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AROUND THE WORLD
IN DEPTH

Valencia – Spain

JANUARY 20 – 21, 2020
The CoESPU Director, Brigadier General Giovanni Pietro Barbano, participated in the First Workshop in Infor-
mation Technology Needs of United Nations Police, which took place at the UN Information and Communica-
tions Technology Facility of Valencia (Spain) on the 20th and the 21st of January 2020.
The event was planned and organized by the Police Division of the Office of the Rule of Law and Security Insti-
tutions in partnership with the Office of Information and Communications Technology.
The workshop focused the attention on the growing use and adoption of existing United Nations tools that
can support the effective implementation of UNPOL mandates in diverse operating environments; it increased
understanding of how integrated UNPOL data can inform whole-of-mission efforts and, in particular by iden-
tifying technology gaps, challenges and potential remedies.
Senior Leadership of various police components, senior managers from OICT
as well as participants from OHCHR, ZIF – Centre for International Peace Ope-
rations, UNODC, NATO Stability Policing and Spanish National Police took the
floor, identifying technological gaps and their impact on field missions, enhan-
cing in-depth discussions and interactions and paving the way for a stronger
future cooperation among all the participating Organizations.
Deputy Police Commissioner Ossama El-Moghazy (UN MINUSCA in Central
Africa Republic), former CoESPU Student, delivered a detailed speech on Emer-
ging Technology Needs on the field.

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