Logistics Peace Support Operations Course 2025

Peace Support Operations

Course Duration: 15 September – 26 September 2025
Application Date: - Jul 15, 2025
Course Fee:
  • All expenses are covered by the KAIPTC. The course is fully sponsored by the Government of Germany.
  • Tuition, air travel from and to the nearest international airport, visa fees, food and accommodation will be provided by the KAIPTC.
  • However, participants will have to bear the cost for their private travel/activities and health insurance.
Terms and Conditions:
• The course is conducted in English only. There will be no interpretation in other languages.
•In case of an overwhelming number of applications, priority will be given to applicants from the ECOWAS region, from the field missions and those who have not attended fully sponsored courses at KAIPTC within the last two years.
• All participants are to travel with a travel medical insurance which must be valid for additional two weeks after course end date. The KAIPTC and the German Government do NOT accept any responsibility for medical treatment and travel or other insurance.
How to Apply
In short
Course Date/Duration 15 September – 26 September  2025
Course Capacity 30 participants
Target Group Military, Police and Civilian personnel
Course Language English
Application Deadline 15 July 2025

 

LOGISTICS IN PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS COURSE 2025

Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) through its needs based and demand-driven strategic model identified Logistics Planning and Management for Peace Support Operations (PSO) as a critical challenge in Member States of the AU and ECOWAS, with states requiring their capacity to be strengthened in terms of human resource and preparations for such operations. The shifting forms of conflict and violence on the continent to which the AU and ECOWAS are expected to respond to, calls for realignment of PSO to deal more effectively with these emerging and existing threats. Experiences so far indicates PSO are rather complex with respect to logistic support and comes with a myriad of challenges.

Some of the specific challenges identified were preparation toward deployment to PSO by Troop Contributing Countries (TCC), challenges in sustaining COE to meet established criterion for reimbursement and management of COE in the mission. These challenges were attributable to a host of issues including the lack of adequate human resource capacity. Consequently, KAIPTC collaborated with the German Government who are funding the course to train Military, Police and Civilian personnel on the continent to enhance and harmonize logistic planning and management processes for PSO.

Thus, the response to the challenges posed by the scale and scope of field mission deployments must therefore be considered in light of the demands for well-trained logisticians. Logistics training including Training of Trainers Logistics training are essential. Tactical level training for Mission Staff on managing logistics and specifically dealing with COE is key. Harmonized training standards and curriculum are also key to the effectiveness of any PSO and of the African Standby Force (ASF), particularly across the Regional Economic Communities (RECs). This course would help to enhance the capacity of ECOWAS, AU, and their relevant structures to perform their mandates in ensuring peace and security in Africa.

 

RATIONALE

The Course was designed in collaboration with the AU and ECOWAS to train and enhance the capacity of logistics planners and managers on the African continent concerned with the planning, management and liquidation of logistics for PSO. Building the human resource capacity of logistics planners and managers ensures quick response and shortens the time lag from when decisions are taken, commitment from member states as well as donors are made and actual deployment. This also ensures professionalism is achieved; accountability is in place, transparency, flexibility, and adoption of common standards.

 

COURSE AIM

The Course is aimed at enhancing the capacity of participants for the smooth planning and management of logistics to facilitate the conduct of peace support operations on the continent.

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the Course, the participants should be able to:

    1. Understand the reforms in the UN System and how UN peace missions are supported.
    2. Understand the Regional bodies and their support system.
    3. Understand the ASF and ESF architecture and their operations.
    4. Know COE requirements, management and the system of reimbursements.
    5. Understand how SOFA & MOUs are initiated and how it affects the support system.
    6. Know what operational logistics is.
    7. Understand logistics planning processes and be able to plan for a Peace Support Operations.
    8. Understand gender considerations PSO Logistics.

 

TARGET GROUP

The Course will target

    1. Military, Police and Civilian participants from Peace Support Missions in Africa.
    2. African Union, ECOWAS and other RECs such as Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
    3. Logistics Personnel from Troop Contributing Countries (TCC)/Member States.

 

MODULES/ SESSIONS

The following modules are proposed:

    1. The UN, AU and ECOWAS Systems and Integrated Mission Support for peace operations.
    2. COE planning & management.
    3. Strategic and Operational logistics imperatives for TCC
    4. Logistics Planning in Peace Support Operations. (RSOI, Reconnaissance of potential mission areas)
    5. Logistics Management and liquidation in PSO.
    6. Gender considerations PSO Logistics.
    7. Technical Staff Checks.
    8. Final Exercise.

 

DURATION OF COURSE

 The Course duration is 10 days from 15 – 26 September 2025.

SPONSORSHIP

The Course is being sponsored by UNITAR (German Ministry of Foreign Affairs) project for KAIPTC.

Contact

ANDREWS ALIPOE

Colonel

Course Director

Email: course.director03@kaiptc.org

+233 244604552

+233 265293065 – WhatsApp