Deepening skillsets and sharing experience at UN Civ-Mil course

The training places participants from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, French New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Vanuatu and USA in the position of actors responding to a complex scenario involving diverse affected communities. Course participants are building their awareness of best practice civil-military coordination principles and sharing their knowledge and practical insights from previous disaster responses.

When disaster strikes, how can responders best work together to support impacted populations? 

That is a key question facing participants in this week’s United Nations Civil-Military Coordination training course in Canberra.

ACMC is hosting the flagship course, delivered by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Asia-Pacific (UN OCHA). 

The training places participants from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, French New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Vanuatu and USA in the position of actors responding to a complex scenario involving diverse affected communities. Course participants are building their awareness of best practice civil-military coordination principles and sharing their knowledge and practical insights from previous disaster responses. The course included consideration of gender issues in disaster management.

For more information about ACMC’s capacity building work, visit:

https://acmc.gov.au/why-were-here/civil-military-police-coordination