On June 5, 2015, a delegation of the Royal College of Defence Studies of the United Kingdom visited the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB). The purpose of the visit was to know the work developed by CCOPAB.
On May 29, 2015, there was the ending ceremony of the MTF/UNIFIL Commander and Staff Course. The ceremony took place in Sérgio Vieira de Mello Cultural Facility at the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB).
This Friday, May 29, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center celebrated the International Day of the UN Peacekeepers. During the event, there was a parade in which the presidents of the Association of the Members of the Suez Battalion and of the Brazilian Interamerican Armed Force, as well as former members of peacekeeping missions, were present. At this opportunity, a message, written by the Minister of Defense and related to the International Day of the UN Peacekeepers, was read. Also, Colonel José Ricardo Vendramin Nunes made a speech. A flower wreath was laid on the monument to honor the ones who have fallen in Peace Missions. Afterwards, Taps was played.
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) - On 04 May, the UNSOC and UNMOC, in its third and last phase of preparation of Staff Officers and Military Observers, started at CCOPAB and it was to last for 4 weeks. The firts phase is conducted through e-learning and CCOPAB is in charge of it. The second phase is on-site to be conducted by the Center for Personnel Studies and Fort Duque de Caxias.
Brasília (DF) - The Executive Committee Meeting for the Annual Conference of the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centers (IAPTC) started on 18 May 2015, in the capital of Brazil. Major General Glaucio Lucas Alves, 3rd Deputy-Chief of the Land Operations Command, along with Colonel Taufik B. S, representative of IAPTC current Presidency, Major General Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, former President of IAPTC and Colonel Sunny Murugesan, Secretary of IAPTC carried out the opening ceremony, giving a warm welcome to participants from 11 countries and institutions.
