REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT

CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR KOFI ANNAN INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING TRAINING CENTRE 

CONSULTANCY FIRMS REQUIRED

1. Background on Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training

The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) was established in 1998 and commissioned in 2004 by the Government of Ghana with the mandate to train military, police, and civilian personnel for multidimensional Peace Support Operations (PSO) in Africa. In doing so, the KAIPTC has emerged as a major regional and continental peace and security actor that delivers regional need-based training courses to equip the personnel with the requisite skills and competencies to respond to complex peace and security challenges in West Africa, and Africa, as a whole. As one of the three regional ECOWAS mandated Training Centres of Excellence (TCE), the Centre focuses on