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Mentoring in Civilian Crisis Management
More info hereMentoring is an approach increasingly applied by peace operations to facilitate the transfer of expertise to counterparts in civilian crisis management. The terms of reference for experts, especially in the areas of rule of law, justice system reform, and police, often include mentoring components. -
Women, Peace & Security
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In modern armed conflicts, often civilians- especially women and children – are affected most by the violence. Caught in the midst of conflict, or even as actual targets of attacks, they are vulnerable victims that suffer serious harm, which also has gruesome long-term effects. -
Short-Term Election Observation
More info hereThe Short-Term Election Observation (STO) course serves as an introduction for future election observers. Participants receive an overview of the main international actors – OSCE, EU and UN – and their respective involvement in the field of democratization and election-related activities. Furthermore, international election standards and an overview of the main electoral systems are provided. -
New Media: Tools & Techniques for Civilian Crisis Management
More info hereThis course introduces participants to a variety of new media tools and platforms used in the collection, presentation, verification, and dissemination of information. Participants have the chance to practice using these tools through interactive activities and group work, while learning about cyber-security to protect information and sources. -
Core Course Peace Operations
More info hereThe Core Course Peace Operations offers a general introduction and preparation for the employment in a peace operation of the UN, OSCE or the EU. Since most of the participants usually do not know if, when, and where they will be deployed, the course curriculum has a broad scope in order to cover the diverse realities of the missions. The curriculum is in line with EU training standards and is certified as a combined Core Course Peace Operations and HEAT course according to the C3MC standards. -
Mediation & Negotiation in the Field
Peace support operations increasingly expect their experts to have knowledge of mediation and negotiation strategies. Mission members are often confronted with all kinds of conflict regardless of their area of expertise or whether they work at the headquarters or the field offices. Developing joint solution strategies, facilitating meetings between conflict parties, and analyzing conflict situations are some of the core responsibilities of a peace support operation. Thus, experts are required t -
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) - Coordinated Assessment and Information Management Training
More info hereThe course focuses on the implementation of OCHA policies to prepare partners for the rapid deployment of humanitarian experts for temporary support to Country Offices confronted with sudden emergencies and sharp increases in workload. OCHA Surge Capacity Section (SCS) will carry out the event in cooperation with the Field Coordination Support Section (FCSS) and ZIF. The course will be held in English. -
Long-Term Election Observation
More info hereZIF Election Observation Courses comply with the equivalent standards of the international sending organizations (EU and OSCE). This course can be considered as the natural follow-on course to the Short-Term Observation (STO) training course. While STO assignments are usually very short, the responsibility and scope of long-term observers (LTO) is far more complex and demands a much greater understanding of the various steps and processes in the organization and running of elections. Due to the -
Mentoring in Civilian Crisis Management (ENTRi-Course)
More info hereMentoring is an approach increasingly applied by peace support operations to facilitate the transfer of expertise to counterparts in civilian crisis management. The terms of reference for experts particularly in the areas of rule of law, justice system reform, and police often include mentoring components. Under the umbrella of the Training-partner platform, the Ministry of Interior and Sports of Saxony-Anhalt in cooperation with the Federal Police Academy of Lübeck, and the German Armed Forces -
Short-Term Election Observation
More info hereMore info hereThe Short-Term Election Observation (STO) course serves as an introduction for future election observers. Participants receive an overview of the main international actors – OSCE, EU and UN – and their respective involvement in the field of democratization and election-related activities. Furthermore, international election standards and an overview of the main electoral systems are provided. -
Mentoring in Civilian Crisis Management
More info hereMentoring is an approach increasingly applied by peace operations to facilitate the transfer of expertise to counterparts in civilian crisis management. The terms of reference for experts, especially in the areas of rule of law, justice system reform, and police, often include mentoring components. Under the umbrella of the German Training Partner Platform, the Ministry of Interior and Sports of Saxony-Anhalt in cooperation with the Federal Police Academy Lübeck, and the German Armed Forces’ UN -
Training Module “United Nations Peacekeeping Operations” (LGAN)
More info hereThis two-week training course is run by the Command and Staff College of the German Armed Forces with the first and foremost objective of preparing staff officers at planning level for assignments in key functions in peace operations with the United Nations. In order to reflect the integrated nature of UN peace support operations, a limited number of places are made available to members of the ZIF Expert Roster, police officers and other civilian representatives from the field. -
Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT)
More info hereThe nature of civilian crisis interventions often requires staff to operate in unstable and insecure environments. Even though an armed conflict may have not yet occurred or hostilities have ceased, there may be periods of unrest caused by uncontrolled elements making use of the current unstable situation in the host country or the settlement of the conflict. In many countries, risks for the personal safety of mission members may also include organised crime, theft, assault and hostage taking. T -
Core Course Peace Operations
More info hereThe Core Course Peace Operations offers a general introduction and preparation for the employment in a peace operation of the UN, OSCE or the EU. Since most of the participants usually do not know if, when, and where they will be deployed, the course curriculum has a broad scope in order to cover the diverse realities of the missions. The curriculum is in line with EU training standards and is certified as a combined Core Course Peace Operations and HEAT course according to the C3MC standards
