Early Warning Systems & Indicators – 3rd Training for the ESFSI in Tunisia

At the end of October 2021, we provided our third intensive training on early warning systems & indicators, part of this year programme on “management of social conflict” of the Ecole Supérieure des Forces de Sécurité Intérieure (ESFSI) of the Home Ministry of Tunisia.

The programme is supported by the European project “Counter-terrorism in Tunisia” via CIVIPOL. The first session took place in August 2020 and the second in March 2021.

It was a 40 hours long intensive training including lectures, tutorials for software and practice around real life issues. It was a fantastic week, as previously. Trainees were very committed, attentive and succeeded in learning new concepts and methodology very quickly and in applying them concretely to their everyday work.

Again, considering the COVID-19 pandemic, we did everything through Zoom, but we are now all used to this framework. It worked perfectly well, thanks to the ESFSI, the great team operating for CIVIPOL in Tunis, and of course, to fantastic trainees!

Trainees hard at work during a practice session

Tutorial for Early Warning: getting ready to practice with yEd graph

The Final Ceremony: I could be present through video but, here this was definitely not as nice as being there!

Published by Dr Helene Lavoix (MSc PhD Lond)

Dr Helene Lavoix is President and Founder of The Red Team Analysis Society. She holds a doctorate in political studies and a MSc in international politics of Asia (distinction) from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, as well as a Master in finance (valedictorian, Grande École, France). An expert in strategic foresight and early warning, especially for national and international security issues, she combines more than 25 years of experience in international relations and 15 years in strategic foresight and warning. Dr. Lavoix has lived and worked in five countries, conducted missions in 15 others, and trained high-level officers around the world, for example in Singapore and as part of European programs in Tunisia. She teaches the methodology and practice of strategic foresight and early warning, working in prestigious institutions such as the RSIS in Singapore, SciencesPo-PSIA, or the ESFSI in Tunisia. She regularly publishes on geopolitical issues, uranium security, artificial intelligence, the international order, China’s rise and other international security topics. Committed to the continuous improvement of foresight and warning methodologies, Dr. Lavoix combines academic expertise and field experience to anticipate the global challenges of tomorrow. View more posts