ESDC Secretariat, Building Ecole Royale Militaire Avenue Kortenberg 115, Brussels

1. The European Security and Defence Collegeand the European Initiative for the Exchange of Young Officers inspired by Erasmus ESDC Secretariat, Building Ecole Royale Militaire Avenue Kortenberg 115, Brussels WebPage: http://esdc.mil-edu.be/

2. ESDC - Objectives • enhance the European security culture within the CSDP • to promote a better understanding of CSDP as part of the CFSP among civilian and military personnel • to provide EU instances and Member States with knowledgeable people familiar with EU policies, institutions and procedures and able to work efficiently on all CSDP matters • help to promote professional relations and contacts among training participants

3. High-Ranking Staff and Decision-Makers CSDP High-Level Seminar Senior Staff Level CSDP High-Level Course ESDP Training deliveredbyMember States (for nationalsonly, open to participation of othernationals) ESDC Training Concept Training AudiencesESDC Training Activities Alumni Seminars Specialist and Expert Level Joint Civil and military participation ESDP Courses for Specialised Staff and Experts Courses for i.a. PPI Staff, LEGAD, POLAD, SSR and others General (mid rank) Working Level OC open to International Audiences OC for National Audiences ESDP Orientation Courses / Common CSDP Modules OC-type course with focus on thematic, regional or horizontal issues IDL Support Training material and IDL system support for all training levels, organised and co-ordinated through the ESDC

4. Current ESDC Training Activities Courses providing an overview on the CSDP in a wider CFSP context Basic training activities • CSDP High Level Course (annual course with 4 modules) • CSDP Orientation Course (4-5 courses per year/~ one week) Specialised training activities • CSDP Course for PPI staff (1 to 2 courses per year/2 days) • CSDP High Level Seminar (2 days) • Common CSDP Module (one week/ “European Initiative inspired by Erasmus”) • CSDP Train-the-trainer Seminar (2 days) • EU Basic Course on Security Sector Reform (3 days) • EU Core Course on Security Sector Reform (10 days) • CSDP Mission Planning Procedures Course (3 days / two courses per year) • Course on EU Capability Development (3 days) • CMCO – Civil Military Co-ordination in CSDP Missions and Operations (10 days) • International Law for EU Military Legal Advisor (annual course with 3 modules) • Peace Building Course (Pilot Project September 2010) • Course on Non-Proliferation for senior officials • Civilian Crisis Management Course • Advanced Course for Senior Political Advisors working in the wider context of CSDP • Training of Trainers for EU SSR in Support of Training for the EU SSR Pool of Experts • Comprehensive Approach to Gender in Missions and Operations New Projects • CSDP Senior Mission Leader Course (2 weeks) • European Armaments Co-operation Training (Awareness Course and Experts Course) Other ESDC activities • Annual Networking Conference on Training in the field of CSDP • Alumni Events (former course participants) Regional focus Press, Public Information Security Sector Reform Mission Planning Capability Development Civ-Mil Co-ordination LEGAD POLAD Civilian Crisis Management Peace Building Non-proliferation Gender and Human Rights Leadership training European Armaments Co-operation

5. ESDC – Training Record • Since its creation in 2005, the ESDC has trained approximately 6000 civilian and military participants, coming from the 27 MS, candidate states and EU institutions • Many courses are open for participation of third states and international organisations (so far ~400 participants) • Current training capacity: to train ~ 1200 civilian and military in more than 30 training courses every year

6. Production of Training Material IN PDF FORMAT AVAILABLE ON THE ESDC WEB PAGE www.esdc.mil-edu.be 2nd Edition available

7. ESDC Network Members • Security policy institutes, diplomatic academies and other civilian institutes • Higher Defence Institutes and Universities • Defence Academies and Colleges • Other actors including different Ministries, national delegations in Brussels

8. Executive Academic Boardlist of training actors involved in ESDC activities (spring 2012) Civilian institutes/actors Defence institutes/actors

9. overall guidance and co-ordination • representatives of the Member States • convenes in Brussels Steering Committee • implements training • ensures quality and coherence of training • representatives of the network institutes Executive Academic Board (EAB) • runs the network • assists the Steering Committee and the EAB • supports conduct of training activities • supports conceptual work Permanent Secretariat (currently within EEAS/CMPD) Three-tier Structure established for the functioning of the ESDCas a network college Security Sector Report (EU Pool of SSR Experts) Project-orientated configurations of the Board Implementation Group « Erasmus Militaire » Internet-Based Distance Learning (IDL) System

10. Co-operation between the Executive Academic Board and the EU Crisis Management Structures EAB Curricula Review and Revision (early spring) EAB Programming next Academic Year (before summer break) EAB Yearly Basic Evaluation (autumn) ESDC Network Institutes And ESDC Secretariat Conduct of Training And Evaluation (permanent) EU Crisis Management Structures New policies and concepts Lessons learnt from missions and operations

11. ESDC – New Council Decisionestablishes the ESDC • as a separate entity • with close links with the Unions institutions and relevant agencies • under the overall responsibility of the HR of the Union for CFSP • as a network college of civ & mil institutes • with the necessary legal capacity to fulfil its tasks and meet its objectives • with the Head ESDC appointed by the HR • with an annual contribution from the general budget of the Union (EUR 535.000) • with a new task, to provide support to the management of training in the field of conflict prevention and civilian crisis management

12. runs the network • assists the Steering Committee and the EAB • Supports conceptual work • supports Brussels-based training activities Permanent Secretariat (closely linked up with EEAS/CMPD) ESDC Secretariat - strength and working relations … closely linked with and / or can rely on ….. National Network Institutes Points of contact Chairpersons EAB Course Directors Faculty members Other support Relevant EU Institutions and Agencies EEAS/CMPD (including offices) Other Services within the EEAS Services within the EP and Commission EU Institute for Security Studies in Paris European Defence Agency EU Satellite Centre External Training Actors GCSP Geneva DCAF Geneva NDC Rome internat. organisations third states institutes

13. implements training • ensures quality and coherence of training • representatives of the network institutes Executive Academic Board (EAB) “ERASMUS militaire” European Initiative to enhance the exchange of young military officers inspired by Erasmus - the Implementation Group (IG) • Measures at European and national level to enhance the exchanges during the basic training of young European officers, including i.a. • information on exchange opportunities, stocktaking report, compendium and newsletter – future: development of an IT platform • common modules on CSDP and international issues • recognition of training done at institutes of other Member States Security Sector Report (EU Pool of SSR Experts) Project-orientated configuration of the Board Implementation Group « Erasmus Militaire » Internet-Based Distance Learning (IDL) System

14. Measures at European level • Compare the training offered by the various colleges on the basis of national indicative lists of skills • Create an IT platform • Identify ways of dealing with administrative, legal and other obstacles to exchanges • Develop and conduct common training modules on CSDP and other international issues • Provide military academies access and use of the ESDC IDL system and enlarge the scope of available teaching material • Develop an equivalence system for the military components of initial officer training; examine the possible use of ECTS • Draw on the Erasmus programme to establish mechanisms to promote officer exchanges

15. Measures at national level • Encourage Member States and their national colleges to make full use of the instruments and measures offered by the Bologna process • Encourage national colleges to increase the mobility of military students and teaching staff among the Member States • Encourage Member States to recognise the training which their officers have received at establishments in other member States • Encourage the teaching of EU languages, in particular the teaching of a second foreign language, in order to extend the range of potential exchanges

16. The European Security and Defence Collegeand the European Initiative for the Exchange of Young Officers inspired by Erasmus ESDC Secretariat, Building Ecole Royale Militaire Avenue Kortenberg 115, Brussels WebPage: http://esdc.mil-edu.be/