Train with POTI
POTI specializes in training active peacekeepers, but we serve the entire peacekeeping community.
Join over 88,000 peacekeepers, United Nations staff, NGO personnel, members of the military, university students, and others worldwide by studying United Nations peace support, humanitarian relief, and security operations through our self-paced courses.
With over 425,000 enrolments and counting, you can be confident that the Peace Operations Training Institute is the place to expand your knowledge of peacekeeping related subjects.
Career Resources
Interested in working in the field of peacekeeping?
Students often ask about employment and volunteer opportunities in the general areas of humanitarian relief, peacekeeping, conflict resolution, and related fields.
Recent Graduates
- EDMOND TEI, Ghana Implementation of SCR 1325 (2000) in Africa
- CARLOS SALDIVIA, Chile Coordinación Civil-Militar (CIMIC)
- MUNAKAMWE, Zimbabwe Peacekeeping and International Conflict Resolution
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New Book: NIGERIA: Her Woes and Their True Remedies
There
is no denying that Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, will play an
important role in determining the fate of the black continent.
Student Spotlight
ALI OROU Sourou Abdel-Aziz
Meet ALI OROU Sourou Abdel-Aziz, a student of the Peace Operations Training Institute.
All 300 U.N. observers to be in Syria by end of May: U.N
UNITED NATIONS |
(Reuters) - The United Nations is accelerating deployment of unarmed observers to Syria
to ensure all 300 are on the ground by the end of May to monitor a
shaky U.N.-backed ceasefire, U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said
on Tuesday.
The Peace Operations Training Institute is proud to present our latest distance learning course available to students: 

The Peace Operations Training Institute offers distance-learning courses on current topics in peace support, humanitarian relief, and security operations.
Thousands of students from over 170 nations have enrolled in our courses. Serving military and civilian peacekeepers, police, humanitarian relief workers, United Nations staff, and others interested in global peace and security, many of our courses are offered in multiple languages, including Arabic, English, French, and Spanish. We constantly strive to provide the most accurate and relevant courses possible, and we regularly update our curriculum with new courses, additional translations, and revised texts.
Some students qualify for free enrolment under sponsored programmes, while others qualify for reduced fees under discounted programmes. Every effort is made to keep the fees paid by students to a minimum.
Students work within our virtual classroom to complete their distance learning course training.
You can complete individual courses and receive a certificate of completion. However, students looking for a greater challenge may be interested in enrolling in our Certificate of Training in United Nations Peace Support Operations (COTIPSO) Programme.
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