On November 1, 2024, the training program titled “Security Sector Reform Basic Course” was successfully completed.
The three-day training helped participants enhance their core knowledge and skills needed to understand, evaluate, and implement reforms that ensure effective and transparent security practices at both national and international levels.
In light of the Republic of Moldova’s status as an EU candidate country, the training agenda covered various significant topics, including the European Union’s integrated approach to security sector reform, the EU policy framework on the matter, challenges and resilience in times of crisis, and FRONTEX perspectives on security sector reform policies. Additionally, discussions focused on contextual similarities and differences, as well as strategies for developing and strengthening border security. Attendees were briefed on the mission of EUPM Moldova as an SSR entity, the reform of the emergency and civil protection system, and the EU’s strategic framework on SSR within the broader context of Euro-Atlantic developments.
This training aimed to support participants in aligning national security structures with EU standards, thereby promoting democratic governance, the rule of law, and respect for human rights within the security sector. Leading experts in security sector reform led the course.
State Secretary Daniella Misail-Nichitin emphasized the importance of such training, noted that it not only deepens the understanding of security sector reform principles but also provides a valuable platform for experience-sharing among experts in civil protection, emergency management, border security and policing. This course was particularly significant for the Republic of Moldova as it prepared national structures for future integration into the European family.
Events like this reinforce the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ capacity to deliver training according to European standards and build a body of professionals ready to join European security structures.
This is the first time that the European Security and Defence College has conducted security sector reform training outside of EU member states.
