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Kigali (Rwanda)

February 11 – 15, 2019
Following a long lasting cooperation, personnel of the Center of Excel-
lence for Stability Police Units participated in the Initial Planning Event
(IPE) of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) Shared Accord Exercises for
the years 2019 – 2020 (SA19).
During the meeting, the CoESPU Officer was involved in the preparation
of the Police Component of the Exercise (concerning the Joint Exercise
Control Group, the Training Audience and the bidding among parteci-
pants), thereafter finalized in the Main Planning Event (MPE) of March.
“Shared Accord 19”, sponsored by U.S. Africa Command and executed
by U.S. Army Africa, the Rwandan Defence Force, Italy and other partner
nations, seeks to improve interoperability between vested stakeholders
by enhancing the capacity and capability of Troop Contributing Coun-
tries to the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Cen-
tral African Republic.

Amsterdam (Netherlands)

March 5 – 6, 2019
CoESPU personnel Took part to the Opening Meeting of the European Union Poli-
ce and Civilian Services Training Programme (EUPCST). Building on the success of
the previous European Union Police Services Training I and II (EUPST I and II), the
EUPCST is based on the added value to joint training of police and civilian per-
sonnel reflecting their deployment and cooperation in civilian crisis management
missions. The underlying rationale of EUPCST is that exploring synergies, impro-
ving interoperability of participating services, and moving towards more closely
harmonized training approaches for international stabilization missions will gre-
atly benefit cooperation and performance in civilian crisis management missions.
This action therefore aims to provide advanced and joint training opportunities
for police and civilian personnel to be deployed to EU civilian missions in the
framework of the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP), EU stabilization
actions or other international stabilization missions as well as to increase civilian
crisis management training capacity of CSDP contributing nations, CSDP host na-
tions and third countries in cooperation with local entities or partners.

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