In an environment of increasingly unstable, the forces of interposition and peace are increasingly sought by the United Nations and the African Union.
For regular contributors such as Togo, the important thing is to have well-trained soldiers and police capable of providing specific tasks of policing.
It is the vocation of the Training Centre for Peacekeeping Operations (CEOMP) Lome. Its mission is to serve as a national base for training and operational preparation for military contingents and police called to serve in peace-keeping operations.
This unique center region is supported by the Directorate of Security and Defence Cooperation (DCSD) dependent on the French Foreign Ministry, but also the assistance of JICA, UNDP and the United States.
Washington has already provided equipment, but its motto is training 140 police and gendarmes. $ 1.5 million spent on it.
The American instructors provide the police operations consultancy: policing, conveying, mining buildings, weapons handling, shooting sessions
US and Togolese officials
60 trainees (police and gendarmerie) members of the 3 e wave formed police units have received their certification Friday degree.
'The diplomatic mission of the United States is to contribute to peace and security and strengthening the capacity of Togo's security forces to fully participate in peacekeeping operations Peace' said Brendan Mc Caughey, in charge of security Embassy of the United States in Lomé.
The third unit will be deployed next July in Mali; the other two are already on the ground in the vicinity of Bamako (Minusma) and Darfur under UNAMID, the United Nations hybrid mission and the African Union.
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