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PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING - LESSONS LEARNED
participants, for example by training pools – particularly police units are equipped and
providing them with additional through the identification and trained for “traditional” pea-
materials like detailed maps of recruitment of more qualified cekeeping, while the reality on
deployment areas or a variety female trainers. the ground is far more com-
of pocket cards, including “No 3. Changing mindsets plex. Hence, training shall be
Excuse” cards aimed at pre- Effective performance of mili- grounded in a carefully tailored
venting sexual exploitation and tary and police personnel while approach, while fully reflecting
abuse. deployed depends not only on UN standards and guidelines.
2. Specialized expertise to deli- the acquisition of certain know- Mission specificities shall be ta-
ver training ledge and skills, but also on the ken into account at every level
Lack of specific expertise and possession of the right mind- of the training – for both com-
clear understanding of mission set. As highlighted in the 2017 missioned and non-commissio-
theatre by trainers supporting Report “Improving Security of ned officers.
TCCs and PCCs prior to de- United Nations Peacekeepers” 5. Complementing other initiati-
ployment may affect negatively (also known as Cruz Report), ves
the preparation of military and “changing mindsets is essential The responsibility to provide
police personnel. Standardized to enable personnel to be aware training prior to deployment is
approaches, which don’t con- of the risks and empowered to at the national level – as indica-
sider the pre-existing level of take the initiative to deter, pre- ted in the UN General Assem-
preparation of the personnel, vent and respond to attacks”. bly Resolution 49/37 adopted
nor the specific context in which Training shall be designed not in 1994 (A/RES/49/37). Se-
they will deploy, further limit the only to address knowledge and veral actors – at the regional
level of potential positive impact skills gaps, but also to work and international levels – sup-
on knowledge, skills, behaviour with behaviour and attitudes of port TCCs and PCCs on a de-
and attitudes. Particular atten- personnel prior to deployment, mand-driven basis. However,
tion shall be paid to the com- in the view of promoting long- these efforts are rarely harmo-
position of training teams, and term and sustainable change. nized, and training is often not
therefore institutions should 4. Addressing the mission context designed to take into account
constantly work on expanding Most military contingents and the existing knowledge and
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