Commitments and Pledges for Training and Capacity Building 2014-15

The Cairo Center for Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping in Africa, as a center of Excellence, pledges the following:

CCCPA will continue to provide pre-deployment training for the peacekeepers (military, police, and civilians) sent in different missions.

CCCPA will continue assuming its role as the sole peacekeeping training center providing training for the Northern African Brigade (NARC) of the African Standby Force (ASF), including the following Training: Command Post Exercise (30 trainees), Mapping Exercise (30 trainees), Field Training Exercise (30 trainees), basic courses in Streamlining Gender in Peace Operations (30 trainees).

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  Estimated number of peacekeepers to be trained: 120.
  
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  Areas: Peacekeeping/Military command/Gender issues
  

CCCPA will be offering induction and in-mission tailored training programs for African peacekeepers, most notably a training program for African Union Senior Mission Leaders (AU SML) and training programs for African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

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  Estimated number of peacekeepers to be trained: 500
  

In response to the evolving nature of threats to peace and security in Africa, CCCPA will continue to build African capacities in areas related to peacekeeping, such as Border Management (300 trainees), Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution (200 trainees).

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  Estimated number of trainees to be trained: 500.
  
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  Areas: Border Management- SALW- Human Trafficking - Crisis management (including courses on responding to the Ebola outbreak) – Conflict resolution.
  

CCCPA plans to contribute to establishing and operating two mobile training units. The first one will deliver training courses on conflict resolution and peace-building in Sudan. The second will provide training for African peacekeepers in cooperation with Kenyan PTEC on issues related to Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR).

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  Estimated number of peacekeepers to be trained: 125
  
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  Areas: Peacebuilding- Conflict Resolution
  

CCCPA will co-host a seminar on Peacebuilding review on November 24-25, 2014 in Cairo, aiming at presenting a substantial contribution to the current review of the UN peacebuilding architecture.

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  Estimated output: a report summarizing African views on peacebuilding architecture.
  

CCCPA will be organizing on October 21-22, 2014 the first seminar on northern African civilian rostering, with an expected participation from the AU commission, as well as representatives of different RECs, and international experts in this domain.

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  Estimated output: launch of civilian rostering in North Africa