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
Centre for European Perspective is Hosting the Third EUPCST Steering Committee Meeting
Centre for European Perspective will host the next European Union Police and Civilian Services Training (EUPCST) Steering Committee Meeting, scheduled to take place between 14 and 16 December 2021 in hybrid form. CEP is an active member of the consortium of 23...
It’s a wrap! Training for Trainers course for Civilian Crisis Management Experts successfully concluded!
Training of Trainers course for Civilian Crisis Management Experts, held from 29. 11. to 2. 12. 2021, has successfully concluded. Due to the pandemics, we welcomed the participants in a shortened online format but nonetheless we were glad that we were able to get to...
Second edition of Digital Communications in Civilian Crisis Management training to take place
After the successful conclusion of the training’s first edition, the Centre for European Perspective will implement the second edition of the training on Digital Communications in Civilian Crisis Management as a part of the European Union Civilian Training Initiative...
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