Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre

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Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre
KAIPTC (Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre) logo.jpg
Motto...where Peace begins
Established1998;27 years ago (1998)
President Kofi Annan
Location, ,
Ghana
Coordinates 5°34′31″N0°06′47″W / 5.57522°N 0.11316°W / 5.57522; -0.11316
Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre
Website Official website

The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) is a training centre based in Ghana which provides training and research in peacekeeping and peaceoperations. [1] Established in 1998, headed by Maj-Gen. Clayton Yaache, it formally began operations in 2002. KAIPTC commenced its first full annual training and education cycle in March 2004, and has since expanded its curriculum to more than twenty different courses.

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Objectives

The Centre announces its broad objectives as:

International ties

The KAIPTC is engaged in partnerships with several research and training facilities in the world, including Canada's Pearson Peacekeeping Centre.

In addition to support from its host country, Ghana, the KAIPTC has benefited from assistance from Canada, Denmark, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

See also

References

  1. "Defence". mod.uk. Archived from the original on 2006-10-14.