Continuing the Experts on Mission Course (EPMP), on September 30 the students were given instructions regarding techniques and standard procedures of radio communications as done in UN Missions.
On October 1, the students practiced the theory learned by performing message transmissions in a fictitious environment. Both the instruction and the practiced were coordinated by CPT (United Kingdom) Chloe Ingold.
The Experts on Mission Course (EPMP), which takes place at the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (CCOPAB), concluded its activities scheduled for the first week (from September 23 to 27). During that week, instructions concerning CPTM (Core Pre Deployment Training Material) were delivered to the students –all future peace mission members must know this material, whether they are civilian, military or police personnel.
The last CIMIC Course held at the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (CCOPAB) enabled one of the students, Captain Tibério, to participate in the Tactical Civil Military Cooperation Course held at the Partnership for Peace Training Center in Ankara/Turkey from September 23 to October 4, 2013.
On September 30, 2013, the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (CCOPAB) was visited by officers taking the Course of High Studies on Politics and Strategy by the Brazilian War College.
In that opportunity, the students visited Sergio Vieira de Mello Cultural Facilities and attended an institutional lecture by the Center's commander Colonel Baganha, followed by a second lecture by Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) Cavalcanti regarding the Brazilian participation in Peacekeeping Operations.
From September 24 to 26, the Office of the United Nations Department of Safe and Security (UNDSS) in Brazil, in partnership with the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (CCOPAB), conducted the 6th edition of the Safe and Secure Approaches in Field Environments (SSAFE) Course, in the facilities of Itamaraty Palace and of CCOPAB. The aim of the course is to enable civilians of the United Nations Organization to carry out fieldwork with security.
