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Centre for European Perspective is organising a Mission Management, Administration and Support (MAS) Course between 6 and 10 July in Brussels.

Large international organisations have experienced their share of problems in attempting to plan, set up and support civilian crisis management field operations and, particularly, to achieve a rapid deployment of administration and logistics support resources. A sustainable management of a field mission is key to improving the motivation and efficiency of all staff.

The overall objective of the four-day Mission Administration & Support course is to provide its participants with in-depth knowledge of administrative and support procedures and structures of civilian crisis management operations. Training is organised by the Centre for European Perspective in cooperation with the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) from Sweden, Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenian Police and Slovenian Armed Forces.

Taking into account the different categories of staff involved in missions, the course will involve not only technical and administrative experts but also middle and senior management staff from EULEX Kosovo, EUMM Georgia, EUAM Ukraine, EUPOL Afghanistan and representatives of Brussels support. 

Center za evropsko prihodnost med 6. in 10. julijem, organizira usposabljanje »Upravljanje, administracija in podpora na misiji« v Bruslju. 

Velike mednarodne organizacije so že doživele svoj delež težav pri poskusu načrtovanja, vzpostavljanja in podpore civilnih operacij kriznega upravljanja na terenu, zlasti glede doseganja hitre uvedbe administrativnih in logističnih podpornih sredstev. Trajnostno upravljanje misije na terenu je namreč ključnega pomena za izboljšanje motivacije in učinkovitosti vseh zaposlenih.

Splošni cilj štiridnevnega usposabljanja je podati udeležencem poglobljeno znanje o upravnih in podpornih postopkih in strukturah civilnih operacij kriznega upravljanja. Usposabljanje poteka v okviru konzorcija ENTRi, ki ga sestavlja 13 evropskih institucij, ki se ukvarjajo z usposabljanjem civilnih strokovnjakov.

Ob upoštevanju različnih kategorij osebja, ki sodelujejo v misijah, usposabljanje vključuje tako tehnične in administrativne strokovnjake, kot tudi srednje in višje vodstvene uslužbence iz EULEX Kosovo, EUMM Gruzija, EUAM Ukrajina, EUPOL Afganistan in predstavnike bruseljske podpore.

Within the GIZ program "Open Regional Funds for South East Europe" the Centre for European Perspective was selected for the implementation of the project "Promotion of integration to the EU through regional cooperation." The project was launched in Montenegro as a pilot country in June.

The aim of the project, which began with a study visit in November 2013, is strengthening of Kosovo institutions in the field of integrated border management in accordance with EU directives. Five representatives of Slovenian border police management presented Slovenian best practices in the field of efficient implementation of border control, cooperation among different actors in the framework of IBM, cross border cooperation and illegal migration, all topics which belong into priority areas for fulfilment of demands set in the European Commission's Roadmap for visa liberalisation for Kosovo.

Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) is an intensive four days course aiming to train professionals to deal effectively with risks-associated and emergency/critical situations while deployed in hostile environments abroad. The course is intended for people who have little experience of working in conflict area to understand the required behavioural requirements.

The Course is designed to:
• improve participants knowledge about multiple threats present in hostile environments and to learn how to deal with them in an effective manner;
• rehearse and practice safety and security procedures accordingly with the specific threat;
• trigger individual skill dealing with different stressful situations;
• trigger group dynamics dealing with multiple stressful situations.

Training is composed of five modules. Activities include lectures, guided discussions, role plays and simulations. Trainees will be talking about being deployed in hostile environment (threat awareness and management of various threats, etc), medical help (vaccinations, personal hygiene, first aid), orientation, communications (GPS, radio, satellite phone) and off road vehicles driving. Practical activities and one day field simulation will be dedicated to practicing newly gained skills and will intentionally expose trainees to situations they are likely to encounter in the mission.

Training is organised by the Centre for European Perspective in cooperation with the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) from Sweden, Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenian Police and Slovenian Armed Forces.

DATE and LOCATION

Training will be held between 19 and 23 October 2015 at the Police Training Centre Gotenica. Gotenica is a training village with all needed facilities and full board accommodation for all participants.

REGISTRATION

In order to acquire more information please contact Nina Čepon (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; +386 (0)1 560 86 10). For registration please turn to http://www.entriforccm.eu/register.html
All participants need to have a valid driving license which is needed in order to drive with 4x4 vehicles.

COSTS

Trainees cover their costs of transportation to Ljubljana.
Organizers are covering training and full board accommodation during the training.

The new project IECEU started in the beginning of May 2015 and will last until end of February 2018 (33 months). IECEU -project aims towards enchancement of European Union (EU) external activities. The consortium is coordinated by Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Finland) and consists of a diverse group of civilian, research and military organisations reflecting the variety within EU missions. The overall goal of the project is to find out new approaches and solutions to respond to the future challenges and threats.

The aim of the project, which began with a study visit in November 2013, is strengthening of Kosovo institutions in the field of integrated border management in accordance with EU directives. Five representatives of Slovenian border police management will present Slovenian best practices in the field of efficient implementation of border control, cooperation among different actors in the framework of IBM, cross border cooperation and illegal migration, all topics which belong into priority areas for fulfilment of demands set in the European Commission's Roadmap for visa liberalisation for Kosovo. Kosovo has achieved a great progress in this field in the recent years, therefore the focus of the training will be on the practical implementation of the already adopted legal framework. Training will be practical in nature since experts will advise the participants based on the practical presentation of border surveillance activities at the border crossing with Macedonia (Hani i Eelezit).

Training »Protection of Children in the Judicial System of the Republic of Srpska – Interview Techniques and Cooperation with the Media.« finished today in Bosnia and Hercegovina in Laktaši, which was organized by Centre for European Perspective in cooperation with the Ministry of the Internal Affairs of the Republic of Srpska.

Slovenia is supporting Macedonia in the fight against organised crime in 2015 through the development assistance project implemented by the Centre for European Perspective, in cooperation with the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Slovenia. In the framework of the project a workshop took place in Macedonia between 1 and 4 June 2015 between leadership of criminal police of Republic of Macedonia and Republic of Slovenia where exchange of experience of planning efficient measures against organised crime took place as well as regarding changes in the functioning of criminal police due to the EU accession. The workshop’s concept was practical, with examination of planning of criminal police work through concrete examples of strategic documents, cases of trafficking of human being, corruption, illegal drugs, financial investigations, information flow and other issues of interest for effective fight against organised crime.

Tomorrow the training for legal practitioners in the Republic of Srpska will continue in Laktaši near Banja Luka, who at their work encounter children and young adults. This training is an upgrade of a two-day training in April, which was attended by a little less than 30 participants. Most of them were officers from the police stations from the entire Republic of Srpska, some employees of social work centres, prosecutor and a representative of the governmental centre for gender.

The main topics of this training will be the preparation for an interview with the child, the course of the interview itself and ways of communicating with children. We will also discuss interviews with offenders, which was the desire of participants who have already attended the training in April. The vast majority of participants will join us in June again; additionally we invited a few colleagues from the police administration, who are responsible for communication with the media. The latter plays a big role in protecting victims from further victimization; finding the right balance between the public’s right to information and protection of privacy involved in criminal proceedings will be the topic of practical workshops. At the end we will also discuss about supervision and psychological support for criminal investigators, who on daily basis must deal with demanding and stressful situations.

The training will end on Wednesday, 10 June 2015.

The project is part of the CEP program activities funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the fund for international development cooperation.

ZAŠČITA OTROK V PRAVOSODNEM SISTEMU REPUBLIKE SRBSKE - TEHNIKE VODENJA RAZGOVOROV IN SODELOVANJE Z MEDIJI

Jutri se bo v Laktaših pri Banja Luki nadaljevalo usposabljanje za pravosodne delavce v Republiki Srbski, ki se pri svojem delu srečujejo z otroki in mladoletniki. Gre za nadgradnjo dvodnevnega srečanja v aprilu, ki se ga je udeležilo nekaj manj kot 30 udeležencev. Največ med njimi je bilo kriminalistov iz policijskih postaj s celotne Republike Srbske, nekaj delavcev centrov za socialno delo, tožilka in predstavnica vladnega centra za enakost spolov.

Glavne teme tokratnega srečanja bo priprava na razgovor z otrokom, potek samega razgovora in načini komuniciranja z otrokom. Pogovarjali se bomo tudi o razgovorih s storilci kaznivih dejanj, kar je bila želja udeležencev, ki so se usposabljanja udeležili že aprila. Velika večina udeležencev se nam bo pridružila tudi v juniju, dodatno smo povabili še nekaj kolegov iz uprave policije, ki so zadolženi za komuniciranje z mediji. Slednje igra veliko vlogo pri zaščiti žrtev pred dodatno viktimizacijo; iskanje pravega ravnovesja med pravico javnosti do obveščenosti in zaščito zasebnosti vpletenih v kazenske postopke bo tema praktičnih delavnic. Ob koncu bomo nekaj besed rekli tudi o superviziji in psihološki pomoči kriminalistom, ki se pri svojem delu srečujejo s precej zahtevnimi in stresnimi situacijami.

Usposabljanje se bo zaključilo v sredo, 10.6.2015.

Projekt je del programskih aktivnosti CEP, ki jih financira Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve iz sredstev za mednarodno razvojno sodelovanje.

Prejšnji mesec se je zaključilo usposabljanje z naslovom »Spodbujanje podjetništva med mladimi v BiH«. Glavni namen usposabljanja je bilo informirati mlade podjetnike iz BiH o start-up podjetništvu, predstaviti tovrstno podporno okolje v Sloveniji in spodbuditi mlade, da razvijajo svoje podjetniške ideje.
V sodelovanju z iniciativo Start up: Slovenija je bilo v Slovenijo povabljenih več kot 20 mladih, ki so skupaj na tekmovanje z naslovom Podim Challenge prijavili devet različnih podjetniških idej. Pripraviti so morali kratko predstavitev svoje ideje, nato pa so kar pet izmed njih izbrali in jih vključili v poseben katalog konference, ki je bil na voljo vsem investitorjem, ki iščejo zanimive projekte. Tako so mladi v času dvodnevne konference srečali številne investitorje, imeli možnost predstaviti svoje ideje in se hkrati tudi učiti iz nasvetov in vprašanj.

Projekt je del programskih aktivnosti CEP, ki jih financira Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve iz sredstev za mednarodno razvojno sodelovanje in je bil izveden v sodelovanju z Veleposlaništvom Velike Britanije v Sloveniji.

1. Prosimo, če se lahko predstavite in na kratko predstavite svojo idejo.
Moje ime je Loren Keserović in sem študent prvega letnika na Univerzi v Sarajevu, na Poslovno-ekonomski fakulteti. Poleg tega sem tudi projektni vodja v nevladni organizaciji Giro di Sarajevo, ki spodbuja urbano kolesarjenje in poziva vlado k izgradnji potrebne kolesarske infrastrukture v Sarajevu. Zraven vseh dejavnosti sam veliko časa preživim na kolesu, saj treniram za tekmovanja kot član kolesarskega kluba GIRO.
Moja poslovna ideja je nastala na podlagi različnih vidikov moje vpletenosti v svet kolesarstva in mi je omogočila, da uvidim naraščajočo potrebo po posebni vrsti koles na trgu. Ta tip kolesa je popolna rešitev za težave s prometnimi zastoji in pomanjkanje parkirnih mest v mestih. Govorimo o kolesu, ki je zelo lahek, zložljiv in omogoča električno pomoč pedalom. To vrsto kolesa je prav zaradi majhnosti, ko ga zložimo, možno kombinirati tudi z drugimi prevoznimi sredstvi za daljša potovanja. Ideja je vzpostaviti zložljivo električno kolo, ki bi se proizvajalo v Bosni in Hercegovini in bi ga lahko prodajali v EU in kasneje tudi v ostalih državah, ki bi potrebovale takšno vrsto izdelka.
 
2. Kako ste prišli na idejo, da bi razvili nekaj svojega, namesto da bi samo našli službo?
Obstaja citat, ki mi je resnično všeč in pravi: »Težko je reči ali se bojevnik rodiš ali te bojevnika naredijo okoliščine«. Sam menim, da sem se rodil s poslovnim duhom, ki pa je bil izostren prav zaradi okoliščin. V srednji šoli sem med poletnimi počitnicami delal v kolesarski trgovini v Sarajevu in to je bila zame zelo pomembna izkušnja iz dveh razlogov. Prvi razlog je, da sem tam delal zelo dolgo in težko za nizko plačo in sem ugotovil, da če vložim enako truda v nekaj zase, za svoje podjetje, lahko dosežem veliko več in na podlagi tega zgradim svoje sanje in ne sanje nekoga drugega; in drugi razlog je, da sem v pogovoru s strankami izvedel, da obstoječa kolesa ne rešujejo problemov in potreb, ki jih imajo stranke. Za tem sem se vpisal na fakulteto pri čemer sem ugotovil, da ne bom dobil veliko dragocenega znanja in da je univerzitetna diploma neuporabna, če je ne kombiniraš z nečim iz 'realnega' sveta, kot je na primer start-up podjetje. Na koncu koncev pa je resnično najboljša stvar v življenju, da najdeš stvar nad katero si navdušen in zatem način, kako od tega služiti in ne obratno in tako sem spoznal da so moja 'stvar' kolesa.

3. Ali ste se že kdaj prej udeležili kakšnega podjetniškega programa?Tako je, že prej sem se udeležil nekaj podjetniških programov v svoji državi. Najpomembnejši je Bizoo start-up pospeševalnik, ki ga vodi zelo uspešen podjetnik, od katerega smo se lahko resnično veliko naučili.

4. Kje ste izvedeli za naše usposabljanje? Kaj je pritegnilo vašo pozornost?
Za usposabljanje sem izvedel preko oglasa in takoj sem prepoznal odlično priložnost, da spoznam različne ljudi in razširim svojo poslovno mrežo, kar pa je najpomembnejša stvar za uspešno poslovanje.

5. Kaj je bilo za vas najbolj uporabno in koristno na usposabljanju?
Kot sem že omenil v prejšnjem odgovoru je bilo najbolj uporabno in koristno spoznati ljudi, ki so takšni kot jaz in želijo delati nekaj drugačnega, da ne bodo zgolj še ena opeka v zidu. Prav tako pa verjamem, da lahko drug drugemu pomagamo pri uresničevanju naših ciljev.

6. Ali ste pred obiskom našega usposabljanja kdaj pomislili, da bi iskali investitorja v tujini? V Veliki Britaniji?
Že pred usposabljanjem sem razmišljal o iskanju investitorja v tujini, vendar je bilo to bolj podobno misiji nemogoče, saj živim v državi ki je veliko tujcev ne najde niti na zemljevidu in s tem projektom se mi je ponudila priložnost, da se srečam in govorim z nekaterimi od njih.
 
7. Kakšno podporo bi trenutno najbolj potrebovali?
Moj projekt je trenutno v fazi prototipa in do sedaj sem razvoj financiral z lastnimi prihranki. Da bi ustvaril nekaj prototipov bi stalo več, kot lahko sam zagotovim in za kritje teh stroškov bom moral najti investitorje. Po tej fazi, pa moj projekt, tako kot skoraj vsi drugi projekti iz BiH potrebujejo podporo pri promociji v ciljnih državah.