The Finnish Defence Forces International Centre
The Finnish Defence Forces International Centre FINCENT is nationally and internationally known and recognised forerunner, expert and active participant in crisis management education and training.
FINCENT organises military crisis management training for command and expert personnel in United Nations, NATO, African Union and European Union led crisis management operations. FINCENT also focuses on assuring the quality of training and supervising crisis management education criteria.
FINCENT has been qualified by the United Nations (UN Certificate of Training Recognition), NATO (NATO ACT Quality Assurance) and Finnish National Defence University (NDU Assurance of Training Quality). The crisis management training conducted by FINCENT has been granted the ISO 9001 quality certificate.
50 Years of Training and Collaboration for Keeping the Peace Defence Forces International Centre FINCENT 11.10.2019 12.09 Press release
The Finnish crisis management training that originated from the needs of the United Nations’ peacekeeping activities has, in 50 years, evolved into highly networked and acclaimed comprehensive crisis management expertise, represented by the Finnish Defence Forces International Centre and its partners. As a trainer of command and expert personnel FINCENT both cherishes the traditions of the Finnish UN Training Centre as well as looks to the future in the ever-changing field of crisis management.
The Finnish Defence Forces International Centre, FINCENT, celebrating its 50th anniversary, is one of the world’s leading providers of education and training for crisis management personnel. FINCENT collaborates with the UN, NATO, European Union and Af
The Finnish Defence Forces International Centre at the forefront of crisis management training Defence Forces International Centre FINCENT 6.8.2019 12.55 Column
Finland has accumulated 50 years of experience in crisis management training and taking part in crisis management. In these years, the Finnish Defence Forces International Centre (FINCENT) has laid the ground work for crisis management training in the world and now actively takes part in training crisis management experts both in Finland and the world.
Finland s first centre for peacekeepers’ peacekeeping operation training was established in 1969. It was called the UN Training Centre Headquarters. In 2001, the name was changed to the current name, the Finnish Defence Forces’ International Centre (FINCENT).
Better conflict prevention M.A. and MSc. Marzia Cimmino
Italian doctoral researcher Marzia Cimmino is preparing a dissertation at the National Defence University on the early warning mechanism of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in the area of the former Soviet Union. Her goal is to improve instruments for foreseeing and analysing conflicts, so that conflicts could be prevented more easily.
Doctoral Researcher, M.A. and MSc. Marzia Cimmino sits down at the National Defence University Library cafe and starts to talk about her research topic. She speaks a lot, and every now and then Cimmino makes sure that the interviewer is able to follow.