SECURITY AND DEFENCE LEARNING CELEBRATES 5TH ANNIVERSARY

Security and Defence Learning, the annual conference at which the words of security and technology-assisted learning meet, will celebrate its fifth anniversary this year. The conference, which is held in Berlin every year, brings together key officials, training directors, security planner, academics and suppliers.
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NSF SECURITY ROUNDTABLE WITH BERLIN – BRANDENBURG

The New Security Foundation, which will host Security and Defence Learning 2009 in Berlin on December 2nd, has also arranged a roundtable discussion in Potsdam with the regional government of Berlin Brandenburg on December 1st.
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New Security Learning

Technology and Training For Security, Defence and Emergency Services
An important new publication for the security learning and training sector will be launched in December, New Security Learning will cover the world of technology-assisted learning, training and gaming for international security, defence and emergency services. Published quarterly by the New Security Foundation and distributed to select list of training directors, security planners and key decision makers in governments and organisations, it will be launched at Security and Defence Learning 2009.
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TOP SECURITY TRAINERS AT BERLIN CONFERENCE

Keynote speakers at Security
and Defence Learning 2009
will include Ken Lawson of UK
Emergency College and
Peter-Martin Meier of Swiss
Police Institue

Senior figures from the Swiss Police; INTERPOL; the Scottish Police; NATO, the Ministry of Justice of Brazil and the UK Emergency Planning College will join other leading experts on security training in Berlin on December 2nd for this year’s ‘Security and Defence Learning 2009’, the fifth International Conference on Technology Assisted Learning for Security , Defence and Emergency Services.
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EDUCATION ‘FORGOTTEN’ IN POST-CONFLICT AID

“Education is the forgotten aspect of post-conflict humanitarian aid and aid for refugees”, New Security Foundation Chairman Dr Harold Elletson told delegates at a ground-breaking workshop on ‘post-conflict distance learning’ during ‘eLearning Africa’ in Dakar, Senegal. Dr Elletson reminded delegates that nine years earlier in Dakar, the World Education Forum had set the target of universal primary education for every child by 2015, which was adopted as one of the UN’s millennium goals. “However, over 100 million children still don’t attend primary school. And, of these, 50 per cent are in countries which are either suffering from conflict or recovering from it.”
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E-LEARNING AND POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION

How can education and training survive conflict and catastrophe?
In war zones and regions devastated by a natural disaster, the education needs of the population can easily be overlooked. Yet, experience in Afghanistan suggests that education should be a fundamental part of any reconstruction package and e-learning offers an effective, affordable solution to many problems.

“e-Learning can play a significant role in reconstruction in post-conflict situations,” says Dr Harold Elletson, Chairman of the New Security Foundation, who will report to delegates at Security and Defence Learning 2009 in Berlin on the conclusions of a special session, which he will chair at eLearning Africa (www.elearning-africa.com), involving participants from all over Africa and beyond, on “eLearning and post-conflict situations.”
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SECURITY TRAINING UNDER SCRUTINY

Following the success of four previous forums, Security and Defence Learning 2009, the 5th International Forum on Technology Assisted Learning and Training for Defence, Security and Emergency Services will review the new training challenges facing today’s security and emergency services, assess the impact of new technology and consider the potential for future development.
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