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COESPU TRAINING

By Capt. Vito FRANCHINI
13th & 14th "FPU Pre-Deployment Training" Course
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October 1 – 26 , 2018.

A total of 53 attendees, from Mauritania and
Senegal, attended a 4 weeks intense training
course at the CoESPU that will continue in the
Training Centers of beneficiary Countries
under the supervision of CoESPU "Mobile
Mentoring Teams".
The FPU PDT Course aims to train an entire
Formed Police Unit (FPU) to provide to all
members basic knowledge and skills required
by the United Nations standards to operate
properly in UN Peace Operations.
The training, utilizing the UN pre-deployment curricula for Police as well as the UN FPU doctrine,
will grant the capabilities to conduct operations at tactical level. In the first phase, tailored for
Command Staff, the training will enable leading position to prepare subordinates for their duties in
Peacekeeping Operations. At the end of the whole activity, the FPU is ready to be deployed in
Peacekeeping Missions under UN umbrella.
Mr. C.J. Hamilton (US Consulate in Milan), Lt. Gen. (Ret’d) Roméo Antonius Dallaire (Canadian
Army, former UNAMIR Commander, Founder President of the “Child Soldiers Initiative"), Mr.
Umberto Guidato (Vicenza Prefect), and other local Authorities attended the Graduation Ceremony
held in CoESPU Compound at the end of the first training phase. Mr. C.J. Hamilton, among the
others, highlighted the ever-growing number of alumni formed at CoESPU and the outstanding
results achieved thanks to the close cooperation with the US State Department.

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