NATO SFA COE: CONCLUDED THE 4th SECURITY FORCE ASSISTANCE TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS (TNA) WORKSHOP
NATO SFA COE hosted the Security Force
Assistance Training Needs Analysis (TNA), Development Phase, related to the
Military Contribution to Peace Support (MC2PS) NATO Discipline, managed by the Finnish
Defence Forces International Centre (FINCENT) in Rome, Italy from the 21st to
the 27th of April 2023.
The aim of the Development Phase of the TNA,
which started in October 2022, in accordance with the NATO System Approach to
Training (SAT process), is to produce, or otherwise procure, the materials
and/or services that are essential to support the delivery of a NATO certified
Security Force Assistance Seminar. It will be entitled “Advanced Seminar for
SFA Strategic Advising within Security Sector Reform (SSR)” and it will improve
the competency and effectiveness of SFA operators in an international
environment.
The workshop
was organized at the Italian Air Force Club Officers, facilitated by
representatives of the FINCENT, by representatives from the US Joint Centre for
International Security Force Assistance (JCISFA) and, in virtual mode, by representatives of the NATO Stability
Policing COE (NATO SP COE).
Thanks to the dedication and the constructive cooperation of
the NATO SFA COE’s partners, the workshop has concluded its first steps and has
planned the schedule for the Pilot version of the Seminar to be conducted in
2024.