CCOPAB carried out the DPKO Recruitment and Preparation Course (EPEC DPKO, acronym in Portuguese) from 29 November to 01 December. The aim of the course is to train the Brazilian military personnel to run for office in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
Between 31 October and 25 November, CCOPAB carried out the Military Experts on Mission Course (EPMP, acronym in Portuguese). It trains the military personnel who were assigned to UN Peacekeeping Operations to perform as Staff Officers or Military Observers.
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.
