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Brussels – Belgium

FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Capt. David M.V. Fontana Barberis, from the CoESPU Research Office, participated in a Working Group Mee-
ting organized by the European Association of Peace Operations Training Centres (EAPTC).
The event took place at the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) in Brussels – Belgium.
The main topic of the WG was the reinforcement of the role and relevance of the EAPTC, thus consolidating
its “European” dimension and re-establishing its contact with the International Association of Peacekeeping
Training Centres (IAPTC).
The CoESPU Director, Brigadier General Giovanni Pietro Barbano, is
the current Police Chair of the IAPTC Executive Committee.
In addition to the CoESPU member, the WG was attended by partici-
pants from several International Organizations, such as Geneva Cen-
ter for Security Policy (GCSP), Austrian International Forces (AUTINT),
Conflux Center, École Universitaire Internationale, Finnish Defence
Forces International Centre (FINCENT), Romanian Ministry of Interior,
Swedish Police, Berliner Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze
(ZIF) and, of couse, IAPTC.

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