-deployed or are already deployed to international civilian crisis management and peace support operations.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
No new activities are foreseen at the moment. Follow CEP and POTC social media to be in the loop!
LATEST
Military attachés visit Jable Castle: »POTC is linking us together for future activities«
This Wednesday, February 22nd, Jable Castle was visited by military attachés accredited to or working in Slovenia. The visit was organised by the Defence Policy Directorate of the Ministry of Defence.
CEP Joined the EUCTI Planning Meeting in Brussels
As an active European Union Civilian Training Initiative (EUCTI) Consortium partner, the Centre for European Perspective joined the EUCTI Partner and Planning meeting between 13 and 15 March in Brussels. As was the case during the last such meeting in November 2022,...
TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT: Acquaintance with the Sahel Region – the Peace and Security Perspective; 19-20 April at Jable Castle
This Wednesday, February 22nd, Jable Castle was visited by military attachés accredited to or working in Slovenia. The visit was organised by the Defence Policy Directorate of the Ministry of Defence.
PAST PROJECTS
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