On June 13, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese) and the Brazilian Network of Research on Peace Operations (REBRAPAZ, acronym in Portuguese) held a workshop on the ongoing research studies on Peace Operations. The meeting was held at CCOPAB’s facilities in Rio de Janeiro and it covered topics such as: protection of civilians; proportional use of force; capacities and performances in the United Nations Peace Operations; and Women, Peace and Security.
On June 9, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese) finished the third and last phase of the Experts on Mission Course. The aim of the training was to capacitate military personnel to serve as Military Observers and Staff Officers and the police components to be part of the United Nations Police (UNPOL).
The main goal of the UN Pre-deployment Advanced Field Exercise is to capacitate the Infantry Battalion in order to be deployed by the United Nations Peacekeeping Capabilities Readiness System (UNPCRS) at any part of the world, where it might be needed. The Exercise started on June 05 and it will end on June 09 in the city of Juiz de Fora-MG.
On May 29, International Day of UN Peacekeepers, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese) celebrated and paid tribute to military, police and civilian personnel that accomplished the noble task of keeping the peace throughout the world.
Uganda – From 8 to 12 May, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese) participated in the pilot project of the Integrated Training Service / Department of Peacekeeping Operations (ITS/DPKO). The aim of the project was to train instructors on the new Protection of Civilians Course as well as to enable them to share the updated content in their own countries.
On 16 May 2017, the Minister of the High Military Court, Péricles Aurélio Lima de Queiroz, visited the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese). The aim of the visit was to understand the overarching mission of CCOPAB and the ways in which the Center facilitates it, such as the ones regarding the training of military, police and civilian personnel for peace missions.
