Second Phase of the 2011-1 Course for Peacekeeping Operations (acronym in Portuguese: EPMP)
After a one-month period of intensive training thoroughly taught in English and specifically focused on Peacekeeping Operations, which took place in the Center for Personnel Studies (acronym in Portuguese: CEP), the second phase of the 2011-1 Course for Peacekeeping Operations (acronym in Portuguese: EPMP) started on April 04, 2011 at the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (acronym in Portuguese: CCOPAB), with a previewed end on April 29. The opening class of the course was given by Mr COL Guido Amin Naves, from the Public Relations Center of the Brazilian Army (acronym in Portuguese: CComSEx) and dealt with the importance of Public Relations in the roles of General Staff personnel, Military Observers and UN Police officers in UN´s Peacekeeping Operations.
The purpose of the Course for Peacekeeping Operations is to prepare military personnel who have been assigned for the missions of Staff Officer, Military Observers and UN Police Officers in UN´s Peacekeeping Operations. The course´s attendees are officers from the Armed Forces and from State Military Police who had been assigned for the different peacekeeping missions Brazil takes part in.
The whole course will be carried out using the English language. Theoretical and practical instructions will take place in CCOPAB, in the Instruction Field of Gericinó (acronym in Portuguese: CIG) and the surrounding area.
This version of the course counts on the presence of 7 officers from the Brazilian Navy, 13 officers from the Brazilian Army, 3 officers from the Brazilian Air Force and 4 officers from the Military Police of the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Distrito Federal and Paraná, in a total number of 27 integrated officers.
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