KAZCENT
UNITED NATIONS MILITARY
OBSERVER COURSE (UNMOC)
OBSERVER COURSE (UNMOC)
Course Description
KAZCENT has developed this UNMO course, which is following United Nations Military Observers Special Training Materials (UNMO STM) that are providing us with the UN pre-deployment requirements, lesson plans, and materials specially designed for UNMO. A Core Pre-Deployment Training Materials (CPTM) are included as a pre-requisite to this UNMO training.
The course program includes lectures, learning activities/exercises, as well as, a more comprehensive scenario-based exercise, which will be run at the end of a course to strengthen participants’ understanding how better to operate in a UN Peacekeeping environment.
The course program includes lectures, learning activities/exercises, as well as, a more comprehensive scenario-based exercise, which will be run at the end of a course to strengthen participants’ understanding how better to operate in a UN Peacekeeping environment.
Course aim
The aim of this course is to support national pre-deployment training efforts of Kazakhstan and countries of Central Asia by providing UN DPO training standards to ensure a common military approach to work as military observers in UN peacekeeping missions.
This course designed not only for personnel identified to deploy as UNMO, but also for military decision makers, staff officers, and tactical unit leaders, who during their UN deployment may be assigned to, employ, coordinate or perform missions with UNMO.
The aim of this course is to support national pre-deployment training efforts of Kazakhstan and countries of Central Asia by providing UN DPO training standards to ensure a common military approach to work as military observers in UN peacekeeping missions.
This course designed not only for personnel identified to deploy as UNMO, but also for military decision makers, staff officers, and tactical unit leaders, who during their UN deployment may be assigned to, employ, coordinate or perform missions with UNMO.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Having completed this course the participants will become familiar with:
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UNMO Command & Control and structure - UNMO Concept of Support – Logistic and Administrative Support
- United Nations Peacekeeping Intelligence (UNPKI)
- Basic UN Investigation and Verification Techniques
- Liaison and Coordination
- Negotiation and Mediation
- Interviewing Techniques
- Weapons, Vehicles, and Aircraft Recognition
- Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)
- Mines, Explosive Remnants of War, Improvised Explosive Devices and Crater Analysis
- Use of Language Assistants
- Media Relations
- UNMO Reporting Procedures
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Participants shall meet the following criteria:
- Target audience: It is recommended that personnel receiving this training be proficient in military tasks (individually or collectively) at the tactical level
- Rank requirements: Officer OF-1 thru OF-5
- Language proficiency: English (2222 STANAG 6001)
- Officers are to be capable of performing proficiency in the following skills: Language, writing, reporting, briefing, mediation, negotiation, and use of language assistants
- Officers are to be capable of working within a civilian-managed Mission support structure, while remaining responsive to the military chain of command and units
- Basic computer skills (MS Office applications, web)
COURSE NOTES
- Duration: 15 days with up to 6-7 daily lessons of 50 minutes each and 5 days for scenario-based field training exercise
- Seat allocation: 30 participants
- Upcoming course iterations: 2-27 September 2024
- Training audience: Employees of national and regional governmental agencies. The course is open to NATO, PfP, MD, ICI and other partner nations as approved
- Course language: English
- Security clearance: Unclassified
- Dress code: Battle dress uniform (camouflage)
- Application deadline: until August 8, 2024
KAZAKHSTAN PEACE OPERATIONS CENTRE
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Contacts:
Adress:
Zharokov street - 210, Almaty city 050060, Republic of Kazakhstan
Telephone:
+7 (727) 274 13 81
+7 (727) 274 83 00 (Fax)
Email:
kazcent@mod.gov.kz
Adress:
Zharokov street - 210, Almaty city 050060, Republic of Kazakhstan
Telephone:
+7 (727) 274 13 81
+7 (727) 274 83 00 (Fax)
Email:
kazcent@mod.gov.kz