PSOTC Bosnia-Herzegovina

Partnership Training and Education Centre

Peace Operations Training Institute’s

Partner Institution

Message From the Commandant:

Colonel Jasmin Čajić

Welcome to the Peace Support Operations Training Centre (PSOTC); a multinational training and education centre to develop Officers and NCOs for deployment on multi-national Peace Support Operations.

“When you get where you are going, remember where you have been”

Mission statement

PSOTC performs training and education in the field of peace support operations (PSO) for Armed Forces of BiH (AFBiH) and for members outside of Ministry of Defence (MOD), as well as acts as a NATO Partnership and Regional centre for training and education in PSO, with the goal of reaching NATO and UN compatible standards for members of the Ministry of Defence (MOD)/AFBiH and providing support to AFBiH in overall efforts of BiH’s contribution to international peace and security.

The PSOTC Partners:

PSOTC Organizational Chart

Commandant

PR Officer

Head of S1

Head of S6

S1 NCO

Driver

Logistics NCO

Associate Finance

Cashier

IT NCO

Staff

Command Sergeant Major

Chief of Staff

Head of S3

Head of S4

Finance

S1 NCO

Ops NCO

Administrator/ Escort

Maintenance NCO

Comms NCO

Driver

Storage clerk

Driver

Cleaner

Staff Local staff =21

12

Head of NCO Courses Section

NCO Directing Staff

Directing Staff

Directing Staff

Head of MTT

Head of TEDS

Training Department

Directing staff Local staff =14 International Staff = 5

Head of WSSC Section

Head of OFC Section

Directing Staff

Directing Staff

Directing Staff

Directing Staff

Directing Staff

Directing Staff TBC

Directing Staff TBC

Plans NCO

NCO Directing Staff

Directing Staff

Directing Staff

UK Advisor

Head of Training and Education Department

Librarian /Repro/Webmaster

NATO and UN Centre

Education and Training activities conducted in 2013

PSOTC Programme for 2013

FEB

2013

MAR

2013

JAN

2013

DEC

2013

NOV

2013

OCT

2013

SEP

2013

AUG

2013

JUL

2013

JUN

2013

APR

2013

MAY

2013

26.03.2013

PSOTC

summer leave

22 JUL – 16

AUG

PSOTC

winter

leave

23 – 31

DEC

UN Police

Course

1/13

4 – 15 MAR

UN

Accredited

Course

UN Police

Course

2/13

30 SEP – 11

OCT

UN

Accredited

Course

Gender

Utility in

PSO

Course

21 – 25

OCT

Defence

Attachés

Course

2 - 6 DEC

Building

Integrity

in PSO

Course

28 – 31

OCT

Induction

Course for

Instructors

14 – 18

JAN

Counterins

urgency

Course

COIN

18 – 28

MAR

NATO

Selected

Course

International Staff

Officers Skills

Course

ISOSC 1/13

2 – 26 APR

NATO Selected

Course

MEDIA

Managem

ent in

PSO

Course

7 – 10

MAY

International PSO Staff Officers

Course

IPSOSC 1/13

3 JUN – 19 JUL

PSO Staff NCO

Course

PSOSNCOC 1/13

(Building Integrity

Course for Senior

NCO included)

26 AUG – 27 SEP

NATO Selected

Course

NATO

CIMIC

Course

9 – 13

DEC

PSO Junior

NCO Course

PSOJNCOC

1/13

13 – 24 MAY

International

Tactical Info

Ops Course

13 – 17 MAY

US ODC

Gender on

PSO Train

the Trainers

Course

11 – 15 FEB

Euro-

Atlantic

Security

Course

included

3 – 7 JUN

Regional

Mobile

Training

Team, MTT 2

30 SEP – 11

OCT

TBC

Mobile

Training

Team, MTT

SWE

21 JAN - 1

FEB

Regional

Mobile

Training

Team, MTT 1

SRB

11 – 22 FEB

Seminar UN

led Ops,

MTT 3

DNK

12 – 14 NOV

TBC

NATO MTT,

Comprehensive

Operations

Planning

Course

15 – 26 APR

NSO

Euro-

Atlantic

Security

Seminar

27 – 28 MAY

Rule of

Law

Seminar

25 – 27

SEP

SSR in PSO

Course

Level 2

18 – 22 FEB

CSS

Building

Integrity for

SEE

Workshop

20 - 22 MAR

NATO HQ

AF BiH PR

Course

1/13

13 – 14 MAR

BiH MoD

AF BiH PR

Course

2/13

9 -12 APR

BiH MoD

AF BiH PR

Course

3/13

21 - 24 OCT

BiH MoD

NATO MTT,

Academic

Instructor

Course

4 - 8 NOV

NSO

Advanced

International

Humanitarian

Law Course

11 – 15 NOV

TBC

IHL

Achievements in 2013

• Done 29 training activities: - Resident Courses: 15 - Mobile Training Team (MTT): 3 - Other courses and seminars: 11

• Total 742 participants: - Bosnia and Herzegovina: 488 - International participants: 254

Achievements in 2013

• MTT implemented in the Republic of Serbia,

Kingdom of Sweden and

the Kingdom of Denmark

• NATO accreditation: - Building Integrity in Peace Support Operations Course (BIPSOC) - Senior Non-Commissioned Officers Buildin Integrity Course (SNCOBIC)

• VIP visits to PSOTC: 44

Residential courses ( 2005 – 2013 )

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Updated on 23 Dec 2013

ISR 1

Overall: 1171

SWE 4 1

NLD

CZE 1

RU

S 1

Gender on PSO Train the Trainers Course

11 – 15 Feb. 2013

26 participants: 6 BiH, 6 ALB, 6 MKD, 6 MNE, 1 SVN , 2 SRB

SSR in PSO Course

18 – 22 Feb. 2013

24 participants: 19 BiH, 1 SRB, 1 DEU, 1 MKD, 1 UK, 1 USA

UN Police Course

04 – 15 Mar. 2013

41 participants: 35 BiH, 1 ALB, 1 CRO, 1 MKD, 2 SWE, 1 SRB

Counterinsurgency Course - COIN

18 – 28 Mar. 2013

19 participants: 16 BiH, 1 CRO, 1 USA, 1 SRB

Building Integrity for SEE - Workshop

20 – 22 Mar. 2013

27 participants: 12 BiH, 1 SVN, 1 RUS, 1 MKD, 2 SRB, 1 ESP, 1 ARM, 2 MNE, 1 UKR, 1 LAT, 1 MDA, 1 GEO, 2 BUL

International Staff Officers Skills Course - ISOSC

02 – 26 Apr. 2013

18 participants: 16 BiH, 1 ALB, 1 MKD

NATO MTT, Comprehensive Operations Planning Course

02 – 26 Apr. 2013

26 participants: 23 BiH, 2 SVN, 1 ALB

Media menagment in PSO

07 – 10 May 2013

19 participants: 19 BiH

Mobile Training Team, MTT

21 Jan – 01 Feb. 2013 – Sweden 11 – 22 Feb. 2013 - Serbia

Sweden: 12 participants Serbia: 32 participants

International Tactical Info Ops Course

13 – 17 May. 2013

15 participants: 9 BiH, 1 ALB, 1 CRO, 1 IRL, 1 MKD, 1 USA, 1 NLD

PSO Junior NCO Course

13 – 24 May 2013

13 participants: 9 BiH, 1 CRO, 1 MNE, 1 MKD, 1 SRB

Euro Atlantic Security Course

03 – 07 June 2013

35 participants: 28 BiH, 1 ALB, 1 AUT, 1 CRO, 1 HUN, 1 MKD, 2 TUR

International PSO Staff Officers Course (IPSOSOC)

03 Jun. – 19 Jul. 2013

21 participants: 16 BiH, 1 ALB, 1 CRO, 1 MNE, 1 SRB, 1 FRA

PSO Staff NCO Course (PSOSNCOC)

26 Aug. – 27 Sep. 2013

25 participants: 21 BiH, 1 AUT, 1 KAZ, 1 MKD, 1 SRB,

BI for Senior NCO Course (BI SNCOC)

23. – 27 Sep. 2013

28 participants: 21 BiH, 1 AUT, 1 GEO, 1 JOR, 1 KAZ, 2 MKD, 1 SRB

Meeting of Regional PSO TC Commandants

26 Sep. 2013

Meeting “Friends of PSOTC”

27 Sep. 2013

Meeting “Friends of PSOTC”

27 Sep. 2013

Meeting “Friends of PSOTC”

27 Sep. 2013

UN Police Course 2/13

30 Sep. – 11 Oct. 2013

41 participants: 30 BiH, 2 ALB, 2 HRV, 1 MKD, 2 MNE, 2 SWE, 2 SRB

33

Gender Utility in PSO

21. – 25 Oct. 2013

34 participants: 18 BiH, 1 ALB, 1 AUT, 3 HRV, 1 FRA, 5 MKD, 2 MNE, 1 SRB, 1 TUR, 1 UKR

Building Integrity in PSO

28. – 31 Oct. 2013

24 participants: 12 BiH, 1 ALB, 1 CZE, 1 HRV, 1 HUN, 1 JOR, 1 MDA, 1 MKD, 1 MNE, 1 RUS, 1 SVN, 1 SRB, 1 TUR

NATO MTT, Academic Instructor Course

04. – 08 Nov. 2013

28 participants: 24 BiH, 1 MKD, 1 SRB, 1 TUR, 1 UK

MTT – UN Led Operations

25. – 27 Nov. 2013

Danska : 46 participants

Defense Atachee Course

02. – 06 Dec. 2013

31 participants: 11 BiH, 1 TUR, 3 SVN, 1 KAZ, 1 BEL, 1 HUN, 1 ROU, 2 USA, 1 ALG, 1 CAN, 2 EST, 1 LIT, 1 IND, 1 ITA, 1 CZE, 1 EGY, 1 KUW

CIMIC Course

09. – 13 Dec. 2013

18 participants: 14 BiH, 1 MKD, 1 MNE, 1 SRB, 1 FIN,

Responsibility to Protect Civilians UNSCR 1894

PSOTC Training Calendar for 2014

FEB

2014

MAR

2014

JAN

2014

DEC

2014

NOV

2014

OCT

2014

SEP

2014

AUG

2014

JUL

2014

JUN

2014

APR

2014

MAY

2014

* International PSO Staff Officers

Course

IPSOSOC

03 NOV – 19 DEC

19-12-2013

PSO Junior

NCO Course

PSOJNCOC

05 – 16

MAY

* PSO Staff NCO

Course

PSOSNCOC

(Building Integrity

Course for Senior

NCO included)

09 JUN – 11 JUL

NATO Selected

Courses

* MEDIA

Managem

ent in

PSO

Course

17 – 21

MAR

* Counter

insurgency

Course

COIN

19 – 29

MAY

NATO

Selected

Course

* International

Staff Officers

Skills Course

ISOSC

24 MAR – 17 APR

NATO Selected

Course

PSOTC

summer leave

21 JUL – 15

AUG

Gender

Utility in

PSO

Course

15 – 19

SEP

Reg. MTT

2, PSO

Staff

Orien.

Course,

SRB

10 - 21

FEB

UN Police

Course

1/14

17 – 28

FEB

UN

Accredited

Course

Regional

Mobile

Training

Team,

MTT 10

6 – 10

OCT

UN Police

Course

2/14

13 – 24

OCT

UN

Accredited

Course

Building

Integrity

in PSO

Course

01 – 05

SEP

NATO

Selected

Course

Defence

Attaches

Course

27 - 31

OCT

GCSP

PSOTC

winter

leave

22 – 31

DEC

Euro-

Atlantic

Security

Course

included

03 – 07 NOV

Security

Sector

Reform

(SSR) in

PSO

Course

06 – 10

OCT

DCAF

AF BiH

Mobile

Training

Team,

MTT 6

14 – 23

MAY

AF BiH

Mobile

Training

Team,

MTT 8

03 – 12

SEP

AF BiH

Mobile

Training

Team,

MTT 12

10 – 14

NOV

AF BiH

Mobile

Training

Team,

MTT 7

10 – 19

JUN

Reg. MTT

1, NATO

COIN

Orien.

Course

MNE

03 – 07

FEB

AF BiH

Mobile

Training

Team,

MTT 3

24 – 28

MAR

Reg. MTT

5, PSO

Staff

Orien.

Course,

Albania

05 – 16

MAY

Reg. MTT

11,

Gender or

Building

Integrity

in PSO

Albania

20 – 24

OCT

Reg. MTT

9, PSO

Staff

Orien.

Course,

MNE

08 – 19

SEP

AF BiH

Mobile

Training

Team,

MTT 13

24 – 28

NOV

Legend:

Off/NCO Functional courses

Courses for wider security sector

Mobil Training Team (MTT)

Partnered courses

* COTIPSO program

Gender in

PSO Train

the

Trainers

Course

03 – 14

MAR

TBC

Gender

Seminar

25 - 26

FEB

TBC

Induction

Course for

PSOTC

Instructors

20 – 31

JAN

Reg. MTT

4, NATO

COIN

Orie.

Course

Albania

21 – 25

APR

PSOTC Bosnia-Herzegovina

Partnership Training and Education Centre

Peace Operations Training Institute’s

Partner Institution