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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UK
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DEU
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