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components in operations; high-risk police activities; tools to address sexual and gender-based
violence in the framework of the protection of civilians; and train-the-trainers courses. These efforts
have required adjustment, flexibility and mutual compatibility, not to mention candid understanding
of our respective comparative advantages. With vision, patience and dedication, both our entities
managed to overcome initial challenges and make this cooperation a vital element of the
international partnership in support for peace and security, with remarkable results. As of 2017, the
UN Police Division works jointly with the Center and US-led donors to deliver 10 FPU Commander
Courses, including in French. CoESPU has also organized two FPU Coordinator Courses for police
officers serving in peacekeeping operations and UN Special Political Missions.
Today, CoESPU can take pride in the fact that almost 10000 police officers and officials, from nearly
110 countries and a long list of international organizations, have been trained in its facilities. It also
actively supports the UN in organizing, hosting and conducting workshops to develop and review
police documents, curricula, policy papers and more. In 2016, CoESPU officers participated in a
Thematic Meeting on Police Administration organized by the UN Police Division at the UN
Logistics Base in Brindisi, which also houses the 40-strong UN Standing Police Capacity. This vital
facility has established an excellent, mutually-reinforcing relationship with the Center. The
anticipated appointment of a senior Carabinieri officer with UN experience as the Corps Commander
in Brindisi promises to further strengthen strategic and operational links between our two entities.
In a previous issue of this
magazine, Carabinieri
Commanding General Tullio Del
Sette warned of the grave global
risks posed to the international
community by organized crime,
terrorism, environmental
depravation, exploitation of
natural resources and large
refugee flows. These challenges
require much more from all key
stakeholders. That is why the
UN sees considerable potential
for growth in cooperation with
CoESPU -- first and foremost in
increased volume of training to
benefit peace operations as well
as doctrinal development. Activities scheduled in this area for 2017 include two new FPU training
course, a Coordinator course, workshops on the standard operating procedure for selection and
recruitment, and other efforts.
In May 2017, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations,
approved the new UN-CoESPU Updated Cooperation Action Points. These concentrate on
deepening our interaction in the area of programs, exercises and courses; provision of special
advisers and trainers in support of DPKO activities in the field; delivery of pre-deployment training
and specialized police experts teams; induction of rapid mobile training assets and much more. The
CoESPU Director, Brigadier General Giovanni Pietro Barbano, and his highly capable team visit UN

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