Rio de Janeiro (RJ) – On 26 January, relatives of Marshal Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon visited the Exhibition "Rondon, the Marshal of Peace", held at Sérgio Vieira de Mello Cultural Facility.
From 21 to 23 January, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center participated in the meeting for the Command and Joint Staff of the 22 Brazilian Contingent (CONTBRAS), to be deployed in Haiti, at the Ministry of Defense, where there was the preliminary phase of the Unit Commanders and Joint Staff Course (EPCOEM, acronym in Portuguese).
On 21 January, the Commander of CCOPAB, Colonel José Ricardo Vendramin Nunes, received the certificate of recognition for the UN Staff Officers Course (EPMP, acronym in Portuguese), granted by the United Nations on 15 November 2014, from the Chief of Joint Operations of the Armed Forces Joint Staff from the Ministry of Defense, Fleet Admiral, Ademir Sobrinho.
On 12 January, the pedagogical brush-up course (ESTAP, acronym in Portuguese) started at CCOPAB; it aims at updating and providing guidance regarding didatics and teaching methodology for 2015. CCOPAB Commander, Colonel José Ricardo Vendramin Nunes, delivered his lecture about the importance of the pedagogical brush-up course. After that, the course officialy started.
On 12 and 13 December, CPT ISRAEL, translator/interpreter and instructor to CCOPAB, participated as a guest lecturer of the Professional Translators Symposium IV (PROFT, acronym in Portuguese), at Anhanguera University, in the city of São Paulo-SP. CPT Israel, with his lecture entitled "Translation and Interpretation in Peace Missions", helped the audience of about 250 people think over the challenges to overcome when providing translation/interpretation services in extreme conditions.
Luanda (ANGOLA). On 12 December, the Mobile Training Team (MTT), deployed in Luanda, successfully accomplished their objective of providing the Introductory Course on Mine Action in UN Peace Operations for 22 Angolan students (Military personnel, Police and Civilians), within the period of 8 to 12 December.
