From 15 to 27 Feb 2015, EUFOR conducted a “Command, Control, Communication, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance System” (C4ISR) training for the Armed Forces of BiH (AFBiH) at the Tactical Support Brigade Barracks in Rajlovac. This course was the first out of eight courses on Communication and Information Systems, which is planned for this year. 16 participants (7 Officers, 9 NCO’s) of the AFBiH successfully participated.

EUFOR’s training system – train the trainer

The attendees of this course where trained by a Turkish Mobile Training Team (MTT). Such teams are provided by troop contributing nations for the time period of the training. Their task is to train future trainers of the AFBiH in order to assist the AFBiH to achieve a robust and self-sustainable training structure. The participants of this course are now ready to educate other personnel in this subject. During their first steps as new teacher, they will be mentored by EUFORs Mobile Mentoring Teams.

Capacity Building and Training is EUFORs main task

Developing the capacity and capabilities of the AFBiH is one of the most important tasks for EUFOR. This is done by providing training, mentoring and monitoring as well as technical advice at all levels to the AFBiH. For the coordination of all capacity building and training related activities, EUFOR installed a special division.