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to the level of future seminars, workshops and games, 80% of respondents
felt highest priority should be given to the integrated operational
level. Assigned to second priority was the integrated strategic
level, and third and last priority was tied between the strategic
political and integrated tactical levels.
Fifty-percent
of respondents consider peace operations to be essential as an
engagement tool for countries in the Asia Pacific Region, while
40% felt it is extremely valuable. The remaining 10% felt it was
either minimally useful, not useful or they did not respond to
the question.
Forty-eight
percent of responders felt that United Nations sponsorship in
the Asia Pacific Region to be essential while another 48 % considered
it extremely valuable.
Many
survey responders commented that the APAN website - http://www.apan-info.net
- has tremendous potential to support peace operations centers
and training. When asked to provide suggestions for improvement,
the following comments were noted:
- Simplify the sign-in process
- Improve access to the website by adjusting the speed
of downloads. Make them text only, for example.
- Increase the download speed of Power Point slides
- Build a peace operations center network
- Provide automatic email upgrades on new information
- Introduce a quick search feature
- Add a ÒResponse to QuestionsÓ section