The Peace and Stability Operations Training and Education Workshop (PSOTEW) brings together trainers,
practitioners, planners, and educators from U.S. and
international governmental and military organizations,
non-governmental organizations, peace and stability
training centers, and academic institutions. The PSOTEW
provides an opportunity for a community-wide review of
training and education efforts in the milieu of stability and
peace operations. The goal of the PSOTEW is to identify
those training and education programs requiring adaptation or development to meet the challenges of an ever
changing and complex future operational environment.
The goals of this workshop are:
• To provide a forum that addresses the equities of the
community of practice and its activities;
• To foster collaboration between the joint professional
military education and academic communities;
• To link community initiatives toward development of
integrated Unity of Effort programs; and
• To share current challenges and best practices toward
improving civilian and military teaming efforts in Peace
and Stability Operations, and provide recommendations
for initiatives over the next year.
Background:
During the last eight years, the (PSOTEW) has provided a forum in which educators and trainers can dialogue
on essential content, methods and practices in the areas
of conflict response/prevention and peacebuilding programs. The PSOTEW has afforded educators, trainers
and practitioners with a platform to collaborate on the
development and presentation of integrated, cross-organizational curricula and programs that advance leader development, education, and training across the community of
interest. Building upon the previous year's discussions on
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