26th Annual IAPTC Conference Held At BIPSOT, Bangladesh From 31st October To 4th November 2022 APSTA was represented at the 26th annual IAPTC Conference held at BIPSOT, Bangladesh from 31st October to 4th November 2022. The theme for the conference was “Peace Operations in the digital...
The Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) have elected H.E Azali Assoumani, President of the Union of Comoros, as the new Chairperson of the African Union for the year 2023. The event took place today, Saturday 18 February 2023 during the...
Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) converged began holding their 36th Ordinary Session today 18th February 2023 at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. During the official opening ceremony, the President of the Union of Comoros H.E...
AU - APSTA - UNOAU Roundtable Workshop on the Review of AU - ASF Training Policy and Training Standards held in Nairobi Kenya 12-14 Oct 2022 The AU in collaboration with APSTA and under the auspices of APSTA invited training experts as well as consultants to...
A. Introduction 1. The ASF Training Directives (2021 - 2023) provide guidance for ASF/PSO training and capability enhancement for the period 2021 - 2023. They are anchored on the AU PSO Doctrine (2021), the 2019 Assessment Report on the Implementation of the 2018 - 2020 ASF...
A. Introduction 1. The 14th African Standby Force (ASF) Training Implementation Workshop (TIW) was held at Alisa Hotel in Accra, Ghana, from 30 November – 2 December 2022. The workshop was hosted by African Union (AU) Commission and the Commission of the Economic Community of West...
A new early warning knowledge exchange could help deliver decisive responses to continental crises. The African Union (AU) Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS) has launched a new platform, the Inter-Regional Knowledge Exchange (I-RECKE), on early warning and conflict prevention. It will coordinate and...
A strategic long-term collaboration between the African Union Department of Political Affairs, Peace & Security (DPAPS) and Think-Tanks. The African Union Office of the Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security (OCPAPS), with technical support from the Training for Peace (TfP)) programme, is developing a network...
Conference Theme The theme for the conference was "Peace Operations in the digital Era; Opportunities and challenges for the Global Training Community" Keynote Address The Keynote Speech was delivered by Jean-Pierre Lacroix, USG DPO (Recorded Speech via zoom). Over 42 special dignitaries and speakers made presentations on various...
Background The ASF Training Policy and ASF Training Standards were developed in November 2006, on the basis of the Policy Framework for the Establishment of the ASF and Military Staff Committee (2003) and the ASF Doctrine (2006), to provide guidelines for the AU/RECs/RMs in the planning,...
