Who We Serve

The Peace Operations Training Institute (POTI) offers e-learning courses on current topics in peace support, gender awareness, humanitarian relief, and security and stability operations. Our training provides flexibility and accessibility for students to begin any time and study at their own pace. The curriculum aims to build solid, practical knowledge of peace operations and related topics, with materials written by respected academics, universities, and technical specialists, and often in partnership with entities such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), the UN Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), the World Health Organization (WHO), and organizations such as the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) and the International Peace Institute (IPI).

Military

All military personnel are welcomed and encouraged to take POTI courses. Military personnel from Africa, Latin America, and select nations within the Asia Pacific and South Asia regions are eligible for free training.

POTI courses focus on a variety of topics applicable to military situations, such as civil-military coordination, logistics, and the protection of civilians for military personnel.

Police and Gendarmerie

All police and gendarmerie personnel are welcome and encouraged to take POTI courses. Police and gendarmerie from Africa, Latin America, and select nations within the Asia Pacific and South Asia regions are eligible for training free of tuition.

Stability Sector Organizations

POTI is pleased to welcome civilian employees of private-sector organizations within the stability community and from implementing organizations and practitioners from around the world who work in conflict, post-conflict, and disaster relief environments.

National Peacekeeping Training Centres

The Institute is honoured to provide National Peacekeeping Training Centres around the world with quality online training on topics related to peace operations. Our courses enable centres to serve more students, supplement their classroom curriculum, and expand the breadth of topics available to their students by blending POTI e-learning with their own training programmes. The centres we serve provide training to military, police, gendarmerie, and civilians. Peacekeeping training centres in Africa, Latin America, and select nations within the Asia Pacific and South Asia regions are eligible for training free of tuition.

Academia

All university and college students, faculty, staff, and Model UN participants may enrol at a reduced tuition rate. This programme also gives universities worldwide the opportunity to offer POTI e-learning courses as supplemental reading or primary text material for undergraduate and graduate curricula, allowing interested scholars and Model UN participants the chance to study real-world training used by peace operations personnel and mission staff.

NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

POTI provides individual members of humanitarian nongovernmental organizations with flexible, affordable training. We offer courses on gender issues, ethics, logistics, human rights, and many other topics.

Peace Operations Personnel

The Institute is proud to provide free e-learning for all civilians, police, and military personnel serving on African Union, European Union, and United Nations peace operations through the E-Learning for Mission Staff (ELMS) programme. ELMS provides training on peace support, gender awareness, humanitarian relief, and security operations to mission staff.