{"id":239,"date":"2019-06-06T19:38:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T16:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/challengesforum.org\/?page_id=239"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:32:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:32:43","slug":"germany","status":"publish","type":"partner","link":"https:\/\/challengesforum.org\/es\/partner\/germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Center for International Peace Operations in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Berlin Center for&nbsp;International Peace Operations (ZIF)&nbsp;was established in 2002 by&nbsp;the Federal Government&nbsp;of Germany&nbsp;and the&nbsp;German Parliament&nbsp;to strengthen international civilian capacities for crisis prevention, conflict resolution&nbsp;and peacebuilding.&nbsp;It is a non-profit limited liability company, whose sole shareholder is the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the&nbsp;German&nbsp;Federal Foreign Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ZIF provides services and expertise on peace operations integrating&nbsp;training,&nbsp;the&nbsp;secondment of&nbsp;German&nbsp;civilian personnel, international&nbsp;capacity development, research and&nbsp;analysis&nbsp;under one roof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the training, recruitment, and secondment of civilian experts for peace operations, humanitarian operations and election observation missions;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the management of the ZIF Expert Pool with over 1,400 qualified and experienced experts available for assignment in a broad range of professional areas;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>analysis, information and policy advice on all aspects of peace operations to contribute to the conceptual debate and the development of peace operations;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and advice to international organisations, their member states and peace operations to promote the exchange and transfer of knowledge between relevant agencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>ZIF in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office hosted a Challenges Forum research workshop in Berlin in 2012 on the theme \u2018The Future Is Now: Putting Scenarios for Peace Operations in 2025 into Today\u2019s Operational Context\u2019. ZIF has co-chaired the working group on \u2018Peacekeeping Under New Conditions\u2019 for the report \u2018Designing Mandates and Capabilities for Future Peace Operations\u2019. A further contribution to that study, in 2014, a Challenges Forum workshop on the theme \u2018Force Intervention Brigade: A Sea Change for UN Peace Operations?\u2019 was hosted by the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN. In 2018, ZIF hosted a Challenges Forum workshop in Berlin on the theme &#8216; The Making of Leaders for 21st Century Peace Operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ZIF will be the host of the hybrid Challenges Annual Forum 2021 on Peace Operations and Climate &amp; Environmental Security, #CAF21Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/fbaprodcontent.blob.core.windows.net\/challengesforum-prod\/2020\/07\/zif_dt_1000px_36a020f121.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5807\" style=\"width:250px;height:97px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fbaprodcontent.blob.core.windows.net\/challengesforum-prod\/2020\/07\/zif_dt_1000px_36a020f121.jpg 900w, https:\/\/fbaprodcontent.blob.core.windows.net\/challengesforum-prod\/2020\/07\/zif_dt_1000px_36a020f121-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fbaprodcontent.blob.core.windows.net\/challengesforum-prod\/2020\/07\/zif_dt_1000px_36a020f121-768x300.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/fbaprodcontent.blob.core.windows.net\/challengesforum-prod\/2020\/07\/Germany.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5813\" style=\"width:243px;height:133px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fbaprodcontent.blob.core.windows.net\/challengesforum-prod\/2020\/07\/Germany.png 800w, https:\/\/fbaprodcontent.blob.core.windows.net\/challengesforum-prod\/2020\/07\/Germany-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/fbaprodcontent.blob.core.windows.net\/challengesforum-prod\/2020\/07\/Germany-768x423.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list links\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zif-berlin.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zentrum f\u00fcr Internationale Friedenseins\u00e4tze <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.auswaertiges-amt.de\/de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">German Federal Foreign Office <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file related\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fbaprodcontent.blob.core.windows.net\/challengesforum-prod\/2019\/06\/ZIF_Peace_Operations_2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peace Operations 2025, ZIF 2012<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2085,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":""},"class_list":["post-239","partner","type-partner","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Germany - ChallengesForum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/challengesforum.org\/es\/partner\/germany\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Germany - ChallengesForum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Center for International Peace Operations in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office. 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