Invitation to Nodefic Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) Planning Course 20 – 25 January 2008 Major Herbert Carlén, Course Director Nodefic DDR Planning Course 2008 > Les mer

27. november 2007 - Konferanse om FNs Sikkerhetsrådsresolusjon 1325 - Status og vei videre for Forsvaret I år 2000 vedtok Sikkerhetsrådet resolusjon 1325. Engelsk tittel på resolusjonen er: ”UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1325 ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY” > Les mer

NORDCAPS International Movement Control Course (INTMOVCON) Major Jørund Skaali, Nodefic Under the umbrella of the Nordic Coordinated Arrangement for Military Peace Support(NORDCAPS), Nodefic will conduct a two week multinational course for Movement Control staff officers from November 12 2007. > Les mer

INTCOC/INTSLOC 2007 In the period 24. September to 5. October 2007 Nodefic arranged the annual International Commanding Officer’s Course and International Senior Logistic Officer’s Course, INTCOC/INTSLOC. The two courses had 29 military officers, police commanders and civilians from 14 different countries, ranging from Canada to Indonesia. > Les mer

New CO in place The new Commanding Officer of Nodefic took up his position on 1. August. > Les mer

A need for a softer side... Nodefic educates Norwegian officers in negotiation and mediation LtCol Olaf von Porat Erichsen Course Director Nodefic's annual negotiation and mediation course was conducted from 4-8 June 2007. 15 officers and 2 civilians were given a week-long assignment as United Nations Military Observers (UNMO) and sent to the fictuous African state of Bambari to operate in a post conflict situation. > Les mer

Leaving Nodefic for "The Big Apple" After almost 5 consecutive years of duty at Nodefic, LtCol Øyvind Dammen is heading for The Permanent Mission of Norway to the UN as the Norwegian military adviser. > Les mer

Negotiation skills for post-conflict actors Nodefic was invited by the US Naval Postgraduate School to participate in a workshop covering negotiation skills for post-conflict actors. The workshop took place in Monterey, California, 20-23 May 2007. > Les mer

Theory and practice fused at IntSupSOC Nodefic (a part of the Norwegian Education Command) has conducted an international staff course for medical, legal, chaplains and personnel officers. 35 participants from 8 different countries and one international (UN staff) were gathered in Oslo for a one-week course. > Les mer

LtC Arne Dæhli has retired from Nodefic and the Norwegian Defence After a long career in the Norwegian Defence Forces, Arne Dæhli decided to leave the military in search of other challenges. > Les mer

NODEFIC course calendar The NODEFIC course calendar gives you an overview of the different courses conducted at NODEFIC each year. The calendar will be frequently updated. > Les mer

NATO Partnership for Peace Logistic Officer Course 1/2007. Knut Gulichsen Major / Course Director In the period February 13 – 23 Nodefic arranged the first of two NATO Partnership for Peace Logistic Officer Courses (NATOPfPLOC) in 2007. The course had 28 students from 11 different nations ranging from Russia to France. > Les mer

DDR planning course 2007 Nodefic last week completed the first course in 2007, the DDR Planning Course. It was at the same time the first course following the new standard for DDR, Integrated DDR Standards (IDDRS), launched by UNDPKO in New York and UNDP in Geneva simultaneously on December 18 2006. > Les mer

New courses at Nodefic As a part of NORDCAPS, Nodefic is presenting 2 new courses in 2007. > Les mer

Nodefic - educating senior officers in integrated operations 40 international officers are shortly arriving in Oslo for the annual International Commanding Officer’s (INTCOC) and International Senior Logistic Officer’s course (INTSLOC. > Les mer

Nodefic participated in the SSR workshop at Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Text Ltc Øyvind Dammen, CO Nodefic (Photos NPS/CSRS) Nodefic was invited by the Center for Stabilization and Reconstruction Studies (CSRS) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California, to participate in a workshop titled “Security Sector Reform: Education and Training Needs”. > Les mer

Forsvarets forhandlere Hvordan forhandle i en gisselsituasjon eller mekle mellom to parter i konflikt? Det var noe av det 17 av Forsvarets ansatte skulle lære da Forsvaret for første gang arrangerte kurs i mekling og forhandling. > Les mer

Moral på pc E-læringskurs om krigens folkerett skal sikre at norske soldater ikke bryter krigens regler. Kursene er de første i sitt slag, og major Olaf von Porat Erichsen garanterer at du blir klokere etter er par timer foran pcén. > Les mer

- Framtiden er integrert - Det militære kan ikke skape fred alene. Vi må også ha med blant annet juridiske krefter og bistandsorganisasjoner, sier statssekretær Espen Barth Eide, som mener vi fremover vil få flere integrerte FN-operasjoner. > Les mer

Ingen brudd på krigens rett At norske soldater aldri vil være på bilder som de fra Abu Ghraib-fengselet. Det er målet når Forsvaret setter nye krav til hva soldater og offiserer skal lære om krigens regler. > Les mer

INTVIRK på nrk.no Oblt Arne Dæhli og Maj Olaf von Porat Erichsen fra INTVIRK kan høres i programpostene "Kulturnytt" og "Kulturbeitet" fra mandag 20 februar. > Les mer

NORDCAPS working group / Course directors meeting NODEFIC is the Norwegian member of the Nordic Coordinated Arrangement for Military Peace Support (NORDCAPS). NODEFIC is in 2006 chairing the NORDCAPS WORKING GROUP/COURSE DIRECTORS (NWG/CD). > Les mer

An introduction to the issue of Small Arms and Light Weapons Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) have received increased prominence on the international policy agenda in recent years. > Les mer

Prepared for integrated missions During the last week of January, NODEFIC conducted a newly developed Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) Planning Course. > Les mer

Trener for fred Forsvarets skolesenter hjelper FN å lage kurs for planlegging av fredsprosesser. - For å lykkes i planleggingen av en fredsprosess er det viktig at alle aktører spiller sin rolle riktig, forklarer oberstløytnant Øyvind Dammen. > Les mer

Training for Peace Her finner du en oversikt over kurs i Norden innenfor rammen av "Training for Peace" > Les mer

CHOD’s Code of Conduct for Norwegian personnel serving abroad. Spring 2005 the Norwegian Defence Education Centre (NDEC) was tasked to make a draft set of rules, ”Code of Conduct”, for Norwegian personnel serving abroad. NODEFIC has chaired a working committee, which has extracted and developed these rules. > Les mer

Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) – NODEFIC supports the start-up of AMM. The director of NODEFIC, LtC Øyvind Dammen, has just returned from a one month stay in Aceh, Indonesia supporting the EU and ASIAN in starting up the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM). > Les mer

FOKIV (INTVIRK) DISKUTERER FREDSOPERASJONER I FN OG VED US ARMY WAR COLLEGE 3 offiserer fra FOKIV og det fremtidige INTVIRK var i juni på kompetanseinnhenting til FN i New York og US Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) i Pennsylvania. > Les mer

Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration of former combatants A prerequisite for peace, security and stability is first of all to get rid of the weapons from the streets and everywhere else in the society, and give former combatants a chance to restart their lives. This is a challenge for supporting governments and all kind of organisations that will take part in these very delicate matters. > Les mer