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Welcome

 

The Folke Bernadotte Academy is a Swedish government agency dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of international conflict and crisis management, with a particular focus on peace operations. The Academy functions as a platform for cooperation between Swedish agencies and organizations and their international partners.

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Activities

Courses and Activities 2011

 

The Folke Bernadotte Academy’s course selection for 2011 is now available. Courses target both practitioners and policy makers and are offered at basic and specialized levels. More in-depth information about dates and the application process will be published under respective course during the autumn.  

 

        

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A digitised documentation on Sweden’s participation in international peace operations since 1956. The Folke Bernadotte Collections make the digitised documents available free of charge to researchers, students, and the general public.

 

UNDP and FBA working together on Rule of Law

 

The FBA Rule of Law Programme and the UNDP will work together on the research project “Measuring Rule of Law in Public Administration: Tool and Guide for Self-Assessment”.  

 

Rule of law and public administration is a prioritized area of research at the FBA since 2006, and the current project build upon the 2008 research report, “Rule of Law in Public Administration: Problems and Ways Ahead in Peace Building and Development”.  

 

In cooperation with the UNDP, the FBA Rule of Law Programme will conduct a series of pilot studies of the recently developed analytical tool for measuring rule of law in public administration.

 

 

Focus on

Peacebuilding

 

Visibly shaken and in tears, a young girl passes an anti-riot officer in the sprawling Mathare slums, Nairobi, Kenya, July 30, 2007 © Julius Mwelu/IRIN

 

 

Civilian populations have intentionally been targeted as a part of warfare. In response, the international community has increased its attention to the human dimension of security and how people experience their own security. See the online presentation on Security Sector Reform!

 

 

Afghanistan web portal

Afghanistan-portal UD

                                                                                                                                                                              

 

The government has launched a web portal regarding the Swedish support to the international involvement in Afghanistan. The aim of the portal is to inform interested parties why and how Sweden is involved in Afghanistan.

News

  • EU Mission Security Officer Certification Course

    8/18/2010 The Folke Bernadotte Academy is for the third time hosting the EU Mission Security Officer Certification course, in September between the 6-17th at Sandö. Growing awareness of the necessity of educating personel being deployed to risk associated areas

  • FBA seconds National Security Advisor to the EU Special Representative in Kirgizstan

    7/20/2010 The Swedish government has decided to offer human resources aimed at reinforcing the EU engagement in Kirgizstan. Swedish Helena Vazquez has been named national security advisor to the Office of the EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Central Asia.

  • Preparations for VIKING 11 continues

    7/1/2010 The preparations for the civil-military-police exercise VIKING 11 have continued during spring 2010. Together, the Folke Bernadotte Academy and the Swedish Armed Forces have arranged several workshops with the aim of developing the scenario

  • New course on Reconciliation and Coexistance

    6/30/2010 Conflict Prevention in Practice Program of the FBA has developed a new course on Reconciliation and Coexistence. The course will be held at Sandö on October 21-27.

  • Learning from experiences

    6/29/2010 Peacekeeping operations are dynamic and no one is quite like the other. However, both military and civilian practitioners experience uncertain conditions, difficult situations and unclear contexts. It is important to take advantage of lessons learned -

  • Rule of Law and Council of Europe

    6/15/2010 The Folke Bernadotte Academy, FBA, and the Council of Europe has initiated its cooperation within the field of Administrative Law. The Rule of Law programme at FBA will update the Council´s handbook "Administration and You".

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