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. 

 

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS OPEN: Law, Policy and Science in Environmental Peacebuilding Training: 12-16 October 2026

The Geneva Water Hub (GWH) and the Peace Operations Training Centre (POTC) would like to invite you to Ljubljana, Slovenia, from October 12 to 16, 2026, for a transformative training activity on "Law, Policy and Science in Environmental Peacebuilding". Kliknite tukaj...

Seminar: Prebojne vojaške tehnologije – Humanoidni roboti v oboroženih silah

Seminar o prebojnih vojaških tehnologijah in praksah - Humanoidni roboti v oboroženih silah. Click here to read this article in English. Letošnji seminar je posvečen uporabi humanoidnih (človeku podobnih) robotov v oboroženih silah, vpogledu v stanje razvoja tovrstnih...

Tretje varnostno usposabljanje za diplomatsko osebje

Peace Operations Training Centre (POTC) v sodelovanju z Oddelkom za varnostno načrtovanje v Službi za varnost, nepremičnine in logistiko Ministrstva za zunanje in evropske zadeve tudi letos organizira Varnostno usposabljanje za diplomatsko osebje. Usposabljanje bo...

HEAT 2026 Successfully Completed in Gotenica

Kliknite tukaj za branje članka v slovenskem jeziku. From 8 to 13 March 2026, the Peace Operations Training Centre (POTC) and the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) successfully co-organised the Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) at the Gotenica...

Gender Mainstreaming Training Delivered in Cooperation with ESDC

POTC’s gender mainstreaming 5-day training programme was successfully delivered. The training took place at Jable Castle in Slovenia. A total of 19 participants took part, and 8 lecturers/trainers delivered the training programme. The training was delivered in...

Comprehensive Protection of Civilians Course in Kenya Comes to a Conclusion

The 10-day Comprehensive Protection of Civilians Course (CPOC) held in Nairobi, Kenya, has concluded. Kliknite tukaj za branje članka v slovenskem jeziku. The training was the result of a collaboration between POTC, the International Peace Support Training Centre...

POTC po štirih letih sodelovanja z ukrajinskimi varnostnimi organi prvič na ukrajinskih tleh

Usposabljanje z naslovom »Podnebne spremembe in obvladovanje tveganj nesreč« je bilo namenjeno pripadnikom ukrajinske civilne zaščite in strokovnjakom s področja preventive ter pripravljenosti na naravne nesreče. Click here to read this article in English. Čeprav je v...

Training on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management in Ukraine

At the beginning of February, POTC will travel to Ukraine to deliver two additional training activities on climate change and disaster risk management. Kliknite tukaj za branje članka v slovenskem jeziku. The two training sessions, attended by experts from the State...

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