Background

The programme is intended to complement national efforts and serve as a preventive capacity and equalizer of critical skills. It was recognized through several years of engagement and events in peacekeeping missions, that a strong focus on the values that underpin peacekeeping, as well as the United Nations standards of conduct and management requirements for commanders and managers should be reinforced. 

Aim

This reinforcement training package (RTP) is for use in pre-deployment training by UN Member States. It will provide learners with the desired attitudes, knowledge and skills to prevent all forms of misconduct, including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), handle allegations of misconduct effectively, and cooperate effectively with investigations and the UN disciplinary process. The learning programme will develop future commanders and managers’ capacity to: lead by example and raise awareness of UN standards of conduct among their teams; identify and mitigate risks related to misconduct, especially sexual and exploitation and abuse by UN personnel; encourage accurate reporting by UN personnel and communities served; respond to allegations and collaborate with the various units and stakeholders during the investigation and disciplinary process. 

Target audience

This RTP is for the following target audience:

• Commanders of formed police units (FPUs) and their command staff. This includes FPU Commanders, their command staff (Deputy Commander, Platoon Commanders, Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, Duty Officer and Liaison Officer) as well as Section Leaders.  
• Commanders of military contingents/units and their command staff teams, which includes both contingent commanders (e.g. referred to as a sector commander, battalion commander, brigade commander or contingent commander), their subordinate commanders (e.g. company commanders, platoon commanders) as well as other key staff positions who advise the commander on conduct and discipline issues (e.g. Legal Adviser, National Investigations Officer (NIO), Military Police, SEA focal point).

UN Member States may also wish to use all or some of the RTP in pre-deployment training for other uniformed personnel who deploy to UN Field Missions. For example, this RTP is relevant to military officers with the legal status of experts on mission, who are acting in the capacity of a national contingent commander for a group of Military Staff Officers from the same troop-contributing country and have disciplinary authority over them.

Structure of the training materials

Part 1. Main Instructions

• Instructor's Guide to Using the RTP
• Instructor's Guide Offline C&D
• How to Guide Individual (Offline C&D)
• Course Evaluation Form
• Password RTP Final Assessments

Part 2. Lessons

Part 3. Exercises

• Instructors guide classroom exercises
• Discussion case studies
• Risk scenarios
• Risk Management Using Videos
• Exercise What to Report

Part 4. Injects

• Instructors guide injects
• Inject 1 Assessing risks
• Inject 2 Handling SEA
• Inject 3 Handling drunk driving
• Inject 4 Cooperating investigation (Military)
• Inject 5 Cooperating investigation (FPU)

Part 5. Assessment

• Final Assessment-Individual
• Final Assessment-Group

Part 6. Key Resources

Part 7. Offline Handouts

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