EUTM Mali

Additionally, the Mission assists the MaAF in assessing the implementation of the reform. French-speaking, multi-disciplinary, military advisors share their experience and expertise with their Malian counterparts in the domains of human resources management, logistics, intelligence, conduct of operations, information systems, finances and planning. During the last years, EUTM Mali has successfully trained 8 Battlegroups whereas 5 Battlegroups have been retrained. Additionally, several Leadership Courses as well as Specialized Training Courses took place. In total, more than 11500 soldiers have been trained by EUTM Mali which represents approximately 1/3 of all the Malian Armed Forces. In order to transition to an autonomous Malian Armed Forces training in the future, EUTM concentrates on a gradual "Train the Trainer" and "Monitor the Trainer" approach focusing on Malian Armed Forces leaders mainly in the military region headquarter garrisons, Malian military schools or at the EUTM Training Centre in Koulikoro. 10December 2012: approval of the crisis management concept by the European Union.