Course description
This course will provide a comprehensive understanding of the legal and political frameworks in which defence institutions function. A critical awareness of the regulatory regimes affecting defence exports will be covered, as well as the political pressures which underpin them.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Suitable for those seeking employment or career progression in the sales and marketing arena of defence, aerospace and security organisations. Skills such as negotiations, offsets and trade compliance will prove attractive to employers seeking personnel in wider managerial fields, including contracts, commercial management as well strategic management.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
What you will learn
On successful completion you should be able to:
- Critically evaluate the political pressures in certain regions and the difficulties which arise with weak state/regional governance structures
- Examine a country’s overall security sector and assess the challenges this poses to the wider national security and development agenda
- Analyse the role of international donors, financial institutions and the global development agenda and how the defence trade often introduce conflicting forces that run counter to objectives of other agenda
- critically evaluate the key ethical considerations for organizations undertaking business in the arms trade
- Analyse the legal environment in which defence trading takes place, and give reasons for export controls in the UK, US and major trading nations
- Contrast and evaluate export controls of a number of countries or regions
Training Course Content
The course covers the following topics:
- Defence in a national security context
- Defence reform as part of the national security agenda
- The role of Governance
- Understanding overseas governments
- The arms trade and ethical issues
- Defence reform (institutional development) and defence trade
- Governance of the Defence export trade
- The UK’s Government’s approach to overseas defence engagements
- How export controls are established and implemented in major defence trading blocs and nations
- International legal frameworks, export controls and the donor community
- Compliance and non-compliance
Course delivery details
Course structure
This three day course is presented through a mixture of lectures, syndicated discussions and directed research. Active participation from the delegates is strongly encouraged particularly during the whole course in order to consolidate learning. All delegates will receive a Certificate of Attendance upon completion of this course.
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