Strengthening Peacekeeping Training in Francophone Africa

The project aims to increase Francophone Africa’s peacekeeping troops’ readiness for deployment to United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions by providing support to the École de Maintien de la Paix Alioune Blondin Béye (EMPABB). EMPABB provides specific training to African officers in the areas of peacekeeping peacebuilding and crisis management and delivers specific training modules designed to provide the essential knowledge required by military police and civilian personnel to function effectively in peace support operations. Project activities include: (1) designing and delivering two courses on the protection of civilians one for 50 participants at the basic level and one for 50 senior-level management participants; (2) designing and delivering a human rights course and a course on mediation and conflict prevention for 150 peacekeepers; and (3) delivering in conjunction with the UN mission in Mali a course on conflict-sensitive programming for 25 staff.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) strengthened provision of integrated training for the civilian police and military male and female personnel on the protection of civilians and conflict prevention and mediation for better integration and enhanced coordination of African contingents deployed into peacekeeping missions; and (2) continued the professionalization of peacekeepers in Mali and Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa.