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The Government of Indonesia, US Pacific Command, the Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance and the United Nations Department of Peace Keeping Operations jointly sponsored a five-day seminar-game 8 - 12 April 2002 at the Hotel Borobudur in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The purpose of the seminar-game was to further develop multilateral, multifunctional, operational-level peace operations skills, and through tactical-level vignettes, gain insights into capacity-building and training requirements in the Asia Pacific Region.

The seminar-game is part of the Asia Pacific Peace Operations Capacity Building Program[1], an ongoing joint effort between host countries in the Asia Pacific Region, the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping and US Pacific Command designed to enhance the region's capability and capacity to participate in UN mandated peace operations. The program is administered by the Center of Excellence.

For the Jakarta event, 65 delegates participated from 17 countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, United States, and Vanuatu, with additional representation from the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Indonesia Red Cross. With a focus on countries in the Southeast Asia region, representation was encouraged from the humanitarian, civilian, civilian police and military communities, all critical sectors to the execution of a successful, integrated peace operation.

The goals of the seminar-game were to:

1. Understand and explore the operational-level issues associated with entering, conducting and exiting a modern peace operation;
2. Examine capacity-building and training required, optimizing participation in peace operations and;
3. Enhance national and regional interagency coordination and cooperation.

Participants addressed a fictional, but realistically complicated UN-mandated peace operation scenario. The tabletop game was divided into three "moves." For the first two moves, working groups briefed the Special Representative to the Secretary General and senior mission leadership, role played by seasoned professionals with real-world experience, on their concepts of operation and plans of action. The final move examined the training needed to properly conduct the mission, with special focus on specific training needs for Southeast Asia Nations who would participate in UN missions.[2]

[1] For information about other events in the program, past and future, click to the "PKO" page of the Asia Pacific Area Network at http://www.apan-info.net or visit the COE website at http://coe-dmha.org.

[2] A CD-ROM containing the game moves, reference material, syndicate presentations, images taken during the seminar-game, and a roster of attendees was provided to all participants prior to their departure. A copy may be obtained by writing to the Center of Excellence in DMHA, 1 Jarrett White Road (MCPA-DM), Tripler AMC, HI 96859-5000.

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