All in total 28 participants from 14 countries and EU Commission are participating at the CSDP Orientation Course. The CSDP Orientation Course is a major component of the ESDC training activities with the aim to develop and promote a broad understanding of CSDP as an integral part of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union. The main aim of the Course is to contribute to the further development of a European security culture as well as cooperation between the EU and non-EU partners in the global security environment.

The opening ceremony was augmented by the presence of the COM EUFOR, MG Reinhard Trischak, the Dean of the Faculty of Political Science – University of Sarajevo, prof. Dr. Sead Turčalo, and the PSOTC Commandant, Colonel Edin Bajramović.