Target Groups

ZIF training courses are predominately targeted at civilian experts whose professional expertise matches the requirements of the international organizations conducting peace and election observation missions. Based on an integrated training concept, military and police personnel join the courses as complementary preparation for their future field assignments. ZIF seeks to assemble a diverse training audience whose heterogeneity closely matches the working environment participants will encounter in future mission assignments.

Participants should ideally have a professional background in one of the following fields:

• Democratisation
• Elections
• Human Rights
• Rule of Law
• Civilian / Public Administration
• Media Development
• Press and Public Information
• Political Affairs
• Legal Affairs
• Mission Management, Administration and Support
• Infrastructure and Economic Affairs
• Monitoring and Verification
• Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)
• Humanitarian Affairs
• Refugee Affairs
• Reconciliation

Please note that ZIF is seeking professionals with a minimum of 5 years of work experience in their respective field of expertise. Due to budget and personnel limitations, ZIF training courses are strictly targeted at persons immediately deployable to peace operations. They are not intended as a capacity building tool for young professionals.

For further questions regarding the target groups and admission to the expert pool, please refer to Human Resources.