Rwanda Peace Academy opens e-learning courses to peacekeepers

Joint institutions offer 29 courses in English, 24 courses in French, 17 courses in Spanish, and others in Arabic and Portuguese.

The courses offered include: Introduction to the UN System; Orientation for Serving on a UN Field Mission; Principles and Guidelines for UN Peacekeeping Operations; Ethics in Peacekeeping; Human Rights and Peacekeeping; Peacekeeping and International Conflict Resolution; International Humanitarian Law; Protection of Civilians (PoC); Civil-Military Coordination (CIMIC) in Peace Operations; Gender Perspectives in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and Logistics Course among others.

According to RPA statement, interested candidates (Military, Police and Civilians) are requested to download all course materials from the Rwanda Peace Academy website.

Students are assessed online through self-scoring end-of-lesson quiz as well as end-of-course examination. Those who pass the examination with a minimum of 75% are jointly awarded a certificate-of-completion by RPA and POTI for each completed course.

The statement says that the certificates offered are recognised by the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN DPKO).

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