ПРОГРАММА ТРЕХСТОРОННЕГО ПАРТНЕРСТВА

As a direct outcome of the 2014 Leaders’ Summit on UN Peacekeeping, the Triangular Partnership Project was launched in 2015 to conduct peacekeeping engineering training in East Africa for uniformed peacekeepers. A decade since its inception, the then Project has since expanded into a full-fledged Programme, the Triangular Partnership Programme (TPP), with four distinct projects. Three are training projects on engineering, medical, and C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4), Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)) and camp security technologies, and one is the Telemedicine Project to improve access to medical care in peacekeeping missions. As of 2024, the Programme has expanded its scope beyond UN peacekeeping to also train African Union (AU) Peace Support Operations (PSO) personnel.

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2026 TPP Stakeholders' Workshop hosted by Viet Nam and co-chaired by the Australia and Japan
2026 Stakholders' Workshop
2026 Stakeholders' Workshop
2026 Stakeholders' Workshop

Objectives

The TPP aims to enhance peacekeepers’ capacity in engineering, medical, and C4ISR and camp security technologies through the provision of training and operational support. Through TPP trainings, troop-and-police-contributing countries (T/PCCs) are better equipped to deliver high-value support and meet priority requirements, improving the ability of United Nations peacekeeping and African Union peace support operations to operate more effectively and safely on the ground. The TPP also provides a framework for improving operational support with initiatives such as the Secretary-General-awarded telemedicine project. TPP directly contributes to the implementation of the Action for Peacekeeping (A4P), Action for Peacekeeping Plus (A4P+) and Action for Peacekeeping Impact Implementation Strategy.

Training and Operational Support

  • Rapid Deployment: Building pools of well-trained uniformed peacekeepers to support rapid deployment of units to peacekeeping and peace support missions. Previous TPP trainees have deployed to MINUSCA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, UNIFIL, UNISFA, UNMISS, AMISOM, ATMIS and AUSSOM.
  • Flexibility: Delivering training in Africa, Asia Pacific, and South America in partnership with donors and host countries.
  • Strengthening Long-term Capacities: Providing Training-of-Trainer (TOT) courses to strengthen regional and national peacekeeping training capacities and ensuring knowledge is retained and sustained.
  • Cross-pillar Needs: Ensuring emerging capability needs are addressed through cross-pillar trainings, for instance, through engineering trainings combined with the Explosive Hazard Awareness Training (EHAT) – in partnership with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS).
  • New Peacekeeping Gaps: Continuing to engage with stakeholders to ensure new peacekeeping capability gaps, such as environmental management, Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IEDs) and Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS), are identified, delivered and integrated through TPP trainings, with Member State support.
  • Telemedicine Network: Strengthening telemedicine networks connecting various levels of medical facilities within missions as well as provisions of remote medical support using telemedicine from external specialists in Member State hospitals (active in MINURSO, MINUSCA, UNMISS, UNDOF, UNSOS, UNSMIL, UNISFA; previously piloted in MINUSMA and MONUSCO).

Support for the Programme

  • By endorsing the Declaration of Shared Commitments on UN Peacekeeping Operations, more than 150 Member States committed to better prepare, train and equip uniformed personnel by pursuing innovative approaches, including triangular partnerships.

  • To enhance the sustainability of the Programme, and in line with the 2027 Peacekeeping Ministerial, the United Nations welcomes support from Member States in the form of funding, in-kind contributions and renewed partnerships across TPP’s pillars.

TPP: Innovating Peacekeeping Training and Operational Support

Contact the Programme Team: dos-tpp@un.org

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Access TPP's Elearning Courses

Construction Management for UN Peace Operations (user registration guide)

5‑hour self‑paced eLearning by TPP/CDOTS (DOS), supported by Japan. Covers construction basics, heavy engineering equipment, roads and drainage. Builds skills in scheduling, monitoring, issue analysis, and process‑chart use for engineers in the field.

Environmental Management – Best Practices for Environmental Stewardship in UN Peace Operations (user registration guide)

1.5-hour self-paced eLearning by TPP/CDOTS/OUSG Environment Section (DOS), supported by Japan. Equips officers from troop- and police-contributing countries nominated as Environment Focal Points with essential knowledge and skills in environmental management in order to promote best practices among military and police personnel.