Issues identified as crucial to success include:

• Integrating the training across sectors
• Continuing UN sponsorship
• Using UN Training Assistance Teams (UNTAT)
• Training trainers as a means to reach a wider audience
• Generating political support both regionally and in the UN
• Expediting UN reimbursements
• Developing regional peacekeeping mobile expert training teams
• Creating a global virtual platform for the exchange of information on peacekeeping matters such as training, exercises, and operations

The broad-brush recommendations made from the seminar game are to:

1. Establish and use common training requirements and standards
2. Make key knowledge readily available
3. Add lessons learned, situation background, standards, etc. to the toolbox
4. Share training requirements among functions
5. Facilitate pre-deployment training
6. Share assessment and operations checklists
7. Utilize all training tools: Case studies, exercise and game scenarios, and databases
8. Consider the use of language translation software and training
9. Build interoperability between equipment, procedures and training
10. Build individual capability & develop leadership skills

Keys to improving cooperation and coordination were identified:

1. Adopt common standards, procedures and measures of effectiveness
2. Shorten response timelines
3. Pre-identify organizations, just-in-time training and equipment standards
4. Increase cross-functional and multinational training
5. Build regional political consensus
6. Enhance logistics cooperation
7. Better utilize existing regional capabilities
8. Increase/initiate multi-platoon training, national training centers, etc.
9. Develop common planning procedures and capability
10. Improve the use of the internet: shared information, distant learning, collaboration

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