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Welcome
The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, U.S. Pacific Command, and the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) jointly sponsored this multinational seminar focusing on requirements-based training for peace support operations. The Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance executed the seminar. For more information, click here to view the Press Release for this event.
Purpose
The main purposes of this seminar are as follows:
- To gain knowledge, share information and exchange experiences on multilateral, multifunctional, strategic/operational issues that will impact on future UN peace support operations
- To gain specific insight into how to optimize military training and education efforts preparing for the evolving, demanding environment in which future peace support operations will be conducted
- To build peace operations capacity in the Asia-Pacific Region
Focus
Within the context of a complex, multi-national and multi-dimensional peace support operation, this seminar will focus on examining key issues in the process of attempting to optimize preparation of military forces to fully meet the demands of future UN sanctioned missions.
These issues will be examined from the perspective of the training and education framework which currently exists for UN peacekeeping missions.
Particular emphasis will be placed on examining the processes involved identifying operational requirements or tasks for which training/education is needed, allocating responsibility for that training/education, establishing the standards of performance expected and confirming if those standards are met.
Specific Objectives:
- To create a positive learning environment for participants in order to enable an effective exchange of information and an open opportunity to share experiences in preparing for UN peace support operations
- To examine the processes involved in identifying/specifying operational requirements/tasks for national military forces in future UN PSOs
- To look at the utility of a systemic PSO lessons learned program
- To explore a requirements-based training system model and discuss its utility optimizing preparation of national forces for future UN PSO
- To investigate training/education structures with a view to consistently deploying national military forces fully capable of participating effectively in future UN PSOs
- To examine the issues associated with establishing PSO education/training standards & associated conditions: What is needed? Who should be responsible?
- To explore the issues associated with confirming those PSO task standards are met: What is needed? Who should be responsible?
- To enhance interactions and understanding on these issues among nations and to examine potential regional, UN, and PACOM roles
- To address linkages of these issues with civilian PSO partners
- To investigate all issues from strategic/operational/tactical perspectives
Seminar Concept:
The seminar is a 4 1/2-day, unclassified event. It consists of two main parts: a series of scene-setting presentations followed by small group discussions on four key issues related to optimizing training/education system needs to ensure units are adequately prepared for the demands of tomorrow's PSOs.
Each issue is addressed by conducting an introductory plenary brief on the topic to be addressed, facilitated small group discussions and finally a concluding plenary where groups brief the conclusions of their discussions.
Discussion groups will be formed in a manner intended to provide balanced experience levels in all groups and as wide a variety of national perspectives as possible.
Concluding plenary briefs will be given to and commented on by the Subject Matter Experts and facilitators present.
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