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1st “Train the Trainers” Course for Somali Police Officers

January 14 - 25, 2019
First edition of the “Train the Trai-
ners” Course for selected Somali
Police Officers, in English language,
in the framework of the “MIADIT So-
malia Project”.
MIADIT stands for “Missione Ad-
destrativa Italiana” (Italian Training
Mission).The project is the result of
a trilateral cooperation agreement
among the Italian State and the So-
mali and Djiboutian governments,
and it is aimed at fostering the stabi-
lity and the security of Somalia and
the whole region of the Horn of Afri-
ca, increasing capacity in the fields
of security and control of the terri-
tory by the Somali Police Force.
This training period at the CoESPU Campus was aimed at finalizing and refining professional skillset of the
students, as a natural continuation of the fruitful Carabinieri MIADIT Somalia Project. At the end of the intense
experience the attendees felt more equipped and ready, as trainers, to transfer their knowledge to other colle-
agues in their Country.
18th “Protection of Civilians” Course (POC18)

January 30-February 19, 2019. 18th
edition of the “Protection of Civilians”
Course (POC18), in English language,
for 28 students coming from 19 different
Countries: Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chile, Fiji, Ga-
bon, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mali, Mau-
ritania, Nepal, Nigeria, Senegal, South
Africa, Togo and Ukraine. The three-week
training activity aimed at focusing the at-
tention of the attendees on the Protection of
Civilians, which is possibly the most chal-
lenging mandate in modern, multi-dimen-
sional United Nations Peace Operations,
resulting in a wide range of comprehensi-
ve actions carried out by civil, police, and
military components of UN missions. It
sought to deter, prevent, preempt and stop violence against civilians, through coordinated strategies, with a very
special attention on the protection of children, Cultural and Environmental Heritage and the implementation of the
zero tolerance policy against Sexual Exploitation and abuses. It included several activities aimed at achieving full
respect of humankinds, regardless of age, gender, social, ethnic, national, religious, or other distinctions, with due
respect for a wide range of international laws, all tailored and shaped in accordance with human rights legislations.

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