About the Peace Operations Training Institute and ELPLAC

At the end of 2007, there were more than 102,000 UN peacekeeping personnel representing 119 nations serving in 20 DPKO-led peace operations. If there is to be efficient and coordinated effort among military and civilian components from around the world, personnel of all nations should receive standardised training and preparation.

E-Learning for Peacekeepers from Latin America and the Caribbean (ELPLAC) makes Peace Operations Training Institute distance courses on peacekeeping available free of charge for all military, police, and gendarmerie personnel who are citizens of covered countries. With ELPLAC, eligible students may enrol in courses online, download study materials, view and submit their End-of-Course Examinations, and earn their Certificates of Completion from the Peace Operations Training Institute.

The Peace Operations Training Institute is pleased to welcome you to this distance training programme in peacekeeping. We wish you well in your studies, and we wish you success as you work to bring peace and relief to troubled regions world-wide.

Read the list of available courses to see what you can learn through the Peace Operations Training Institute.