basic and advanced level courses promoting generic understanding of CFSP and CSDP;

courses developing leadership;

courses directly supporting CSDP Missions and Operations, including pre‐deployment and in-mission/in-operation training and education;

courses supporting EU partnerships and countries participating in CSDP Missions and Operations;

modules supporting civilian and military training and education in the field of CSDP;

CSDP courses, seminars, programmes and conferences for specialised audiences or with specific focus;

common modules run under the European Initiative for the Exchange of Young Officers, inspired by the Erasmus programme; although formally not ESDC training and education activities, the ESDC will also support and promote European semesters and joint master's degrees making use of the common modules referred to in this point;

cyber awareness and advanced level courses, including in support of CSDP missions and operations;

courses and seminars aimed at supporting PhD-level research through exchange of best practices and experience.

support the relations to be established between the institutes referred to in Article 5(1) engaged in the network referred to in that paragraph ('the network');

run and further develop an e-Learning system to support CSDP training and education activities or, in exceptional circumstances, be used as stand-alone training and education activities;

develop and produce training and educational material in the field of CSDP also drawing on already existing relevant material;

support an Alumni Association between former training participants;

support exchange programmes in the field of CSDP between the Member States' training and educational institutes;

act as compartment administrator of the Schoolmaster module of the Goalkeeper project and provide contributions to the annual Union Training Programme in CSDP through this module;

act as administrator of the Union-instance of the CD-TXP platform for the exchange of cyber related training opportunities;

provide support to the management of training and education in the field of conflict prevention, civilian crisis management, establishing or preserving the conditions necessary for sustainable development and Security Sector Reform initiatives, as well as promotion of cyber security and hybrid threats' awareness;

organise and run an annual network conference bringing together civilian and military training and education experts in CFSP and CSDP from Member States' training and educational institutes and ministries, and relevant external training and education actors as appropriate;

maintain relationships with relevant actors in the field of Freedom Security and Justice, in the field of Development and Cooperation, and with relevant International Organisations;

support the Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management and the EU Civilian Training Group by administering and managing the travel and accommodation costs relating to the activities of the Civilian Coordinators for Training;

participate in the meetings of the Union civilian and military training groups, derive civilian/military training requirements from their output and take the results of the requirements analysis into account during the annual prioritisation exercise of ESDC activities and for the development of ESDC curricula; and

further elaborate, maintain and promote the sectoral qualification framework for military officers.

fulfil its tasks and meet its objectives;

enter into contracts and administrative arrangements necessary for its functioning including to implement staff secondments and recruit contract staff; acquire equipment, in particular teaching equipment;

hold bank accounts; and

be a party to legal proceedings.

approve and keep under regular review the ESDC training and education activities reflecting the agreed CSDP training and education requirements;

approve the annual academic programme of the ESDC;

select and prioritise the training and education activities to be run under the ESDC, taking into account the resources made available to the ESDC and the training and education requirements identified;

select the Member State(s) hosting the ESDC training and education activities and the institutes conducting them;

decide on opening specific ESDC training and education activities to third- country participation within the general political framework set by the Political and Security Committee;

adopt the curricula for all ESDC training and education activities;

take note of the course evaluation reports;

take note of the general annual report on ESDC training and education activities and adopt the recommendations therein, to be forwarded to the relevant Council bodies;

provide overall guidance to the work of the Board;

appoint the Chairpersons of the Board and its different configurations;

take the necessary decisions with regard to the functioning of the ESDC in so far as these are not attributed to other bodies;

approve the annual budget and any amending budget, acting on proposals from the Head;

approve the annual accounts and give a discharge to the Head;

approve additional rules applicable to expenditure managed by the ESDC;

approve any financing agreement and/or technical arrangement with the Commission, the EEAS, a Union Agency or a Member State regarding the financing and/or the implementation of the ESDC expenditure;

contribute to the selection process of the Head as defined in Article 11(3);

evaluate the performance of his or her tasks by the Head as regards the potential extension of his or her mandate as referred in Article 11(4).

provide academic advice and recommendations to the Steering Committee;

implement, through the network, the agreed annual academic programme;

oversee the e-Learning system;

develop curricula for all ESDC training and education activities;

ensure general coordination of ESDC training and education activities among all institutes;

review standards of the training and education activities undertaken in the previous academic year;

submit proposals to the Steering Committee for training and education activities in the next academic year;

ensure a systematic evaluation of all ESDC training and education activities and approve the course evaluation reports;

contribute to the draft general annual report on ESDC activities;

support the implementation of the European Initiative for the Exchange of Young Officers, inspired by the Erasmus programme.

be responsible for the ESDC activities;

be the sole legal representative of the ESDC;

be responsible for the financial and administrative management of the ESDC;

advise the Steering Committee and the Board and support their work; and

act as the representative of the ESDC for training and education activities within and outside the network.

take all necessary steps, including the adoption of internal administrative instructions and the publication of notices, to ensure the effective functioning of ESDC activities;

draw up the preliminary draft annual report of the ESDC and its preliminary draft work programme to be submitted to the Steering Committee on the basis of the proposals submitted by the Board;

co-ordinate the implementation of the ESDC work programme;

maintain contacts with the relevant authorities in Member States;

maintain contacts with relevant external training and education actors in the field of CFSP and CSDP;

conclude where necessary technical arrangements on ESDC training and education activities with the relevant authorities and training and education actors in the field of CFSP and CSDP;

perform any other task attributed to him or her by the Steering Committee.

draw up and submit to the Steering Committee any draft budget;

adopt the budgets after their approval by the Steering Committee;

be the authorising officer for the ESDC budget;

open one or more bank accounts on behalf of the ESDC;

negotiate, submit to the Steering Committee and conclude any financing agreement and/or technical arrangement with the Commission, the EEAS or a Member State regarding the financing and/or the implementation of the ESDC expenditure;

select the staff of the Secretariat, assisted by a selection panel;

negotiate and sign on behalf of the ESDC any Exchange of Letters for the secondment to the ESDC of Secretariat staff;

negotiate and sign on behalf of the ESDC any contract of employment for staff paid from the ESDC budget;

generally, represent the ESDC for the purpose of all legal acts with financial implications;

submit to the Steering Committee the ESDC annual accounts.

staff seconded to the ESDC by Union institutions, the EEAS and Union agencies;

national experts seconded to the ESDC by Member States;

contracted staff when no national expert has been identified and following approval by the Steering Committee.