ABOUT

ADVANCED TRAINING COURSE (ATC)

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“Gender Mainstreaming in Counter-terrorism Efforts in Western Balkans”

The Advanced Training Course (ATC) aims to promote the gender-related issues in the security sector in the region of Western Balkans, to increase understanding about the valuable role of women in enhancing the counter-terrorism (CT) and preventing/countering violent extremism (P/CVE) efforts and to contribute to wider and more substantial responsibilities of women in these processes.

The ATC (envisioned as five-day training) brings together experts and decision makers from the relevant state institutions in the region and NATO countries, civil servants and NGOs, policymakers and practitioners and seeks to provide a forum for discussion and sharing best practices for the incorporation of gender approaches in CT and CVE, but also for the promotion of equality women in defense and security sectors in Western Balkans.

AUDIENCE/TRAINEES

The trainees of the ATC event will be military and civilian experts employed in the institutional and NGO sector, administrative staff, young researchers and young professionals in the field of social sciences (security, politics and law) predominantly from Western Balkan countries, but also from the broader SEE region including from North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Albania and Bulgaria.

The trainees will learn about the mechanisms for gender inclusion in CT and P/CVE policies and programs and more broadly in the defence and security realm in Western Balkans, the role of gender in enhancing NATO’s CT agenda and how can they contribute with their professional experience in the process of creation of more effective gender-sensitive CT and CVE policies and approaches.