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The Austrian Armed Forces International Centre (AUTINT) is a competence Centre for Peace (Support) Operations [P(S)O], and since 1999 it has been a PfP Training & Education Centre (PTEC). It conducts operations preparation courses and follow-ups for P(S)O’s, as well as for humanitarian and disaster relief operations.
Partnership Training and Education Centre’s (PTEC) play an essential role in supporting NATO’s objectives for partnership with non-member countries. Initially launched in 1998, PTECs were formally established in 1999 under the Partnership for Peace programme to develop training and education activities with Euro-Atlantic partners.
Our main Tasks are: conducting P(S)O training with international participation and specific training assistance, conducting major parts of mission-specific P(S)O training and preparation as well as predeployment training including key personnel- and Force Integration Training (FIT), further on we are administrating aptitude testing and deployment as well as acting as Rotation Centre for P(S)Os for the Austrian Troopers, in addition we are responsible for implementing P(S)O-specific personnel administration national logistics and resupply and providing recreation and welfare, quiet often we are responsible for Host Nation Support (HNS) for NATO-led and UN-led courses and workshops, HNS for the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as well for Training Police personnel of the federal Ministry of Internal Affairs, and conducting specific training in the area of Psychological Operations (PSYOPS9 and Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC) implementing those Branches into the Austrian Armed Forces.
The AUTINT, located in Lower Austria in the neighborhood of VIENNA, is committed to provide a very high quality of training environment and contributes to help developing closer relations between partner nations, International Organizations and other countries.
On behave of the Team AUTINT we are looking forward meeting you for valuable time during Training or by visiting us in Austria!
Colonel Karl WOLF, MSD
Commanding Officer