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SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S.ANNA PISA
Training Course
The civilian personnel of peace-keeping/humanitarian operations and the election monitoring missions: volunteers, officers, observers
organized in cooperation with the Istituto Affari Internazionali (Roma), the Centro Militare di Studi Strategici (Roma), the Centro Internazionale di Ricerca, Formazione e Documentazione sulla CSCE (Perugia) and under the patronage of:
European Commission (Office for italy) United Nations (Information Centre for Italy) Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Pisa, Italy, 18 September - 7 October 1995
In the last few years, after the end of the cold war, the civilian aspect of the peace-keeping/humanitarian operations has grown enormously. The civilian personnel is involved in a wide range of duties, from the humanitarian assistance to the human rights monitoring, from the national administration to the election monitoring. These developments are evident in some recent operations: in Namibia (UNTAG), in Cambodia (UNTAC), in Salvador (ONUSAL), in Haiti (UNMIH) and in Mozambique (ONUMOZ). In addition to these operations are missions conceived and carried out by regional organizations and in particular of the European Union, as the EU '93 Observer Mission for the Parliamentary Elections in Russia.
Multidimensional operations require qualified and readily available civilian personnel. The growing complexity of these operations needs a large group of people qualified and willing to undertake such assignments. As stressed in the 14 December 1993 report of the U.N. Secretary-General (A/48/707), we are facing a specific need of training for civilian peace-keepers.
The Training Course: The civilian personnel of the peace-keeping/humanitarian operations and the election monitoring missions: volunteers, officers, observers, organized by the Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento S. Anna, Pisa, is intended to fill this lack of training. The aim of this post-graduate Course is to prepare a limited group of participants -having different academic backgrounds- for the tasks usually assigned to the civilian peace-keeping/humanitarian operations and to the election monitoring missions. The Course provides an extremely high and specific preparation in a field where analogous training activities are scarce.
The Course keeps strong links with national and international institutions, as the Ministero degli Affari Esteri, the Ministero della Difesa, the United Nations and European Union.
Organization: the Course is organized by the Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento S. Anna of Pisa, in cooperation with the Istituto Affari Internazionali (Rome), the Centro Militare di Studi Strategici (Rome) and the Centro Internazionale di Ricerca, Formazione e Documentazione sulla CSCE (Perugia).
Patronage: the Course is organized under the patronage of the European Commission (Office for Italy) and the United Nations (Information Centre for Italy).
Period: 18 September-7 October 1995.
Programme: the programme is made by 5 sections for a total of 150 hours, as follows:
I. Context Section of courses for 40 hours: Meaning and categories of peace-keeping and humanitarian operations; International organizations and peace-keeping; Geopolitics of peace-keeping; Establishment and functioning of peace-keeping operations; Features and aims of civilian peace-keeping; Command and control of peace-keeping operations and relationship between civilian and military component.
II. Activities. Section of seminars for 40 hours: Administration of territory; Observation and monitoring of human rights; Election monitoring; Humanitarian assistance; Refugee assistance.
III.The Personal Profile. Section of workshops and practical training for 30 hours: Selection, recruitment and legal status of the civilian peace-keeper; Fundamental rules of conduct; Techniques and procedures of inspection, observing and report; Personal preventive medicine; Personal security; Social psychology.
IV. Conflict Resolution Section of courses and simulations for 25 hours: Conflict resolution; Techniques and experiments of communication and socialisation; Negotiation role-playing.
V. Case Studies. Section of 15 hours aimed to examine cases (UNOMSA, ONUSAL, UNPROFOR, the administration of the City of Monstar by the European Union).
Method: purpose of the whole Course is a practical training for the activities on the field. Reference to practice and cases will be widely made. Many aspects will be tested in seminars and workshops where the role-playing and simulation techniques will be largely used. Some meetings will be devoted to the personal experiences achieved on the field by participants and faculty members. Lectures and meetings on specific issues are envisaged. Italian and English are the working languages.
Faculty: the faculty members, chosen among academics, diplomats, officers of international organizations, police and army officers and ngo's experts, are an highly qualified international teaching staff.
Certificate: at the end of the Course the participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance.
Follow up: the Course will keep the up-to-date list of the participants and of their subsequent positions and assignements. The participants will be selectively proposed to the rosters and enlistment rolls of international organizations, national agencies, ngo's and research centres.
Requirements for Admission: the Course is open to a limited number of participants with a graduate background and fluency in Italian and English. Admission to the Course is competitive based on the personal curiculum vitae et studiorum. An ad hoc Admission Board will be in charge of the selection.
Registration: the tuition cost is fixed $ 800 (tuition fee, reference material, lunch). A limited number of scholarships is provided. The scholarship will cover the tuition cost and will be awarded to the applicants on the base of their personal curriculum by an ad hoc Board. There are special terms for those requiring hotel and full accomodation.
Admission Procedure: applicants should fill the specific application form. The application should include: - a curriculum vitae et studiorum; - three photographs. Applications will not be acted without all supporting documentation. The completed form should be returned by July 3, 1995, 1 p.m to: Prof. Andrea de Guttry Training Course: The civilian personnel of the peace-keeping/humanitarian operations and the election monitoring missions: volunteers, officers, observers. Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento S. Anna, via Carducci, 40, 56127 PISA (Italy). Those selected to participate will be informed by July 10, 1995. Application should not be sent via fax.
Direction: Prof. Andrea de Guttry (Director), Dott. Fabrizio Pagani, Dott.ssa Barbara Carrai (Executive Director).
We forward our gratitude for their generous cooperation to:
TOP RESIN s.r.l. LIVORNO
DOWTY POLYPAC Spa LIVORNO
MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA
BANCA TOSCANA
For the application form and any additional information contact:
Prof. Andrea de Guttry Training Course: The civilian personnel of the peace-keeping/humanitarian operations and the election monitoring missions: volunteers, officers, observers. Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento S. Anna Via Carducci, 40 56127 PISA (Italy) fax ++39-50-883210 E-mail: mailto:PKOCORSO@SSSUP1.SSSUP.IT