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UN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
FOR EFFECTIVE ADVISING

SA: A CASE STUDY IN A

EUROPEAN UNION MISSION

“Strategic Advising: conside- took part in the conference upon Staff of the Carabinieri 2nd Mobile
rations and thoughts based on invitation of the CoESPU Director, Brigade), Ms Victoria Walker (As-
experience in a European Union BG Giovanni Pietro Barbano, as sistant Director DCAF and Head
- Common Security and Defense well as distinguished scholars, fa- of the International Security Sec-
Policy mission” cilitators, academics and speakers tor Advisory Team (ISSAT) DCAF
By Nicola Carrera and a group of Carabinieri officers - Geneva Centre for Security Sec-
with a specific professional profile. tor Governance ), Col Franco Mer-
Among the participants, it is wor- lino (Italian Army, Director of the
Last November 2019, CoE- th to mention Ms. Maureen Brown Security Force Assistance Centre
SPU hosted an important global (Former UK Chief Police Officer of Excellence), Col. Ionel-Cătălin
event on the Strategic Advising. Strategic Police Advisor at Europe- Stegăroiu (Romanian Jandarme-
The international conference tit- an Union), Mr. Kurt Eyre (Training rie, Lessons Learned Branch Head
led “International Conference on Coordinator with International Se- - NATO SP COE), Mr. Laurent Gro-
Strategic Advising in police Ca- curity Sector Advisory Team –IS- sbois (Civilian Mission Senior Pro-
pacity Building and Development SAT- DCAF - Geneva), Mrs Karen tection Advisor at UNCHR), Mr.
(CB&D). Lessons Learned and Best Finkenbinder (Peace Operations Tony Murnay (Former Senior Po-
Practices” has been the ideal op- Advisor at Peacekeeping and Sta- lice Advisor & Deputy Commis-
portunity to create the right envi- bility Operations Institute (PKSOI)), sioner UN Police Team, Somalia;
ronment to work on the ideas and Col. Nicola Conforti (Chief of Inter- Former Chief Technical Adviser to
deepen the concept of the Strate- national Cooperation Office, Ca- Law & Order Trust Fund, Afghani-
gic Advising. Many representati- rabinieri General Headquarters), stan) and others. Scientific Coordi-
ves of the various international, Col. Nicola Mangialavori (Chief of nator of the event was BG Stefa-
European and national institutions

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