International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centres

The International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centres "was founded in Canada on July 2, 1995, at the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre. In October 2005, the responsibility for the Secretariat was transferred to the Centre for UN Peacekeeping in New Delhi. The aim of the Association is to facilitate communication and exchange of information between the various peacekeeping training centres and/or among people responsible for, and interested in, peacekeeping training. Peacekeeping trainers and educators use this information to avoid problems already encountered by others, promote well-tested practices, and provide information to those peacekeeping countries which lack their own training centres. It is hoped that this exchange of information will allow centres to minimize duplication in their efforts, and lead to further specialization and a sharing of responsibilities." ^[1]

• Former President, Albrecht Schnabel

"The following is a list of organizations and institutions that have participated in IAPTC meetings to date: ^[2]

• Argentina - Peace Operations joint Training Centre (CAECOPAZ)
• Australia - Australian Defence Force Warfare Centre
• Austria - Austrian International Operations Command/ Centre for Operations Preparation for International Peace Support Command (AIPSC)
• Austria - Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR)
• Bangladesh - Bangladesh Institute of peace support operation training (BIPSOT)
• Bosnia-Herzegovina - Peace Support Operations Training Centre (PSOTC)
• Bulgaria - Gueorgui S. Rakovski National Defence and Staff College Peacekeeping Training Centre
• Canada - Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
• Canada - Canadian Forces Peace Support Training Centre
• Chile - Chilean Joint Corps for Peacekeeping Centre (CECOPAC)
• Croatia - International Military Training Centre (IMOC)
• Czech Republic - Peacekeeping Operations Training Centre
• Denmark - Danish Logistics School/Danish Army Service Support and Military Police School
• Denmark - Defence Command Denmark,
• Egypt - Cairo Centre for Training on Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping in Africa
• Fiji - Police Academy
• Fiji - Peacekeeping Force Training Group
• Finland - Finnish Defence Forces International Centre (FINCENT)
• France - Gendarmerie Nationale International Training Centre
• Germany - UN Training Centre
• Germany - Fuehrungsakademie der Bundeswehr
• Germany - Centre for Intersectional Peace operations
• Germany - NATO School
• Germany - Federal Police Academy
• Germany - Police Academy, Wertheirrmain
• Ghana - Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC)
• Greece - Multinational Peace Support Operations Centre (MPSOTC)
• Hungary - Peace Support Training Centre of Hungarian Defence Forces (PSTC)
• Hungary - Ministry of the Interior, International Training Centre
• Hungary - Ministry of Defence, Joint Staff, Operational Directorate, Peacekeeping and Crisis
• Hungary - Zrinyi Miklos Military Academy
• India - [[USI-Centre for UN Peacekeeping
• Indonesia - Department of Defence and Security Peacekeeping Operations
• Ireland - UN Training School (UNTSI)
• Italy - Sant’ Anna School of University Studies
• Ivory Coast - Peacekeeping Training Centre
• Japan - Government Cabinet Office
• Jordan - Institute of Diplomacy
• Jordan - Peacekeeping Institute
• Kenya - Peace Support Training Centre (PSTC)
• Malaysia - Peacekeeping Training Centre
• Malaysia - Malaysian Peacekeeping Training Centre
• Mali - Ecole De Maintien De La Paix Du Mali (Peacekeeping School, Mali)
• Malta - Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
• New Zealand - Army HQ
• Nigeria - National War College
• Nigeria - Legon Centre for International Affairs(LECIA)
• Nigeria - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
• Norway - Norwegian Armed Forces Peacekeeping Training Centre
• Norway - Training for Peace, NUPI
• Pakistan - Peacekeeping Training Program and School
• Peru -Joint Command of the Army Forces
• Poland - National Defence University
• Poland - Military Training Centre for PSOs
• Romania - PfP Regional Training Centre
• Russia - Police Peacekeeping Training Centre
• Russia - Peacekeeping Military Training Centre /Vystral Peacekeeping Academy
• Senegal - Senegal Peacekeeping Training Headquarters
• Singapore - Singapore Police Force
• Slovakia - UN Training Centre
• South Africa - Peace Mission Training Centre (PMTC)
• South Africa - African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
• South Africa - Institute for Defense Policy
• Spain - Coordination and International Cooperation Unit
• Sweden - Swedish Armed Forces International Centre- SWEDINT
• Sweden - Folke Bernadotte Academy
• Sweden - International Peacekeeping Training Centre
• Sweden - Swedish Police Peace Support Operations
• Switzerland - Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP)
• The Netherlands - Netherlands School for Peace Operations
• The Netherlands - Chief Training Education, CIMIC Group North, NATO
• The Netherlands - Royal Netherlands Army
• Turkey - PfP Training Centre
• Ukraine - Peacekeeping Veterans Association
• Ukraine - Peacekeeping Centre
• Ukraine - PfP Coordination Centre
• United Kingdom - Operational Training Advisory Group (OPTAG)
• United States - Army Peacekeeping Institute
• United States - Inter American Defense College
• United States - Potomac Strategies International
• United States - The Centre for Civil-Military Relations, California (CCMR)
• United States - COE- DMHA, Hawaii
• United States - US Army Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute, Carlisle
• Uruguay - Uruguayan Army HQ, Peace Keeping National Sistem (SINOMAPA), Army HQ
• Uruguay - Uruguay PKO School
• Zambia - Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies
• Zimbabwe - SADC Regional Peacekeeping Trg Centre
• United Nations - UNHQ DPKO
• NATO

Accommodation and Messing

Each participant will be located with a single room accommodation in a Student's Apartment. Meals are served according to schedule at Banquet Hall.

Student's Apartment

Travel and Registration

Participants are responsible for making their own travel arrangements. International participants are advised to acquire assistance from their local High Commission/Embassy respectively. All participants should plan to arrive at the MPTC on the day before the course, anytime after 1600 hrs. For departure, participants should plan on leaving the course not earlier than 1600 hrs on the last day of the course.

Medical Facilities

Medical cases will be referred to the local Armed Forces Medical Centre or the District Hospital. Should participants have the need for special medication, it is advised that they bring a sufficient supply to last the duration of the course.

Financial Facilities

Major banking facilities are available in Port Dickson. Whilst credit cards are accepted in major shopping outlets. Cash in Malaysian currency is preferred for daily needs.

Visas

Applicable visas for the scheduled travel must be obtained prior to arrival.

Clothing

Malaysia has warm tropical weather all year round. Temperatures range from 31C to 15C depending on your altitude . Different parts of the country experience monsoons during different parts of the year. Light, cool and casual clothing is recommended. For more formal occasion, jackets and ties are acceptable. Whilst on the course and instruction, participants are to be attired in their appropriate national summer working uniform and field dress for outdoor exercises. Service Dress is to be worn only during the opening and the closing ceremonies.

Course Fees

A fee will be charged for individual participants attending courses at the Malaysian peacekeeping Training Centre. The total cost for the course is subjected to Malaysian Defence Ministry current procedure.

SENIOR MISSION LEADERSHIPS IN MPTC 18 JAN - 29JAN 2010

Armed Forces once again recorded history when Malaysia Peacekeeping Training Center (PLPM) has been honored by the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) to organize Senior Mission Leaders Course (SML).

The course was held from 18 to January 29, 2010, attended by public officials and senior military officers with the rank of Brigadier General equivalent and above.

A total of 24 participants including 3 senior ATM and a senior RMP while others are from foreign countries. The Courses is first time held in PLPM intended to provide senior military officers and the public experienced and qualified to lead a mission as UN Force Commander or the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG).

Course SML-11 series was first hosted by Malaysia and also the first time held in the Asia Pacific region. Selection PLPM organizing this course is due to the excellent performance training center in handling courses international peacekeeping operations, other than equipment-fasilitas fasilitasnya sophisticated and modern.

SML course closing ceremony was officiated by Chief of Staff Headquarters ATM, YBhg Lt Gen Datuk Raja Mohamed Affandi Bin Raja Mohamed Noor on January 29, 2010. Also present at the ceremony was Laksda YBhg Dato 'Abdul Hadi bin A. Rashid, AKS OLP and Col Hj Ahmad Razali Johar RMAF, Commandant PLPM. PLPM success in implementing the course to the SML-11, already has improved the image of Malaysia and especially ATM in general.

Role

The role of MPTC is to prepare personnel of the Armed Forces, Police and Civil Departments including Non-Governmental Organisations for operational duties in peacekeeping missions.

Objectives

The objectives set are as follows:

• To promote peacekeeping efficiency and a balanced profile of professionalism for candidates selected for UN Peacekeeping missions.
• To provide a better understanding in the planning and conduct of UN Peace Support Operations.
• To provide a working knowledge and understanding on observer duties and the operation, logistics and administrative procedures of UN Peace Support Operations.
• To conduct seminars and forums on selected subjects to enhance the knowledge and understanding of UN Peacekeeping efforts.

Charter

Malaysian Peacekeeping Training Centre is a joint service organisation that was given the function to provide personnel of the Armed Forces and other agencies with training and knowledge on Peace Support and Peace Keeping Operation to enable them to function in peacekeeping mission.

An Overview

As the UN faces new challenges, personnel serving the UN must also be kept abreast with the dynamics, evolution, the fluid situations and the complexities of peacekeeping. We believe that there are good prospects and great demands for related training programmes. Realising these potentials, the proposal to have own complex since 1999, has materialized. It was inaugurated on the 20th Apr 2006 by The Right Honourable Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Malaysia, Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak.

The building concept projects a paradigm shift from the usual military cum regimental outlook. It is structured as an international institute of higher learning and resort complex. This centre will not only serve as the national centre but aspires to be a regional centre. It will also be the referral and resource centre on all aspects pertaining to peacekeeping. It is in this context that MPTC will continue to impart and promote knowledge beneficial to the maintenance of global peace. The centre is located at Segenting Camp, Port Dickson and is well connected by a highway and about 105km from Kuala Lumpur via the North-South Highway. It is approximately 45 minutes travelling distance by road from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).