CEP & SECURITY 

Centre for European Perspective understands peace and security as one of the main prerequisites for development, democracy and rule of law.

Our work covers law enforcement capacity building (assistance to the Western Balkan and other countries in strengthening rule of law, security and law enforcement institutions; financial investigations; fight against organized crime, corruption) & civilian crisis management under the auspices of the Peace & Security Programme.

The Peace & Security Programme

For more about each project click on the project title.

EUCTI – European Union’s Civilian Training Initiative 

EUCTI aims to improve the life of people living in the conflict-affected societies by enhancing the quality of training provided to individuals joining the crisis management missions – either civilian crisis management missions or missions consisting of civilian, police and military elements (integrated missions).

EUCTG – EU Civilian Training Group 

EU Civilian Training Group (EUCTG) was established as a configuration of Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (CIVCOM) for the systematic process of managing CSDP training requirements for CSDP civilian training. The CIVCOM is composed of representatives of EU member states, while the EUCTG needs support from the National Training Experts (NTE) and the EU Civilian Coordination for Training (CCT).

CEP has volunteered as EU Civilian Coordinator for Training (CCT) for two topics, namely:

  • Communication, behavioural and cultural skills
  • Mentoring, monitoring and advising (MMA) – as support to the Italian Carabinieri

EUPCST – European Union Police and Civilian Services Training

EUPCST is a three-year project (2019 – 2022) which aims at enabling staff in civilian crisis management and stabilization actions to work in a more efficient, effective, and sustainable manner in order to achieve their mandates.

POTC – Peace Operations Training Centre

 

POTC – Peace Operations Training Centre will be implementing certified trainings and education for military, police officers, civilian personnel of the ministries and other civilian experts that can be deployed to peacekeeping operations and missions within the UN, EU, NATO and OSCE. 

 

Comprehensive Protection of Civilians Course – 2-13 February, 2026

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: COMPREHENSIVE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS COURSE (CPoC), NAIROBI, KENYA – POTC APPLICATION LINK Kliknite tukaj za branje članka v slovenskem jeziku. The Comprehensive Protection of Civilians Course (CPOC) will be conducted in cooperation between the...

First set of workshops in Montenegro successfully concluded

Our programme in Montenegro has come to a close after intensive workshops with police units and prosecutors across the country. Sessions were held in Bijelo Polje, followed by workshops in Podgorica for the central and southern regions. Yesterday, we also held a...

A Comprehensive Approach to Gender in Operations – 23-27 February 2026, Slovenia

OPEN CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – DEADLINE EXTENDED TO: 16 January 2025 Kliknite tukaj za branje članka v slovenskem jeziku. POTC's Gender in Operations 5-day training programme will be delivered in cooperation between the Peace Operations Training Center and the European...

Upcoming workshops in Montenegro: Strengthening capacities for financial investigations

Next week, the Centre for European Perspective (CEP) is launching the first set of workshops in Montenegro as part of the project “Strengthening the capacities for financial investigations in Montenegro.” The workshops will take place on 26 November in Bijelo Polje...

Webinar on EU Funding Opportunities for Ukraininan Disaster Risk Managament and Planning Personnel

Peace Operations Training Centre (POTC) is organising a Webinar on EU Funding Opportunities for Ukraine – Focus on »Horizon Europe« for experts in disaster management, and prevention and preparedness planning who could potentially manage EU-funded projects and/or be...

HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT AWARENESS TRAINING 2026 – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

The Peace Operations Training Centre (POTC) in Slovenia and the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) are co-organising the “Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)” training activity. The training will take place at the Gotenica Police Training Centre in...

Slovenia-Somalia Cooperation Strengthened Through Climate Security ToT Training

As the curtain closes on the Climate Security with a Training of Trainers (ToT) Module Training, organised by POTC in partnership with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Addis Ababa, we reflect on Slovenia-Somalia Cooperation through a week of transformative...

Uspešno zaključen seminar o vplivu nastajajočih tehnologij na strateške odločitve in operativne zmogljivosti

6. novembra 2025 smo organizirali seminar »Prebojne vojaške tehnologije in prakse«, posvečen vplivu nastajajočih in prebojnih tehnologij na strateške odločitve ter operativne zmogljivosti v kontekstu mednarodnega miru in varnosti. Click here to read this article in...

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