On Friday 20 January a multi-national group of 36 students and lecturers from Radboud University Nijmegen visited EUFOR HQ as part of a 7-day visit to BiH. The wider visit was part of their Post-Graduate Human Geography Masters Programme in Conflicts, Territories and Identities and they came to Camp Butmir to understand why and how foreign military are involved in the country.
After a welcome brief from the EUFOR Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Albert Sáfár, and group photograph in front of the HQ building they received a presentation on the EU ‘Comprehensive Approach’ from the Political Advisor to EUSR and COMEUFOR. As the majority of the students were from the Netherlands, they were then given an insight from one of the three Dutch Officers in EUFOR into some of the academically interesting elements of his job as a Staff Advisor to the Armed Forces BiH in the Capacity Building and Training Division.
Feedback from the students on the visit was entirely positive and whilst it appears to have been of benefit for their particular degree, it also gave them an insight into military life on the personal level.
