Education and Training
New NSO eLearning Platform!
If you are scheduled to attend a course at NATO School Oberammergau you will receive instructions to access the NEW NSO eLearning Platform from your Course Director. NATO School Oberammergau has discontinued use of the GlobalNET Platform! Contact ADL Help:DL.Help@natoschool.nato.int
NSO GRADUATES WIN NATO E-LEARNING SHOWCASE DURING ACT FORUM
The showcase of the 13th Annual e-Learning Forum, hosted by Joint Advanced Distributed Learning, Allied Command Transformation (ACT) in September 2018 in Norfolk, Virginia, was won by NATO School Oberammergau (NSO) M7-126 alumni. During the showcase, ADL teams from several...
Omani Chief of Staff Sultan Armed Forces Program
On 21 September 2023, the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies conducted a one-day program in Washington, D.C., with eight military officers from the Omani Chief of Staff Sultan Armed Forces. The day began with introductions and a welcome from NESA Center Acting Director COL David...
Omani Diplomatic Institute Seminar
From 16 to 18 August 2021, experts from the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies arranged a three-day virtual seminar with 23 distinguished Omani diplomats to exchange their perspectives of the ongoing opportunities and challenges in the Middle East writ large. The...
Pacific Trident III: The Strengths and Weaknesses of the U.S. Alliance System Under Gray Zone Operations
“Pacific Trident III: The Strengths and Weaknesses of the U.S. Alliance System Under Gray Zone Operations” is the latest paper by DKI APCSS Associate Professor John Hemmings. The paper looks at how tabletop exercises (TTX) are used to train participants on crisis management. The TTX,...
Partner nations meet to discuss strategies for implementing new e-learning technology
Riga, Latvia (May 17, 2016) -- The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Working Group, sponsored by the Partnership for Peace Consortium (PfPC) met from 25 - 27 April 2016 in Riga, Latvia. The Latvian National Defence Academy hosted over 40 Advanced Distributed Learning experts from 15...
Partner nations pledge to integrate computer-based learning practices into Defense Education Enhancement Programs
Bucharest, Romania (April 24, 2015) - Computer-based learning has revolutionized the education community and the Partnership for Peace Consortium'sAdvanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Working Groupis helping to further usher online learning technologies into partner nations' defense education...
Partnership for Peace Consortium (PfPC) annual Senior Advisory Council meeting held in Copenhagen.
Copenhagen, Denmark,June04, 2019.Denmark,arotating MemberofSenior Advisory Council(SAC) since2018,hosted this year’smeeting at the Royal Danish Defense College.The SAC,the governingbody of the PfPC,providesstrategic level advice and directiontothe organization and to itsWorking and Study...
Partnership for Peace Consortium 17th Annual Conference - 21st Century Conflict: Opportunities for Cooperation
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (June 11, 2015) – The Partnership for Peace Consortium (PfPC) is holding their 17thAnnual Conference in Vienna, Austria, from 1-3 July. In light of ongoing turmoil in Ukraine and elsewhere, some 120 experts from around the globe are gathering to help make sense...
Partnership for Peace Consortium and NATO Partners Initiate Defense Education Cooperation in Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine (Dec 19, 2014) – NATO and partners have enjoyed close security cooperation ties with Ukraine for over two decades, but only recently has such cooperation taken on a new sense of urgency. As war continues in Ukraine’s Donbass region, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has requested...
Partnership for Peace Consortium and Uzbekistan Armed Forces Academy cooperating on defense education
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (Mar 12, 2015) – With US and NATO forces drawing down in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and other countries in the region may find themselves playing larger roles in regional security. It is with this realization in mind that Uzbekistan is cooperating with the Partnership for...
Partnership for Peace Consortium announces availability of defense education curricula in Arabic
Doha, Qatar (November 2, 2015) – Perhaps now more than ever, international security depends on closer cooperation between Western and Arab nations. With this in mind, the Partnership for Peace Consortium used the 27-28 October Doha International Strategic Policies Forum (DISP 2015) to formerly...
Perry Center provides VTC lecture to CEDEYAC course
On October 10, Dr. Luis Bitencourt lectured via VTC on “Challenges for Defense Governance in a Complex and Rapidly Changing World” to approximately 25 students of thePeruvian Navy’s CEDEYAC (Curso de Dirección Estratégica para la Defensa y Administracián de Crisis) course. Dr. Bitencourt...
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PfPC and the Qatar Armed Forces Strategic Studies Center Form New Partnership
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Feb. 26, 2014) – The Partnership for Peace Consortium (PfPC) and the Qatar Armed Forces Security Studies Center (SSC) recognize that the international security landscape is vastly different from that of the immediate post Cold War period. On February 26 the two...
PfPC hosts Consortium Steering Committee (CSC) in hybrid format in Bavaria
George C. Marshall Center, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 24 February 2022-Members of the Consortium Steering Committee (CSC) conducted their Annual Meeting in hybrid format on February 22-23, hosted by the George C. Marshall Center (GCMC) in Bavaria. Among other items: Representatives from...
PfPC's Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Working Group Seeks Innovative Solutions to Defense Education Enhancement
The PfPC'sAdvanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Working Groupis underway with a Workshop hosted by the Rakovski National Defence College in Sofia, Bulgaria. Rear Admiral Mitko Petev, Commandant of Rakovski National Defense College, kicked off the event. There are approximately 40 e-learning...
PLTCE Earns Unconditional Institutional Quality Assurance Accreditation from NATO
By Keith L. Wert, Director, Partner Language Training Center Europe GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Aug. 22, 2018) – Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Keith W. Dayton, director of the Marshall Center, hosted the Partner Language Training Center Europe staff in his office for a group photo to...
PLTCE hosts NATO Workshop to Include Measuring Abilities, Attitudes for English Testing
By GCMC Public Affairs - GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (June 28, 2017) – A dozen participants from 11 countries participated in an Item Response Theory (IRT) Workshop at the Marshall Center’s Partner Language Training Center Europe (PLTCE) June 27 to 30. A dozen participants from 11...