Nairobi (Kenya) – From 28 November to 09 December, the Chief of the Division of Translators and Interpreters of CCOPAB, Major CHRISTIANE LIMA, will be participating in the 5th Female Military Officers Course (FMOC), organized by UN Women, in cooperation with the Kenyan International Peace Support Training Center (KIPSTC).

Cairo (Egypt) - From 9-19 October, MAJ IGOR (Brazilian Air Force) participated in the United Nations Training of Trainers (ToT) Course on Core Pre-deployment Training Materials (CPTM). He is the chief of the Individual Missions' Section of the Education and Training Division of CCOPAB.

The Peacekeeping operations are a sum of efforts of the international community to solve conflicts pacifically. Therefore, there was an International Workshop of High-Level Panel on the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations on 8 and 9 November. The event was held in the Land Operations Command (COTER, acronym in Portuguese) and had the participation of representatives from the following countries: Argentina, Canada, Colombia, the United States, France, Norway, United Kingdom, Sweden and Uruguay.

On 12 September 2016, CCOPAB started the three-week duration Humanitarian Demining course. There were 13 (thirteen) students: 03 (three) from the Brazilian Navy, 06 (six) from the Brazilian Army, 01 (one) from the Brazilian Air Force, 02 (two) from the Uruguayan Army and 01 (one) from the Colombian Navy.

Vila Militar (RJ) – On 28 October 2016, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese) ended the second phase of the Military Experts on Mission Course (EPMP, acronym in Portuguese). This phase lasted for four weeks and prepared the military personnel to be able to communicate in English, by learning general and technical vocabulary, regarding the activities carried out by military personnel working as UN MILOBS and UN Staff Officers.

CCOPAB was invited by UNICURITIBA to lecture on the subject: "Peace operations" for academics and professors of the International Relations and Law courses in celebration of the United Nations day. Moreover, topics in common with the research line of Peacekeeping were discussed with the rectorate of this renowned university and with representatives of the State Military Police of Paraná.