PKSOI Officially Designated as a NATO Partnership Training and Education Center ( PTEC )
A team headed by COL Gregory Dewitt from U . S . Army War College Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute ( PKSOI ) recently traveled to NATO Headquarters in Brussels Belgium and met with the Integration , Partnership , and Cooperation Directorate to have PKSOI designated as a NATO Partnership Training and Education Center ( PTEC ). COL Dewitt ’ s team addressed the nations of the alliance on PKSOI ’ s capabilities for educating personnel in strategic level Peace and Stability Operations . The nations then voted to recommend to the Allied Council that PKSOI be designated as a PTEC . On 4 April 2016 under the silence procedure the Council approved PKSOI and the memorandum was signed and distributed on 5 April 2016 . See official designation memo .
The PTEC concept was initially launch in 1998 , PTEC ’ s are nationally or multi-nationally sponsored education and
training institutions united under a single concept that are endorsed by the North Atlantic Council and recognized by NATO . PTECs offer diverse courses , seminars and workshops to civilian , police and military personnel through classroom and field education and training environments . In January 2016 , a contingent of experts from NATO visited PKSOI and the War College to explore the feasibility of partnering with PKSOI and the greater PTEC community .
PKSOI will be part of the NATO Military Contribution to Peace Operations discipline which is currently headed by the Finnish Defense Forces International Center . PKSOI will support NATO by offering strategic level courses in the “ Principles and Challenges of Peace and Stability Operations ” and “ Humanitarian Intervention ”. There are currently 29 recognized NATO PTECs that provide courses for 29 distinct disciplines .
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