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added-value and positive impact the country context faster. Thanks text”. Line managers interviewed
of pre-deployment courses. to this, they were able to concen- confirmed that staff who attended
At a general level, it was attested trate immediately on their duties the PDT generally needed less as-
that PDTs provided participants and tasks, without spending time sistance/orientation through the
with very useful information on the on catching practical information mission’s mandate/functions/org-
country context (including history, or security issues. Networking was chart/jargon during first phases of
society, cultural, political and insti- an added value of the course. For deployment and; were quicker in
tutional environment) and on the what it concerns the in-mission in- getting into their new working en-
structure of the missions. This al- duction training, according to the vironment and in making the links
lowed trainees deployed after the majority of the interviewees there between their tasks and the opera-
PDT to feel more comfortable and were complementary without over- tional priorities.
more confident with the country lapping. Some conclusions
context and the respective mission. The course shortened the orien- Data gathered through a com-
Participants recognized an impro- tation period within the mission, prehensive survey launched in Au-
vement of cultural awareness and equipping participants with the ba- gust 2015 by CPCC in relation to
negotiation skills. Having acquired sic tools to start working in a smo- training in civilian CSDP missions
such a knowledge supported them other and faster way. It facilitated confirmed the already existing set
in interacting with local people the integration of the mission’s core of ‘vague’ statistics indicating that
and establishing better working re- objectives into trainees’ respective only half of civilian mission staff
lations. The majority of trainees in- job priorities. Although not focused deployed to missions attended
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terviewed individuated as a princi- on the specific job tasks of each a PDT . Though four years have
pal impact of the PDT the ability to and every trainee, it assisted in the passed since that data gathering,
integrate in the mission and within understanding of their “work con- the percentages of personnel who

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