NORDCAPS

Course Schedule 2010

Use links to the left for an overview of NORDCAPS Courses


Use links to the right for access to Course Descriptions and Application Forms


NORDCAPS International Commanding Officers Course INTCOC
NORDCAPS International Senior Logistic Officers Course INTSLOC
NORDCAPS International Support Staff Officers Course INTSUPSOC
NORDCAPS Communication and Information Systems Course INTCIS
NORDCAPS United Nations Staff Officers Course UNSOC
NORDCAPS United Nations Military Observers Course UNMOC
NORDCAPS United Nation Logistics Officers Course UNLOC
NORDCAPS NATO/Partnership for Peace Logistics Officers Course NATO PfP LOC
NORDCAPS Nordic United Nations Military Police Course UNMILPOC
NORDCAPS Partnership for Peace Staff Officers Course PfP SOC
NORDCAPS International Course for Press and Information Officers INTPIO
NORDCAPS Partnership for Peace Junior Staff Officers Course PfP JSOC
NORDCAPS United Nations Junior Officers Course UN JOC
NORDCAPS Nordic Civil-Military Cooperation Course CIMIC
NORDCAPS DDR Planning Course DDR Planning
NORDCAPS Contingent Owned Equipment/Reimbursement Course COE
NORDCAPS International Movement Control Planning Course Int MCC Planning
The Nordic Cooperation Group for military UN matters (NORDSAMFN) was established in 1964. Within this forum, the Nordic Ministers of Defence met regularly in order to enhance Nordic cooperation regarding Peacekeeping mandated or lead by the UN. One essential aspect of this Nordic cooperation was a framework for education and training in the area of peacekeeping implemented through Nordic UN courses and literature. Peacekeeping handbooks such as “Nordic UN Stand-by Forces” and “NORDCAPS PSO Tactical Manual” are products of the NORDSAMFN cooperation. From 1997 until 2010 the educational cooperation was performed within the framework of NORDCAPS, which is the expansion of NORDSAMFN covering operations mandated, or lead, also by others than the UN e.g. NATO, EU, OSCE). Today this is performed within the NORDEFCO framework.

In practice the aim is to improve training and education by sharing the responsibility of courses. Instead of all the Nordic nations providing all equal courses, each nation provide training within a specific subject area. For instance, all UNMOC (Military Observer) Courses are performed at FINCENT in Finland and all MILPOC (Military Police Officer) Courses are conducted at the Army Logistics School in Denmark and so forth.

To administer and coordinate training, Course Directors from the Nordic nations international training centres (Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark) constitute a permanent working group within NORDEFCO. The Course Directors meet on a regular basis and the chairmanship is rotated between the nations. Norway is currently (2010) chairing the Working Group Course Directors.

The Nordic international training centres (or equivalent) conduct Nordic courses in order to educate Nordic officers of all ranks to serve in all types of Peace Support Operations however which International Security Organisation that might be lead(e.g. NATO, UN, OSCE). Some of the courses also address police and other personnel from civilian and governmental organisations in order to train multifunctionality within a multinational environment. A number of seats on all nordic courses are also available to students from non-Nordic countries.

From 2006 until 2010, the Nordic Nations engaged NORDCAPS in order to provide PSO Training Support to third nations/regions as an activity within Security Sector Reform (SSR) (e.g. to the Western Balkan Region and Ukraine).