NATO Gender Advisor Course
The Gender Advisor course aims to enable personnel to perform successfully as a Gender Advisor in a peacetime HQ as well as in crisis establishments at strategic and operational levels. The course provides the students with a background of frameworks and guidelines regulating gender in military operations as well as the skills and competence required to act in an advisory role both in a national and international context.
DATES
9-20 February (online)
13-24 April (residential)
21 September-2 October (online)
TARGET AUDIENCE
The Gender Advisor Course is intended for personnel deploying as strategic and operational level Gender Advisors (PE, CE positions at NATO, UN, EU and Nations). The course aims at rank level OF 3-5 or civilian equivalents. Students must have education minimum at Bachelors Level Degree (EQF 6), training and experience of planning process (COPD or equivalent), military staff work experience and language proficiency (STANAG 6001): 3-2-3-2. Participants should also have competence and skills to perform in an advisory function (i.e. leadership, communication, analysis and assessment skills and the ability to perform under limited guidance).
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
After completing the Gender Advisor Course students will be able to:
- Advise leadership and staff on the WPS agenda in order to integrate a gender perspective in military operations and activities.
- Advise leadership and staff on the integration of gender perspective into the NATO operational planning process (OPP).
- Coordinate the integration of gender perspective in military operations and activities with staff.
- Implement a gender perspective in engagement activities.
METHOD
The Gender Advisor course consists of a mixture of self-study, advanced distributed learning, lectures, facilitated discussions and individual case studies. The course will be interactive and every student is expected to take part in discussions, exercises and syndicate work.
REFERENCES
- NATO Bi-SC Directive 40-1.
- ACO Gender Functional Planning Guide.
- NATO Education and training plan for Gender in Military Operations
- UNSCR 1325 and related resolutions on Women, Peace and Security.
STUDENT ASSESSMENT
Student learning will be assessed throughout the course (formative assessment). The students are expected to take active part in the course and to demonstrate the ability to advise on how to integrate gender perspective. The studentshave to deliver pre-study assignment and pass the course exam (summative assessment) to achieve the grade “Successfully completed”. Failure will render the grade “Participted”.