Second day of the 2013/2 CIMIC course
On the second day of the course, the students had the following instructions: OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) and UNCMCoord (United Nations Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination), delivered by Lieutenant Colonel Albino; UN CIMIC (United Nations Civil-Military Cooperation), delivered by Captain Bione; and at the end of the morning, U9 MINUSTAH (Humanitarian and Civil Affairs Office in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti), also delivered by Lieutenant Colonel Albino.
On September 09, the Course on Civil Military Coordination in PKO started. The students were welcomed by CCOPAB Deputy Commander, LTC SALOMÃO TAVARES DA SILVA, who gave a lecture.
On September 07, the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (CCOPAB) took part in the civic-military parade, carried out on Presidente Vargas Avenue, in the center area of Rio de Janeiro. The parade celebrated the 191st year of Brazil's independence.
From August 26 to September 6, the Chief of the Doctrine Division in CCOPAB Commander (Brazilian Marines) Marcelo da Costa Reis participated as an instructor in the III United Nations Military Experts on Mission (III UNMEM), a course held in the facilities of the Unidad Escuela Misiones de Paz Del Ecuador (UEMPE, acronym in Spanish) in the city of Quito, Ecuador.
On September 05, the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (CCOPAB) participated in the civic military parade through sponsored by the command of the 1st Brazilian Army Division / Vila Militar. Besides military personnel serving at CCOPAB, there were representatives from the Brazilian Association of Former Members of the Suez Battalion and from the Association of Former Members of the Brazilian Detachment (FAIBRAS).
On September 4, Capt (Navy) Yannick Rest visited the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (CCOPAB). Colonel Baganha, CCOPAB Commander, welcomed the attaché and delivered the institutional presentation of the Center. Lieutenant Colonel Mangez, from the French Army, presently working at CCOPAB, chaperoned the attaché.
