DEFENSE ATTACHE ORIENTATION COURSE (DAOC) IN DEFENCE AND DIPLOMACY
| Duration: | 1 WEEK |
| Iteration |
09 JUN 2025 - 13 JUN 2025
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| Course structure: |
RESIDENT
In Cooperation with |
| Classification: | UNCLASSIFIED |
| ePrime Reference Number: | N/A |
| ETOC Course Code: | ETE-SP-37063 |
| ETF Course Code: | PSOTC.16.1 |
Course Description
The Defence Attaché Orientation Course (DAOC) provides participants with practical training in national and international procedures as well as other areas relevant to their future work as DA.
Course Aim
The aim of the course is to:
- develop the skills and expertise of defence officials working in a multilateral environment (such as Defence Attachés) in the various aspects of international security;
- provide defence officials with practical training in national and international procedures as well as other areas relevant to their future work;
- familiarise defence officials with the work in a multilateral and multicultural setting
Learning objectives
- Module 1: Security & Diplomacy;
- Module 2: The DA tasks;
- Module 3: Protocol & Etiquette;
- Module 4: Exemplary DA tour;
- Module 5: The DA environment;
- Module 6: Cultural visit (optional);
Course Participants
- Up to 40 participants;
- Selected by a Ministry of Defence or a Ministry of Foreign Affairs based on the following criteria:
Potential, newly appointed or recently accredited Defence Attachés,
- Diplomats working in the context of defence and diplomacy,
- Senior Officials with more than five years of experience, from ministries working directly or indirectly with a Defence Attaché,
- Availability for the entire duration of the course.
Remarks
The course analyses major international security questions, especially with regard to the “New Threats” agenda. It surveys practical issues of protocol, as well as knowledge and practices of international conventions that are an essential part of the task, and builds confidence and experience through a proven simulation of a “Defence Attaché tour”. The Course is delivered by national and international subject matter experts, both military and civilian.
Application Deadline
30 days before the start of the activity.
Prerequisites
PRE-READING MATERIAL
A pre-course recommendation for this Course is that student read out The Vienna Convention, 1961.
ADVANCED DISTANCE LEARNING
- None
REMARK: PSOTC is not the owner of the prerequisite material. It is located on the third parties websites and all regulations and procedures applied can be found on their websites.
