INTRODUCTION
This SOLLIMS Sampler spotlights the criticality of Investing in Training for,
and during, Peace and Stability Operations. Along with a selection of thoughtprovoking lessons, this Sampler provides an extensive list of references/
documents/links (see pages 41-42) that can serve as a “toolkit” for trainers,
planners, and practitioners. Among the many resources, you’ll find the following:
“A Practical Guide to Peacekeeping Training Evaluation,” UN Department
of Peacekeeping Operations/Department of Field Support (UN DPKO/DFS),
18 August 2015
“Guidelines: Design, Delivery and Evaluation of Training (Training Cycle),”
UN DPKO/DFS, 1 August 2014
“Global Peacekeeping Training Needs Assessment, Final Report - 20122013,” UN DPKO/DFS, 1 July 2013
“Conflict Trends 2015/2 – 20 Years of Training for Peace (TfP): Building
Peace Operations Capacity in Africa,” ACCORD, 13 July 2015
“Peace and Stability Journal, Volume 5, Issue 4 – 2015 Peace and Stability
Operations Training and Education Workshop,” PKSOI, July 2015
The abovementioned “Global Peacekeeping Training Needs Assessment”
succinctly points out the need for the international community to invest in training:
The nature of UN peacekeeping is continuously evolving as
peacekeeping operations are mandated to perform an ever-growing
range of activities. Given the dynamic nature of peacekeeping and the
unique challenges that peacekeeping personnel face on an everyday
basis, there is a need to ensure that they are adequately equipped with
the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to perform their duties.
Peacekeeping training is a strategic investment that enables UN
military, police and civilian staff to effectively implement increasingly
multifaceted mandates.
This imperative – investment in training – is not solely for the UN. Nor is this
imperative limited to just “peacekeeping operations.” Multiple recent and ongoing
“stability operations” – Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation Enduring
Freedom (OEF), the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, the African Union
Mission in Somalia, etc. – have borne out the need for military & civilian agencies
to heaviliy invest in training their personnel, both pre-deployment and throughout
deployment. Moreover, these “stability operations” have attested to the requirement for multinational forces, government agencies, inter-governmental organizations, regional organizations, and NGOs to likewise heavily invest in training
host nation (HN) personnel – to build HN capacity for long-term stabilization.
The lesson report that follows provides further insights on this critical topic.
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