Preparatory Course for Journalists in Conflict Areas 2012
April 09, 2012 was the first day of the Preparatory Course for Journalists in Conflict Areas offered by the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (acronym in Portuguese: CCOPAB).
The first lecture of the course was presented by Mr. Lieutenant General Carlos Alberto Neiva Barcellos, who explained the apprentices the activities performed by the Center of Social Communication of the Brazilian Army. After that, Lieutenant Colonel Cavalcanti made a lecture on the Brazilian participation in the different peacekeeping missions, with emphasis on the experience in Haiti.
On April 10, 2012, the Civil Servant Rafaela Araújo Jordão Rigaud Peixoto, translator of the Division of Aeronautical Information Service of the Aeronautical Cartography Institute (DSIA/ICA), visited the Division of Translators and Interpreters from CCOPAB. The idea of the visit was to deepen the professional exchange concerning the terms used in several areas in order to solve possible differences and to support the opportunities of improvement. The activities started with the transmission of information and material developed by the Division of Translators and Interpreters and by DSIA/ICA,...
The students from the Staff Course of the Army War College visited the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center on March 27, 2012. At this opportunity, the officers from the Armed Forces knew the Cultural Facility Sergio Vieira de Mello where Commander (Marines) Wagner Vinícius, from this Center, gave a lecture on the participation of Brazilians in Peace Operations and Captain (Marines) João Carlos Küster Maia, from the Ministry of Defense, a lecture on Peace Operations.
Fifty-three students of the sophomore year from the IME Graduate Course, accompanied by Capt Monteiro and 1st LT Melquíades, visited the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center on March 20, 2012. They were received by Lieutenant Commander Odimar Gomes Leite, Deputy Commander of the Center. At this opportunity, 1st LT Maurício Dias Lopes Valdetaro, instructor of the Individual Missions Subsection, gave a lecture in the auditorium of the Cultural Facility Sergio Vieira de Mello. The lecture was on: Peace Operations/ CCOPAB and the performance of the Military Engineer in Peace Operations.
The Advanced Pre-Deployment Drill (acronym in Portuguese: EAOP) for the 16th Peacekeeping Contingent (BRABAT 2) started on March 11 in the city of Palhoça and ended on March 16. With the presence of the Drill Director, Major General BRASIL (Commander of 14th Motorized Infantry Brigade), EAOP enabled the integration of military, civilian and police personnel and successfully ended the preparation of BRABAT 2 contingent before going to Haiti in the first semester of this year. The Drill was coordinated by the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center.
Captain Herbert, from the Contingent Section, and Captain Shoji, from the Civil Affairs Section, both instructors at the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center, took a course on UN Civil Military Coordination from March 04 to 09, 2012 in Miami – FL. The course was conducted by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs with support of the US SOUTHCOM.