COURSE GENDER IN MULTINATIONAL OPERATIONS CONCLUDED
5 – day Course ‘Gender in Multinational Operations’ was concluded in the Peacekeeping Operations Center on 5 April, 2013.
Course goal was to qualify participants to work on duties in MnOp, in accordance with the UN, EU and NATO standards regarding gender perspective, in order to provide gender mainstreaming in performing tasks and activities in MnOp and increase operational efficiency and better understanding of gender requirements and problems of the local population in the area of multinational operations.
The Course was conducted by an instructor team and lecturers from the Peacekeeping Operations Center, Serbian Ministry of Interior, UN Agency for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN), UN Development Program (UNDP), Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and civil society organizations.
This was the second Course from the field of gender in MnOp, which was organized in the Peacekeeping Operations Center together with the UN WOMEN Agency.
This year’s Course had 28 participants – five from the MoD, 13 from the SAF, five from the Ministry of Interior, two from the Criminal Police Academy, two from the Security Faculty and one from the Faculty of Political Sciences.
According to the words of those most responsible for the realization of the Course, all Course goals were completely fulfilled, and after five working days, participants presented great improvement in understanding and practical application of the acquired knowledge from the field of gender questions in MnOp.
During the Course closing ceremony, participants were given certificates for successful completion of this program.
Course director is Major Damir Jeina.
Course ‘Gender in Multinational Operations’ was officially closed by the Chief of the Peacekeeping Operations Center, Colonel MSc Milivoje Pajovic, with presence of MG Goran Radovanovic, Zorica Skakun from UN WOMEN and chief inspector Zeljko Milenic, from the Bureau for International Cooperation and European Integrations.