iVolunteer brings you a highly customized training session on Effective Communication Skills Workshopto be held on 28th November, 2015**, from**10.00 am to 3:00 pm as part of GYAN, our initiative where we have high caliber professionals volunteering to train staff of NGOs on various skills to help increase their efficiency.

THE RESOURCE PERSON FOR THIS SESSION

Himanshu Kapadia, Sr Vice President corporate Communication at Aditya Birla Group has 20 years of domain expertise in Public Relations, Marketing and Communications. Himanshu started his career as a trainee at Concept communication and became the youngest CEO in 2000 there. He has worked on brand building communication for ICICI Bank, Birla Mutual Fund, Birla Sun Life Insurance, Ultra Tech Cement. Himanshu has provided inputs to New Resolution India and Milaap on their communication strategy. He has been a key support in the launch of GlobalVipasana Foundation.

THE BROAD AGENDA OF THIS SESSION

• Clarity and precision in communication

• Tactful management of different stake holders

• How to put forth your perspective and how it connects with any situation?

• Examples and success stories to enrol people in your communication

• An exercise on effective communication

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

ØThis training is most suitable for NGO professionals like Consultants, Fundraising Executives, Program Managers, etc. who communicate with diverse stakeholders including corporate, institutions and volunteers.

WHAT DO YOU LEAVE WITH

ØParticipants improve their vocal confidence and learn to make better use of body language to develop a stronger presence. In addition, they participants will leave the workshop with a personal action plan and the knowledge to put that plan into action as soon as they return to work.

ØA 'Certificate of Completion' from iVolunteer after successful completion

ØThe contact details of the volunteer resource person who are happy to support any time post the sessions at mutual convenience

The session is for a maximum of 10 participants, with a maximum of 2 per NGO

Ø To confirm your participation, please register at http://goo.gl/FYs55S (Mumbai)

Ø A cheque for Rs 1100/- per participant payable to Changex Services Pvt Limited couriered to iVolunteer, A-1, Chiranjeev Building, Chittranjan Road, Vile Parle East,Mumbai – 400 057. Please note that the fee is towards cost of lunch and logistics.

· Registration will be confirmed on first-come-first serve basis.

· Prior registration and payment of participation fee is a must.

· For any further queries please email gyanmumbai@ivolunteer.org.in or call Kanchan on 022 26105235.

VENUE: iVolunteer, A-1, Chiranjeev Building, Chittranjan Road, Vile Parle East, Mumbai – 400 057

To confirm your participation, please register at http://goo.gl/FYs55S (Mumbai)

"Learn MS Office"

27th November, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

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iVolunteer brings you a highly customized training session on “Learn MS Office” held on 27th November, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm as part of GYAN, our initiative where we have high calibre professionals volunteering to train staff of NGOs on various skills to help increase their efficiency.

THE RESOURCE PERSON FOR THIS SESSION

We have two resource persons for the session from Godrej Industries. Nidhi Tuli from the media and communications team with eight plus years of experience and Ganesh Shetty from the Information Technology background who will be training on Basic Excel.

THE SCOPE OF THIS SESSION

Powerpoint Training:

Introduction to Powerpoint:

• Different Views- Working with Pictures

• Charts, diagrams and tables- Animations & Transitions

• Templates and themes

• Road-mapping a presentation

• Differentiating between slide content and voice over (what's on the slide versus voice over)

• Selecting data visualization which chart to use when

• Examples of good presentations

• Practice session

Excel Training:

• Data management (data types, data entry, importing data, auto fill, lists, data validation tools, protection, sort, filter)

• Formatting (Attributes, Wrap, Merge, Alignment, Borders, Conditional formatting, paste special)

• Functions & Formulas (Data, Text, Date, Math, Logical, Goal Seek, Tracer Arrows, Linking across workbooks)

• Charts and Graphs

• Introduction to Pivot Tables

• Data Analysis/ Types of Filter/ Sorting/ Scenario Manager/ Commands

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Ø This training is most suitable for NGO professionals like Project Managers, Research and Development Officers, Admin and Accounts Officers, Fundraising Managers, etc.

WHAT DO YOU LEAVE WITH

ØHands on knowledge about the various functions and usage of Powerpoint and Excel.

ØA 'Certificate of Completion' from iVolunteer after successful completion

Ø The contact details of the volunteer resource person who are happy to support any time post the sessions at mutual convenience

• The session is for a maximum of 10 participants, with a maximum of 2 per NGO.
• To confirm your participation, please register at http://goo.gl/FYs55S (Mumbai)
• The same will be confirmed subject to the receipt of the registration fee*. Rs 1500/- Per participant in favor of "Changex Services Pvt. Ltd." addressed to iVolunteer, A-1, Chiranjeev Building, Chittranjan Road, Vile Parle East,Mumbai – 400 057.
• Registration will be confirmed on first-come-first serve basis.
• Prior registration and payment of participation fee is a must.
• For any further queries please email gyanmumbai@ivolunteer.org.in or call Kanchan on 022 26105235.

VENUE: Godrej office, Eastern Express Highway, Vikhroli East.

• To confirm your participation, please register at http://goo.gl/FYs55S (Mumbai)

This practical training course provides participants with the basic knowledge and skills required in post-conflict areas and fragile situations, independent of the specific function they will fulfill. All modules enhance desirable personal attitudes, stress the importance of active involvement in the host society, and promote a reflective and critical approach.

The core course gives basic understanding of major functional tasks in the field as well as of the goals and approaches of actors involved. Participants also get acquainted with various field-work techniques. The course is suited for

• Individuals who want to prepare for deployment in post-conflict areas and fragile situations
• Professionals working in crisis management who want to conceptualise their skills and knowledge
• Individuals who want to serve as multipliers in their own countries and communities, passing on the knowledge and skills obtained in the course

COURSE FEES: 1.690€ include tuition fees, course materials, coffee breaks, full-board accommodation, joint transport to and from the airport, and a social event.

To request further information or to apply for IPT courses, please visit our homepage at www.aspr.ac.at/ipt or contact us!

Silvia POLSTER, IPT Administration and Logistics

ipt@aspr.ac.at | +43 3355 2498 506

This training course prepares participants for successful design and implementation of international development projects in post-conflict areas, regardless of their specific field of expertise.

The course is targeted at field practitioners (e.g. development and humanitarian aid practitioners) who wish to reflect on their work and enhance their skills to efficiently manage projects in peace-building and peacekeeping activities and people who aim to specialise in managing projects and programmes in post-conflict areas. Participants will

• Understand conflict analysis and conflict sensitivity throughout the project management cycle
  
• Apprehend results based management of projects, project management cycle and the logical framework approach
  
• Understand the logic of design, implementation and monitoring of projects and programmes
  
• Become familiar with monitoring and evaluation approaches
  

COURSE FEES: 1.410€ include tuition fees, course materials, coffee breaks, full-board accommodation, joint transport to and from the airport, and a social event.

Send the filled application form to ipt@aspr.ac.at

To request further information or to apply for IPT courses, please visit our homepage at www.aspr.ac.at/ipt or contact us!

Silvia POLSTER, IPT Administration and Logistics

ipt@aspr.ac.at | +43 3355 2498 506

The objective of this IPT Specialisation Course is to support the development and consolidation of pluralistic, democratic societies through preparing participants for observation and assistance tasks in electoral missions.

Topics to be dealt with include different electoral systems, different institutional approaches to election observation, voting and new technologies, elections and election observation in different societies, tasks of Short-Term Observers (STOs), Long-Term Observers (LTOs) and Election Supervisors. Participants will

• Understand the concept of elections as part of the democratic process
  
• Become familiar with concepts and practices of democracy
  
• Understand the relationship between elections and human rights and the democratic standards for elections
  
• Analyse the complete election cycle in a complex simulation exercise
  

COURSE FEES: 1.110€ include tuition fees, course materials, coffee breaks, full-board accommodation, joint transport to and from the airport, and a social event.

Send the filled application form to ipt@aspr.ac.at

To request further information or to apply for IPT courses, please visit our homepage at www.aspr.ac.at/ipt or contact us!

Silvia POLSTER, IPT Administration and Logistics

ipt@aspr.ac.at | +43 3355 2498 506

This IPT Specialisation Course equips participants with specialised knowledge and skills to become effectively involved in monitoring, advisory and executive functions to protect children in crisis areas.

Children are subject to abductions, military recruitment, killing, maiming, and numerous forms of exploitation. The multiple distresses affecting children in armed conflicts call for a multiple track approach and well trained experts to safeguard their rights. Participants will

• Devise child rights assessment and monitoring strategies for the prevention of child rights violations
• Get familiar with strategies to reduce the impact of armed conflict on children
• Understand child rights-based and child-participatory approaches
• Apprehend instruments and actors for the implementation of strategies for child protection, monitoring, and rehabilitation

COURSE FEES: 1.410€ include tuition fees, course materials, coffee breaks, full-board accommodation, joint transport to and from the airport, and a social event

Send the filled application form to ipt@aspr.ac.at

To request further information or to apply for IPT courses, please visit our homepage at www.aspr.ac.at/ipt or contact us!

Silvia POLSTER, IPT Administration and Logistics

ipt@aspr.ac.at | +43 3355 2498 506

This is to inform you about the upcoming Course on Humanitarian Assistance in West Africa, taking place at the premises of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Accra/Ghana, from 16 – 27 May 2016. The course is co-organized by the KAIPTC and the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), supported by the Austrian Development Agency and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports.

We invite practitioners and experts from civil, military and police organizations in Africa, who already working in the field or about to engage in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations particularly in West Africa, to apply for the course.

Application deadline is 3^rd of April ,2016

To apply for the course, please go to this web address: http://lms.kaiptc.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=5

The web address will take you to the Course Application page on the KAIPTC’s Learning Management System (LMS). Please read and follow the instructions on the course application page carefully and exactly to be able to submit your application for the course.

NOTE: All applications must be completed fully. Partially completed applications will NOT be considered in the selection process.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: 3rd of April, 2016

The course is co-organized by the ASPR and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports in the framework of the Academic Programme of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) and conducted in cooperation with the International Security Sector Advisory Team of the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF/ISSAT).

The course is open to national and international participants from civilian, military, police and correction services structures and especially designed for SSR practitioners and experts already working in the field or about to engage in SSR.

For more detailed information on the course, kindly refer to the attached reference materials. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ASPR CANNOT OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THIS COURSE.

Please refer to the attached materials for detailed instructions.

This is to inform you about the upcoming

Courses on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict (ESDC & UN certified)

taking place from

13 - 18 November 2016

or alternatively

29 January - 3 February 2017

organized by the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) in Stadtschlaining/Austria, in close cooperation with and support of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports (MoDS), the Austrian Ministry of External Affairs as well as the Austrian Ministry of Interior.

We will accept applications from senior international experts and decision-makers from civilian, military and police institutions active in peacekeeping and/or international crisis management (please see the attached information materials for more detail).

The Course is part of the ESDC Training Programme and has furthermore been certified by the United Nations.

Please feel free to circulate the announcement widely and contact us if you require any further information.

For practical reasons, both courses will be advertised together as their dates are close to each other.

Applicants are invited to select either or both course dates for their application as per their availability.

In case both dates are indicated, the course organisers will attribute the applicant according to profile to either of the two courses.

The application deadline for both course dates is the 11 September. Applications need to be sent directly to the ASPR as per the attached documents where you will find all further detailed information.

Children are disproportionately affected by armed conflict in a variety of ways, and with long-lasting effects. Through well prepared experts, children affected by armed conflict can efficiently be protected, their basic needs met, and their rights safeguarded.

This specialisation course equips participants with specialised knowledge and skills to become effectively involved in monitoring, advisory, and executive functions to protect children in crisis areas. It aims to foster discussion and exchange of best practices and lessons learnt between experts of various organisational backgrounds.

Topics covered include: Child rights assessment and monitoring; strategies for prevention of child rights violations**;** strategies to reduce the impact of armed conflict on children; child rights based and child-participatory approaches; instruments and actors for the implementation of strategies for child protection, monitoring and rehabilitation.

Send the filled application form to ipt@aspr.ac.at

To request further information or to apply for IPT courses, please visit our homepage at http://www.aspr.peacecastle.eu/training-programmes/ipt/ and contact us:

Silvia POLSTER, IPT Administration and Logistics

ipt@aspr.ac.at | +43 3355 2498 506

The programme of this training course is composed of highly relevant theoretical input and practical exercises tailored to the realities in the field.

Aim and content: All modules enhance interpersonal skills, stress the importance of active involvement in the host society, and promote a reflective and critical approach. In addition, the IPT Core Course provides an overall picture of the different specific functional tasks needed in a mission and how they are interrelated. Especially for more junior participants the course presents an opportunity to reflect on their own mission readiness and motivation. As part of the course participants will:

• Train in how to behave in complex risk situations: four-wheel drive training, mine awareness, and field orientation
• Understand the different types of third party intervention and gain tools necessary for third party interventions
• Get an overview of key international human rights law and humanitarian law standards
• Get familiar with the different actors in the field and ways of cooperation with IOs, NGOs, CivPol and military actors

To ensure a varied learning experience we use different modern training methodologies. ASPR's IPT Core Course was awarded the C³MC-label by Europe's New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management (ENTRi). This certificate is awarded only to courses that meet established standards and criteria for training civilian personnel who are to be deployed to crisis management missions.

To request further information or to apply for IPT courses, please visit our homepage at www.aspr.ac.at/ipt or contact us!

Silvia POLSTER, IPT Administration and Logistics

ipt@aspr.ac.at | +43 3355 2498 506

During this specialisation course, participants get acquainted with the underlying philosophical approaches, theoretical concepts and practical tools for facilitating conflict transformation in complex constellations. Participants will develop skills and practice a facilitator’s attitude to apply their knowledge in different settings (eg. as inside mediators, as third party, or when working with potential veto groups) and at different societal levels. A strong focus on self-reflection is an integral part of the course.

Participants will:

• learn the difference between concepts, such as conflict management, conflict resolution, conflict transformation, dialogue, mediation, negotiation, facilitation

• apply tools for complex conflict analysis (actors mapping, structural power analysis, analysis of cultural meanings, needs analysis)

• learn how to deal with emotions and irrational aspects of conflict

• develop key competencies how to promote, support and guide reflective “deep dialogue” processes

• develop strategies how to deal with dynamics of exclusion and stigmatisation, as well as power asymmetries in conflict constellations

To request further information or to apply for IPT courses, please visit our homepage at www.aspr.ac.at/ipt or contact us!

Silvia POLSTER, IPT Administration and Logistics

ipt@aspr.ac.at | +43 3355 2498 506

The programme of this training course is composed of highly relevant theoretical input and practical exercises tailored to the realities in the field.

Aim and content: All modules enhance interpersonal skills, stress the importance of active involvement in the host society, and promote a reflective and critical approach. In addition, the IPT Core Course provides an overall picture of the different specific functional tasks needed in a mission and how they are interrelated. Especially for more junior participants the course presents an opportunity to reflect on their own mission readiness and motivation. As part of the course participants will:

• Train in how to behave in complex risk situations: four-wheel drive training, mine awareness, and field orientation
• Understand the different types of third party intervention and gain tools necessary for third party interventions
• Get an overview of key international human rights law and humanitarian law standards
• Get familiar with the different actors in the field and ways of cooperation with IOs, NGOs, CivPol and military actors

To ensure a varied learning experience we use different modern training methodologies. ASPR's IPT Core Course was awarded the C³MC-label by Europe's New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management (ENTRi). This certificate is awarded only to courses that meet established standards and criteria for training civilian personnel who are to be deployed to crisis management missions.

To request further information or to apply for IPT courses, please visit our homepage at www.aspr.ac.at/ipt or contact us!

Silvia POLSTER, IPT Administration and Logistics

ipt@aspr.ac.at | +43 3355 2498 506

The programme of this training course is composed of highly relevant theoretical input and practical exercises tailored to the realities in the field.

Aim and content: All modules enhance interpersonal skills, stress the importance of active involvement in the host society, and promote a reflective and critical approach. In addition, the IPT Core Course provides an overall picture of the different specific functional tasks needed in a mission and how they are interrelated. Especially for more junior participants the course presents an opportunity to reflect on their own mission readiness and motivation. As part of the course participants will:

• Train in how to behave in complex risk situations: four-wheel drive training, mine awareness, and field orientation
• Understand the different types of third party intervention and gain tools necessary for third party interventions
• Get an overview of key international human rights law and humanitarian law standards
• Get familiar with the different actors in the field and ways of cooperation with IOs, NGOs, CivPol and military actors

To ensure a varied learning experience we use different modern training methodologies. ASPR's IPT Core Course was awarded the C³MC-label by Europe's New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management (ENTRi). This certificate is awarded only to courses that meet established standards and criteria for training civilian personnel who are to be deployed to crisis management missions.

To request further information or to apply for IPT courses, please visit our homepage at www.aspr.ac.at/ipt or contact us!

Silvia POLSTER, IPT Administration and Logistics

ipt@aspr.ac.at | +43 3355 2498 506

AIM & CONTENT

The objective of this course is to support the development and consolidation of pluralistic, democratic societies through preparing participants for observation and assistance tasks in electoral missions. Participants will understand the concept of elections as part of the democratic process, become familiar with concepts and practices of democracy, the relationship between elections and human rights and the democratic standards for elections.

Topics to be dealt with include different electoral systems, different institutional approaches to election observation, voting and new technologies, elections and election observation in different societies, tasks of Short-Term Observers (STOs), Long-Term Observers (LTOs) and Election Supervisors. The complete election cycle is analysed in a complex simulation exercise.

METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH

The course employs a mixture of theory and practice to equip participants with state-of-the-art methodologies derived from on-the-ground experience, also taking into account the working environment of the participants. The participants will be involved in lectures, inter-active discussions, and simulations. Election observation methodologies and approaches of relevant multilateral organisations will be presented. Complex election day observation exercises will be carried out and analysed.

TARGET GROUP

• People with academic background and/or field experience, preferably having already participated in electoral missions for national or international electoral observation, or any other comparable electoral experience.
• People who have attended a Core Course and would like to become involved in Election Observation.
• Having attended the IPT Core Course, a similar mission preparation training or sufficient field experience are strongly encouraged

To request further Information or to apply for IPT courses, please visit our Homepage at www.aspr.ac.at/ipt or contact us!

Silvia POLSTER, IPT Administration and Logistics

ipt@aspr.ac.at

+43 3355 2498 506

This training course prepares participants for successful design and implementation of international development projects in post-conflict areas, regardless of their specific field of expertise.

The course is targeted at field practitioners (e.g. development and humanitarian aid practitioners) who wish to reflect on their work and enhance their skills to efficiently manage projects in peace-building and peacekeeping activities and people who aim to specialise in managing projects and programmes in post-conflict areas. Participants will

• Understand conflict analysis and conflict sensitivity throughout the project management cycle
• Apprehend results based management of projects, project management cycle and the logical framework approach
• Understand the logic of design, implementation and monitoring of projects and programmes
• Become familiar with monitoring and evaluation approaches

Send the filled application form to ipt@aspr.ac.at

To request further information or to apply for IPT courses, please visit our homepage at www.aspr.ac.at/ipt or contact us!

Silvia POLSTER, IPT Administration and Logistics

ipt@aspr.ac.at | +43 3355 2498 506

TARGET GROUP

• People who wish to adapt pre-existing knowledge of international human rights to the context of human rights fieldwork.
• Field practitioners (e.g. development and humanitarian aid practitioners) who wish to reflect on their work and enhance their skills with a human rights perspective.
• People who have attended the IPT Core Course and are interested in specialising in human rights.
• It is assumed that prospective participants possess already a basic knowledge of international human rights law

AIM AND CONTENT

Human rights monitoring, reporting, protection and promotion have become a common feature of multidimensional peace operations. Human rights work has become a specialised profession which requires adequate preparation, specific technical skills, and significant substantive knowledge for professionals wishing to serve in these operations.

The different scenarios in which human rights missions are deployed, the evolution of legal standards, the high number of actors and stakeholders involved, as well as the different tasks these missions are asked to perform, requires appropriate training.

The IPT Specialisation Course will enhance participants’ understanding of international and regional human rights law and standards and equip them with the necessary specific competences and skills they will need to fulfil their tasks as members of a human rights field operation. The curriculum includes the theoretical as well as the practical aspects of an officer’s tasks, such as the legal frameworks, monitoring, reporting, fact-finding, promotion of human rights, prevention of violations, etc.

METHODOLOGY

The course employs a mixture of theory and practice to equip participants with state-of-the-art methodologies derived from on-the-ground experience of the international faculty. The participants will be involved in lectures, inter-active discussions, group work as well as simulation exercises.

To request further Information or to apply for IPT courses, please visit our homepage at www.aspr.ac.at/ipt

or contact us!

Silvia POLSTER, IPT Administration and Logistics

ipt@aspr.ac.at

+43 3355 2498 506

The course is co-organized by the ASPR and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports in the framework of the Academic Programme of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) and conducted in cooperation with the International Security Sector Advisory Team of the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF/ISSAT).

The course is open to national and international participants from civilian, military, police and correction services structures and especially designed for SSR practitioners and experts already working in the field or about to engage in SSR.

It is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of experts already involved or about to be involved in the assessment, design, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of SSR processes.

This course gives participants an in-depth understanding of SSR, approaches to SSR by various organizations and provides insights into related reform processes, such as DDR, defence, police, intelligence, prosecution, justice/courts, integrity and fight against corruption as well as border management.

Participants will improve their capacity to analyse and connect with various actors in the field of SSR, undertake assessments and apply skills regarding the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of SSR activities. Successful participants will be provided with the ESDC Certificate for attendance of the SSR Core Course.

For more detailed information on the course, kindly refer to the attached reference materials. KINDLY NOTE THAT THE ASPR DOES NOT HAVE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THIS COURSE.

Interested candidates are kindly requested to apply for participation over the attached application form which will be submitted to our Admission Board.

Participants are selected by a set of criteria based on their subject matter Expertise and professional Background.

All further Details are laid out in the attached Information materials.

Course Description

The upcoming training course on Peacebuilding is designed to provide professionals with a comprehensive approach to peacebuilding as both a concept and task. It focuses on human security and the basic human needs of a population in a conflict-ridden area, on protecting and promoting human rights, supporting good governance and the rule of law, democratisation and civil society participation as well as sustainable socio-economic and ecological development. The course is furthermore designed to enhance the collaboration of a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including governments, civil society, the private sector, international institutions and agencies and international non-governmental organisations using a coherent, coordinated and complementary (3C) approach.

The aim of the course is to provide participants with: • a comprehensive peacebuilding approach as basis for their engagement in peacebuilding activities, • skills regarding the planning, implementing, and assessing of major peacebuilding tasks, • strategies for collaboration with other stakeholders from the various segments of the peacebuilding arena.

Methodology

The methodology of the course aims at communicating the content taught in the modules in such a way that participants can later adapt and apply it in their daily work or in a new setting. Therefore, the methodology of the training is based on adult learning principles which allow the transfer of knowledge not only cognitively but also experientially.

Course participants coming from different fields will be encouraged to contribute with their specific experience to the content of the course, to the discussions and working groups. They should also actively share their experiences and their respective professional and practical insights with other course participants throughout the course.

Reading materials will be sent to the participants prior to the course in order to support the creation of common basic knowledge among participants. Moreover participants are asked to complete several IDL (internet-based distance learning) modules offered by the ESDC. The successful completion of the online modules during the preparation phase is a prerequisite to obtaining a course certificate after the residential part.

Target Group

Civilian, police and military experts from governments, civil society, the private sector, international institutions and agencies as well as international non-governmental organizations who are engaged in security (sub-) sector reform, post-conflict reconstruction and development cooperation are invited to participate in this course.

The course is offered under the umbrella of the Academic Programme of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC).

Participants should have expertise in their respective areas of professional competence related to peacebuilding. Civilian candidates who are already involved or plan to be involved in planning, implementing, or assessing peacebuilding activities, either from their home base in governmental or non-governmental organisations or in a leading position in the field, are especially encouraged to apply as are police and military experts involved in the planning and implementation of safety and security related tasks in the context of peacebuilding.

Since English will be the working language of the course, participants must have a good command of English to be able to engage in discussions and fully benefit from the training. Candidates are expected to have ongoing access to a well working internet connection in order to successfully participate to the mandatory pre-course learning programme as well as complete several other learning requirements during and after the course.

Participants who wish to arrive late or depart early cannot be accepted. The intense format of the programme does not allow for any additional commitments during the course.

The Course is organised jointly by the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) with Support from the Austrian Ministry of Defence and Sports. It is furthermore conducted in Partnership with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and follows the Curriculum of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) which ensures the Course certification. Succesful gratuates will receive ESDC Diplomas at the end of the Course.

The organizers intend to select a highly diverse group of participants in terms of professional and organisational background, age and nationality, and with due regard to gender balance. However, as only a limited number of 25 participants can be accepted, priority is given to applicants who best fulfil the conditions outlined above to ensure training of the highest possible quality.

Interested candidates are to apply with the “Application Form” sent out with this email. Please fill in all relevant information and provide an active email address you have regular access to, as we will be sending you important course-related information. The information you share in the form will only be used for selection purposes and will not be distributed to others.

All applicants are requested to send the application form by email to

Ms. Claudia Hofer, hofer@aspr.ac.at, Tel: +43-3355-2498-507.

The application deadline is the 28 February 2017 strictly.

The programme of this training course is composed of highly relevant theoretical input and practical exercises tailored to the realities in the field.

Aim and content: All modules enhance interpersonal skills, stress the importance of active involvement in the host society, and promote a reflective and critical approach. In addition, the IPT Core Course provides an overall picture of the different specific functional tasks needed in a mission and how they are interrelated. Especially for more junior participants the course presents an opportunity to reflect on their own mission readiness and motivation. As part of the course participants will:

• Train in how to behave in complex risk situations: four-wheel drive training, mine awareness, and field orientation
• Understand the different types of third party intervention and gain tools necessary for third party interventions
• Get an overview of key international human rights law and humanitarian law standards
• Get familiar with the different actors in the field and ways of cooperation with IOs, NGOs, CivPol and military actors

To ensure a varied learning experience we use different modern training methodologies. ASPR's IPT Core Course was awarded the C³MC-label by Europe's New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management (ENTRi). This certificate is awarded only to courses that meet established standards and criteria for training civilian personnel who are to be deployed to crisis management missions.

http://www.aspr.peacecastle.eu/training-programmes/ipt/application/