Diversity and Inclusion Handbook

The Handbook serves as a practical reference for course training staff implementing the UCPM Deployable Training Programme. Its purpose is to ensure that D&I is understood, taught and assessed consistently across all courses from the Union Mechanism Introduction Course (UMI) to the Team Leadership Course (TLC). It supports course training staff in integrating D&I, linking policy to practice through concrete learning objectives, course design and participant assessment.

While not a trainer manual, it provides the conceptual and structural foundation needed for coherent D&I implementation across the Programme. A separate Trainers' manual and pocket guide is being drafted to support the handbook.

Embedding D&I into the Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes and Behaviours (KSAB) model reinforces fairness, respect and psychological safety; enhances teamwork and leadership; and mirrors the European Union’s foundational values of dignity, equality, freedom, democracy, the rule of law and human rights. Experts from diverse backgrounds and cultures are prepared in inclusive learning environments to make sound decisions under stress, foster mutual trust and strengthen resilience both in training and deployment.

This Handbook is designed as a practical reference for course training staff within the UCPM Training Programme for deployable experts. It outlines the rationale, process, and tools for integrating Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) across all courses.

Each chapter builds on the previous one: from the conceptual foundations (Chapters 1–3), to the benefits and implementation process (Chapters 4–5), and finally to lessons learned and next steps (Chapters 6–7).

The Annexes provide supporting materials and examples that can be adapted by Course Directors, Task Focal Points, and trainers. The document is not a trainer manual but a living reference to ensure that D&I is taught, practiced, and assessed consistently across the UCPM Deployable Training Programme.