permanent evolution
In order to provide up-to-date Education & Training to his clients, IFESO has a partnership with the French Command for Joint Operations (CPOIA) and the Joint Center for Doctrine Concepts and Experiments (CICDE).
a set of unique training programs
IFESO defense
The French Institute for Strategic and Operational Education (IFESO) has developed a unique set of programmes for French Armed Forces as well as countries and organizations France maintains cooperation with.
These programmes provide and maintain a joint operations planning and conducting capability in a comprehensive approach to crisis.
context of the strategic approach
Understand the issues & master the processes
Understanding what is at stakes for a crisis then mastering the Decision-Making processes combining all available instruments of power constitute the fundamentals of a Crisis Management Capability for a state, a regional or international organization.
(For additional details on Strategic and Operational Approach see “Operational Art”).
BASE OF SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE OF CAPABILITIES
Getting such a capacity requires to educate and train a pool of officers gathering a broad base of skills. Together, these skills innervate strategic and operational headquarters to prepare, plan, conduct and evaluate joint operations.
At these levels of responsibility, it is a question of knowing perfectly the capacities of each component as well as operational functions, in order to combine them while being impregnated with the politico-strategic field of consciousness overarching any State action.
The specific savoir-faire is therefore distinctly different from that prevailing at the tactical level,.
a set of unique training programs
IFESO defense
The French Institute for Strategic and Operational Education (IFESO) has developed a unique set of programmes for French Armed Forces as well as countries and organizations France maintains cooperation with.
These programs enable the acquisition and maintenance of a joint operations planning and conduct capability in a comprehensive crisis approach.
a permanent evolution
In order to maintain its programmes up-to-date, IFESO maintains a robust partnership with the French Command for Joint Operations (CPOIA) and the Joint Center for Doctrine Concepts and Experiments (CICDE).
context of the strategic approach
Understand the issues & master the processes
foundation of skills & knowledge of capabilities
At these levels of responsibility, it is a question of knowing perfectly the capacities of each component and the operational functions, in order to combine them while being impregnated with the field of politico-strategic consciousness to which any state action obeys.
The level of know-how required is therefore distinctly different from that prevailing at the tactical level.
ifeso Defense
know-how
adapted content …
to the needs of our customers
Joint Operations Operational Staff Officer Course
for the editorial officers of the strategic and operational staffs
Joint Operations Key Leader Course
Joint Operations General Officers Seminar
Joint Operations Operational Staff Officer Course
Goal
Understand the processes and products needed to develop a plan and implement it at the operational level.
Training objectives
Staff officers are able to contribute to a joint planning group, in a national or multinational environment, by applying NATO processes.
Content
Lectures and practical work developed from a fictional but realistic scenario. Auditors contribute to the development of an operational plan.
Audience
Trainees
Joint Operations Key Leader Course
Goal
Training objectives
Colonels or cell or division chiefs are able to manage the major functions and to command the cells of the strategic and operative staffs in order to propose to the command the directives allowing to initiate the planning and the conduct of the campaign.
Content
Audience
Trainees
Joint Operations General Officers Seminar
Goal
Training objectives
Content
Audience
Trainees
Exercise Planning Course
Goal
Training objectives
Content
– Exercise Specifications (EXSPEC),
– Exercise Plan (EXPLAN),
including the conduct of the exercise and the process of analysis and feedback.
Audience
Trainees
Joint Operations Operational Battle Staff Training
Purpose & Principles
In order to put the training into practice, IFESO proposes to mount operational or strategic level command post exercises with its clients.
Building on the plan developed by the trainees during the planning phase, the command post is placed in a driving situation . The issues are developed by IFESO and allow the player to assess the situation and propose corrections on all three horizons by applying the collaborative analysis and decision-making process taught.
Depending on customer demand, it may be more or less invasive in the preparation, conduct and evaluation of the exercise. Exercise preparation courses can then find a case of actual application .
Depending on the level reached by the player and the client’s request, IFESO may offer the assistance of a computer simulation . This easy-to-use simulation replicates the tactical joint environment and accurately supports the exercise’s animation. Simulation is also a valuable aid for post-action analysis by providing opportunities for replay.
Wargame & Redteaming
Purpose & Principles
Wargame
Based on simulation, a game of confrontation with the actions of the other actors of the crisis can be developed in order to draw conclusions.
Redteaming
A Red Team’s mission is to analyze the key factors and conclusions drawn from a situation analysis, an operational design or the development of a plan.
Having the results evaluated by an outside team provides a realistic view of the robustness of the options chosen. By questioning, the Red Team triggers a wider reflection among members of the planning team in the context of an operational environment and thus helps to reduce the number of options or biased solutions. This approach can undo the cliché ideas and clarify the problem data that planners often tend to want to mitigate.
More than 30 years of cumulative experience using planning processes gives IFESO an authentic experience to challenge the analysis and deductions of a planning team.
Strategic & Operational Education
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