The International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centres was founded in Canada on July 2, 1995, at the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre. In October 2005, the responsibility for the Secretariat was transferred to the Centre for UN Peacekeeping in New Delhi. The aim of the Association is to facilitate communication and exchange of information between various peacekeeping training centres and/or among people responsible for, and interested in, peacekeeping training. Peacekeeping trainers and educators use this information to avoid problems already encountered by others, promote well-tested practices, and provide information to those peacekeeping countries which lack their own training centres. It is hoped that this exchange of information will allow centres to minimize duplication in their efforts, and lead to further specialization and sharing of responsibilities.

18th IAPTC Annual Conference 2012, Helsinki, Finland

The 18th IAPTC Annual Conference 2012 will be co- hosted by The Crisis Management Centre(CMC), Finland and the Finnish Defence Forces International Centre (FINCENT) and will be held in Helsinki, Finland. Conference is scheduled from 17 September to 20 September 2012 at Hotel Kalastajatorppa. The Executive Committee Meeting (ECM) of the IAPTC was held from 26 March to 30 March 2012 at Helsinki. The Executive Council decided upon the theme of the 18th Annual Conference which is elaborated upon in the next paragraph.

Theme for 18th IAPTC Annual Conference 2012

The Executive Council deliberated upon a wide array of pertinent themes received from the members/institutions and decided upon the following theme for the 18th IAPTC Annual Conference 2012;

Effective Peacekeeping and Peace Building - Challenges for the Training Community

Education & Training Award Nomination

The Executive Council discussed the nominations received for the Education & Training Award and will further deliberate upon it during the Annual Conference.

Registration for The Annual Conference

All the personnel interested in attending the 18th Annual Conference of the IAPTC and to become a member of the IAPTC should keep following this website. The details of the registration for the Annual Conference would soon be finalised and put up on the site by last week of May 2012.