Periodic Reporting for period 2 - PeaceTraining.eu (Strengthening the Capabilities and Training Curricula for Conflict Prevention and Peace Building Personnel with ICT-based Collaboration and Knowledge Approaches)
Période du rapport: 2017-10-01 au 2018-10-31
(O1) REVIEW current understanding and training related to CPPB, outline potential divergences and outsourcing effects, and investigate essential requirements based on the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) including ethical and legal issues.
(O2) ANALYSE existing CPPB training curricula across Europe running a multi-perspective exploration on its contents, methods, didactics, stakeholder groups, interaction levels, practices, approaches etc. including a special view on already existing digital solutions and e-learning appliances.
(O3) INVOLVE CPPB experts and actors along all project phases via surveys, interviews, and focus groups to gather first-hand experiences and knowledge and to identify practices, requirements, specific challenges, and needs including the installation of a strong expert and advisory board.
(O4) DEVELOP novel training methods in the field of civilian CPPB with e-approaches and create a multidimensional PeaceTraining.eu Curricula Model establishing efficient and effective CPPB training in Europe including a systematic layer structure, target-group-specific elements and expert levels.
(O5) PROVIDE an interactive PeaceTraining.eu Web Platform including a knowledge base, expert navigators, training centres directories, best practice libraries, interactive curricula guides etc. to strengthen the information transfer of all project developments and future implementations.
(O6) LEVERAGE the collaboration between the training recipients, public agencies, training, experts, practitioners and training organisations, and industry (especially SMEs) providing an intelligent PeaceTraining.eu Catalogue matching actors and services on pan-European and international level.
(O7) INCREASE awareness on CPPB Channels and media promoting the PeaceTraining.eu outcomes across Europe to especially attract public and civil CPPB agencies by creating a sustainable strategy, run mobilisation and engagement activities and provide digital contents and modern infographics.
The ultimate goal of the PeaceTraining.eu project to enhance the preparedness and skills of personnel for conflict prevention and peacekeeping missions especially in conflict-prone countries is addressed by implementing the findings in day-to-day CPPB training.
The online platform is open and free to CPPB academics and practitioners, individuals and organizations, to register accounts and advertise their training offers, but also to contribute content in the form of events, news, training materials and any other CPPB training-related works, including handbooks, ICT tools, case studies, guides, innovative training methods and concepts and others, in any language, especially English, French, Spanish and German.
However, before having an impact on external stakeholders and practices, the PeaceTraining.eu project has positively influenced the consortium partners, who are organizations active in the CPPB training field, academics, practitioners or training institutions. The partner universities, and not only, have jointly recognized the increase in external collaboration opportunities, through building new connections with international actors in the CPPB training field and especially with practitioners, thus bridging the gap between research and practice. Furthermore, internal impacts are adaptations to the teaching approaches, which will be done based on the PeaceTraining.eu curricula framework and tested in the upcoming semesters. Training providers, partners in the PeaceTraining.eu consortium were also positively impacted by the work in the project and have adapted their training programmes based on the findings, but also promote and support others in implementing the novel practices. Other impacts on the PeaceTraining.eu partner organizations are extended ICT knowledge and expertise, as well as broadened capacities in the CPPB training field.