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Partner Language Training Center Europe
Mission
"...provide flexible language training for US personnel while offering English and strategic language instruction and expertise for NATO Allies and worldwide partners."
* Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England's 1 June 2007 memo, Subject: Functional Transfer of Foreign Language Training Center Europe
Vision
The "Go To" center for defense-sector advanced language training practices and expertise for NATO Allies and worldwide partners.
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In 2016, PLTCE was designated a NATO Approved Education and Training Facility by the NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) Joint Force Trainer. PLTCE earned this recognition by upholding the rigorous standards of NATO ACT quality assurance and successfully completing the NATO institutional accreditation process. The objective of the NATO ACT quality assurance effort is to foster standardized quality processes for curriculum development, instruction and school house operations that ensure courses delivered for NATO requirements meet high levels of excellence.
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PLTCE’s English Department Courses for language teachers and testers as well as the online writing course for NATO staff officers have been certified as NATO Approved. This designation comes as part of the PLTCE accreditation status as well as through meeting the additional requirements of NATO ACT quality assurance.
For additional information or questions, contact us via email: PLTCE [at] marshallcenter.org (PLTCE[at]marshallcenter[dot]org)
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Bureau for International Language Coordination
Bureau for International Language Coordination (BILC) is a consortium of NATO and Partner Nation defense language schools and national military language testing offices. It is NATO’s consultative and advisory body for all language training and testing issues. As custodian of the BILC NATO STANAG 6001 language proficiency guidelines, BILC leads standardization efforts for all NATO STANAG 6001 tests.
PLTCE has had a long-standing role in the BILC Secretariat. In addition, all of PLTCE’s English Department NATO-approved courses that focus on language testing and education are conducted on behalf of BILC and the standardization efforts for NATO STANAG 6001.
For additional information or questions, contact us via email: BILC [at] marshallcenter.org (BILC[at]marshallcenter[dot]org)
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A Partnership Training and Education Centre
Partnership Training and Education Centres (PTECs) are a global network of institutions offering courses and academic seminars to both civilian and military staff from NATO and partner countries. Their goal is to improve the professionalism of national personnel, increase international troop interoperability, and conduct education and training activities related to NATO partnership programmes and policies.
PLTCE achieved PTEC status in 2014. As a PTEC, PLTCE conducts courses for NATO and Partner Nations in cooperation with other language school PTECS to provide training solutions in the area of language teaching and testing
Welcome to Partner Language Training Center Europe
Find Your Course
Program on Countering Transnational Organized Crime
Creating and Empowering Global CTOC Professionals
Program on Countering Transnational Organized Crime International Forum
This forum creates an opportunity for law enforcement executives at the principal and deputy level, along with their counterpart policy experts, to examine the most critical challenges in combating transnational organized crime.
English Language Enhancement Courses (ELEC)
For additional information contact the PLTCE department at pltce@marshallcenter.org.
European African Security Seminar (EASS)
Course language: English
European Security Seminar-East (ESS-E)
This one-week seminar analyzes security issues related to Europe’s Eastern flank.
European Security Seminar–South (ESS-S)
This one-week seminar analyzes security issues related to Europe’s Southern flank, including the impact of developments within Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle East on European and Euro-Atlantic security.
High North Security Dialogue
This seminar, co-hosted with the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, brings together mid to senior level security practitioners, policymakers, and academic experts to develop actionable recommendations to manage the security environment
German-American Regional Security Seminar (GARSS)
Program on Applied Security Studies
Building Resilience to Strengthen Deterrence and Defense in Europe
Program on Cyber Security Studies
A comprehensive program to explore the increasing domestic, international and transnational challenges in cyber security.
Program on Regional Security Studies
This five-week program analyzes the parameters of regional security within Europe and its flanks in the context of renewed great power competition.
Program on Terrorism and Security Studies
Participants examine terrorist actions and capabilities while discussing, sharing and providing best practices for comprehensive whole-of-government and whole-of-society solutions.
Applied Consecutive Interpretation Techniques
Seminar on European-Led Security Deterrence and Defense
Enabling a More Self-Reliant Europe
The Advanced Language Testing Seminar is a highly technical seminar for experienced STANAG 6001 test developers.
Senior Executive Seminar
Senior Executive Seminar (SES) will focus on the future of our partnerships in an era of persistent strategic competition combined with multiple other interconnected and concurrent global and transnational challenges, including widespread instability
Southeast Europe Forum
It places particular emphasis on specific topics related to strategic competition and the role of external actors, hybrid and irregular challenges, and Euro Atlantic integration and cooperation.
The aim of the English Language Faculty Development Workshop is to familiarize experienced English teachers with current language teaching methodologies and practices.
Seminar on Irregular Warfare/Hybrid Threats
The Seminar analyzes a range of IW/HT tactics including coercive economics, the use of proxy forces, cyberwarfare, disinformation operations, and “lawfare.”
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
Seminar on Regional Security
The four-week Seminar on Regional Security (SRS) takes place in spring and hosts mid- to senior working level military (Major through junior Flag Officers) and civilian government officials who have clear professional interest in and background knowledge
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
The Language Standards and Assessment Seminar is an interactive seminar that familiarizes participants with the NATO standards for language proficiency.
The Language Testing Seminar is the foundation course for English language professionals who will be responsible for developing proficiency tests to NATO standards.
A focused four-week resident program for mid-level security professionals to sharpen strategic thinking.
Language for Diplomacy
Language Readiness Courses
Language Readiness Courses
Seminar on Russia
The course provides detailed insights into Russia’s behavior, strategic thinking, capabilities, international partnerships, and global approach.
Arabic Course
PLTCE offers five week Language Enhancement Courses (LEC) in Modern Standard Arabic and Levantine dialect.
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
Explore how Europe can translate defense resources into credible military capability and collective deterrence.
A fully online course for current or future staff officers designed to develop their work-related writing skills and to familiarize them with strategies for producing written documents and correspondence IAW NATO conventions.
French Course
The course is designed to familiarize the student with the French language, current material and issues, review vocabulary by topics, discuss grammar, practice speaking and overall language knowledge.
Explore how resilience strengthens deterrence across critical infrastructure, cyberspace, and society.
Examine the technologies, domains, and security challenges shaping the future of deterrence and defense.
Persian-Farsi Course
The course is designed to familiarize the student with the Persian-Farsi language, current material and issues, review vocabulary by topics, discuss grammar, practice speaking and overall language knowledge.
Russian and Ukrainian Courses
PLTCE offers five week Language Enhancement Courses (LEC) offered in Russian
PLTCE Staff and Faculty Biographies
Find Your Course
Program on Countering Transnational Organized Crime
Creating and Empowering Global CTOC Professionals
Program on Countering Transnational Organized Crime International Forum
This forum creates an opportunity for law enforcement executives at the principal and deputy level, along with their counterpart policy experts, to examine the most critical challenges in combating transnational organized crime.
English Language Enhancement Courses (ELEC)
For additional information contact the PLTCE department at pltce@marshallcenter.org.
European African Security Seminar (EASS)
Course language: English
European Security Seminar-East (ESS-E)
This one-week seminar analyzes security issues related to Europe’s Eastern flank.
European Security Seminar–South (ESS-S)
This one-week seminar analyzes security issues related to Europe’s Southern flank, including the impact of developments within Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle East on European and Euro-Atlantic security.
High North Security Dialogue
This seminar, co-hosted with the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, brings together mid to senior level security practitioners, policymakers, and academic experts to develop actionable recommendations to manage the security environment
German-American Regional Security Seminar (GARSS)
Program on Applied Security Studies
Building Resilience to Strengthen Deterrence and Defense in Europe
Program on Cyber Security Studies
A comprehensive program to explore the increasing domestic, international and transnational challenges in cyber security.
Program on Regional Security Studies
This five-week program analyzes the parameters of regional security within Europe and its flanks in the context of renewed great power competition.
Program on Terrorism and Security Studies
Participants examine terrorist actions and capabilities while discussing, sharing and providing best practices for comprehensive whole-of-government and whole-of-society solutions.
Applied Consecutive Interpretation Techniques
Seminar on European-Led Security Deterrence and Defense
Enabling a More Self-Reliant Europe
The Advanced Language Testing Seminar is a highly technical seminar for experienced STANAG 6001 test developers.
Senior Executive Seminar
Senior Executive Seminar (SES) will focus on the future of our partnerships in an era of persistent strategic competition combined with multiple other interconnected and concurrent global and transnational challenges, including widespread instability
Southeast Europe Forum
It places particular emphasis on specific topics related to strategic competition and the role of external actors, hybrid and irregular challenges, and Euro Atlantic integration and cooperation.
The aim of the English Language Faculty Development Workshop is to familiarize experienced English teachers with current language teaching methodologies and practices.
Seminar on Irregular Warfare/Hybrid Threats
The Seminar analyzes a range of IW/HT tactics including coercive economics, the use of proxy forces, cyberwarfare, disinformation operations, and “lawfare.”
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
Seminar on Regional Security
The four-week Seminar on Regional Security (SRS) takes place in spring and hosts mid- to senior working level military (Major through junior Flag Officers) and civilian government officials who have clear professional interest in and background knowledge
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
The Language Standards and Assessment Seminar is an interactive seminar that familiarizes participants with the NATO standards for language proficiency.
The Language Testing Seminar is the foundation course for English language professionals who will be responsible for developing proficiency tests to NATO standards.
A focused four-week resident program for mid-level security professionals to sharpen strategic thinking.
Language for Diplomacy
Language Readiness Courses
Language Readiness Courses
Seminar on Russia
The course provides detailed insights into Russia’s behavior, strategic thinking, capabilities, international partnerships, and global approach.
Arabic Course
PLTCE offers five week Language Enhancement Courses (LEC) in Modern Standard Arabic and Levantine dialect.
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
Explore how Europe can translate defense resources into credible military capability and collective deterrence.
A fully online course for current or future staff officers designed to develop their work-related writing skills and to familiarize them with strategies for producing written documents and correspondence IAW NATO conventions.
French Course
The course is designed to familiarize the student with the French language, current material and issues, review vocabulary by topics, discuss grammar, practice speaking and overall language knowledge.
Explore how resilience strengthens deterrence across critical infrastructure, cyberspace, and society.
Examine the technologies, domains, and security challenges shaping the future of deterrence and defense.
Persian-Farsi Course
The course is designed to familiarize the student with the Persian-Farsi language, current material and issues, review vocabulary by topics, discuss grammar, practice speaking and overall language knowledge.
Russian and Ukrainian Courses
PLTCE offers five week Language Enhancement Courses (LEC) offered in Russian
Language Training is a five-week intensive program of professional-level language study at the Partner Language Training Center Europe.
Find Your Course
Program on Countering Transnational Organized Crime
Creating and Empowering Global CTOC Professionals
Program on Countering Transnational Organized Crime International Forum
This forum creates an opportunity for law enforcement executives at the principal and deputy level, along with their counterpart policy experts, to examine the most critical challenges in combating transnational organized crime.
English Language Enhancement Courses (ELEC)
For additional information contact the PLTCE department at pltce@marshallcenter.org.
European African Security Seminar (EASS)
Course language: English
European Security Seminar-East (ESS-E)
This one-week seminar analyzes security issues related to Europe’s Eastern flank.
European Security Seminar–South (ESS-S)
This one-week seminar analyzes security issues related to Europe’s Southern flank, including the impact of developments within Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle East on European and Euro-Atlantic security.
High North Security Dialogue
This seminar, co-hosted with the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, brings together mid to senior level security practitioners, policymakers, and academic experts to develop actionable recommendations to manage the security environment
German-American Regional Security Seminar (GARSS)
Program on Applied Security Studies
Building Resilience to Strengthen Deterrence and Defense in Europe
Program on Cyber Security Studies
A comprehensive program to explore the increasing domestic, international and transnational challenges in cyber security.
Program on Regional Security Studies
This five-week program analyzes the parameters of regional security within Europe and its flanks in the context of renewed great power competition.
Program on Terrorism and Security Studies
Participants examine terrorist actions and capabilities while discussing, sharing and providing best practices for comprehensive whole-of-government and whole-of-society solutions.
Applied Consecutive Interpretation Techniques
Seminar on European-Led Security Deterrence and Defense
Enabling a More Self-Reliant Europe
The Advanced Language Testing Seminar is a highly technical seminar for experienced STANAG 6001 test developers.
Senior Executive Seminar
Senior Executive Seminar (SES) will focus on the future of our partnerships in an era of persistent strategic competition combined with multiple other interconnected and concurrent global and transnational challenges, including widespread instability
Southeast Europe Forum
It places particular emphasis on specific topics related to strategic competition and the role of external actors, hybrid and irregular challenges, and Euro Atlantic integration and cooperation.
The aim of the English Language Faculty Development Workshop is to familiarize experienced English teachers with current language teaching methodologies and practices.
Seminar on Irregular Warfare/Hybrid Threats
The Seminar analyzes a range of IW/HT tactics including coercive economics, the use of proxy forces, cyberwarfare, disinformation operations, and “lawfare.”
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
Seminar on Regional Security
The four-week Seminar on Regional Security (SRS) takes place in spring and hosts mid- to senior working level military (Major through junior Flag Officers) and civilian government officials who have clear professional interest in and background knowledge
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
The Language Standards and Assessment Seminar is an interactive seminar that familiarizes participants with the NATO standards for language proficiency.
The Language Testing Seminar is the foundation course for English language professionals who will be responsible for developing proficiency tests to NATO standards.
A focused four-week resident program for mid-level security professionals to sharpen strategic thinking.
Language for Diplomacy
Language Readiness Courses
Language Readiness Courses
Seminar on Russia
The course provides detailed insights into Russia’s behavior, strategic thinking, capabilities, international partnerships, and global approach.
Arabic Course
PLTCE offers five week Language Enhancement Courses (LEC) in Modern Standard Arabic and Levantine dialect.
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
Explore how Europe can translate defense resources into credible military capability and collective deterrence.
A fully online course for current or future staff officers designed to develop their work-related writing skills and to familiarize them with strategies for producing written documents and correspondence IAW NATO conventions.
French Course
The course is designed to familiarize the student with the French language, current material and issues, review vocabulary by topics, discuss grammar, practice speaking and overall language knowledge.
Explore how resilience strengthens deterrence across critical infrastructure, cyberspace, and society.
Examine the technologies, domains, and security challenges shaping the future of deterrence and defense.
Persian-Farsi Course
The course is designed to familiarize the student with the Persian-Farsi language, current material and issues, review vocabulary by topics, discuss grammar, practice speaking and overall language knowledge.
Russian and Ukrainian Courses
PLTCE offers five week Language Enhancement Courses (LEC) offered in Russian
Find Your Course
Program on Countering Transnational Organized Crime
Creating and Empowering Global CTOC Professionals
Program on Countering Transnational Organized Crime International Forum
This forum creates an opportunity for law enforcement executives at the principal and deputy level, along with their counterpart policy experts, to examine the most critical challenges in combating transnational organized crime.
English Language Enhancement Courses (ELEC)
For additional information contact the PLTCE department at pltce@marshallcenter.org.
European African Security Seminar (EASS)
Course language: English
European Security Seminar-East (ESS-E)
This one-week seminar analyzes security issues related to Europe’s Eastern flank.
European Security Seminar–South (ESS-S)
This one-week seminar analyzes security issues related to Europe’s Southern flank, including the impact of developments within Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle East on European and Euro-Atlantic security.
High North Security Dialogue
This seminar, co-hosted with the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, brings together mid to senior level security practitioners, policymakers, and academic experts to develop actionable recommendations to manage the security environment
German-American Regional Security Seminar (GARSS)
Program on Applied Security Studies
Building Resilience to Strengthen Deterrence and Defense in Europe
Program on Cyber Security Studies
A comprehensive program to explore the increasing domestic, international and transnational challenges in cyber security.
Program on Regional Security Studies
This five-week program analyzes the parameters of regional security within Europe and its flanks in the context of renewed great power competition.
Program on Terrorism and Security Studies
Participants examine terrorist actions and capabilities while discussing, sharing and providing best practices for comprehensive whole-of-government and whole-of-society solutions.
Applied Consecutive Interpretation Techniques
Seminar on European-Led Security Deterrence and Defense
Enabling a More Self-Reliant Europe
The Advanced Language Testing Seminar is a highly technical seminar for experienced STANAG 6001 test developers.
Senior Executive Seminar
Senior Executive Seminar (SES) will focus on the future of our partnerships in an era of persistent strategic competition combined with multiple other interconnected and concurrent global and transnational challenges, including widespread instability
Southeast Europe Forum
It places particular emphasis on specific topics related to strategic competition and the role of external actors, hybrid and irregular challenges, and Euro Atlantic integration and cooperation.
The aim of the English Language Faculty Development Workshop is to familiarize experienced English teachers with current language teaching methodologies and practices.
Seminar on Irregular Warfare/Hybrid Threats
The Seminar analyzes a range of IW/HT tactics including coercive economics, the use of proxy forces, cyberwarfare, disinformation operations, and “lawfare.”
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
Seminar on Regional Security
The four-week Seminar on Regional Security (SRS) takes place in spring and hosts mid- to senior working level military (Major through junior Flag Officers) and civilian government officials who have clear professional interest in and background knowledge
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
The Language Standards and Assessment Seminar is an interactive seminar that familiarizes participants with the NATO standards for language proficiency.
The Language Testing Seminar is the foundation course for English language professionals who will be responsible for developing proficiency tests to NATO standards.
A focused four-week resident program for mid-level security professionals to sharpen strategic thinking.
Language for Diplomacy
Language Readiness Courses
Language Readiness Courses
Seminar on Russia
The course provides detailed insights into Russia’s behavior, strategic thinking, capabilities, international partnerships, and global approach.
Arabic Course
PLTCE offers five week Language Enhancement Courses (LEC) in Modern Standard Arabic and Levantine dialect.
The Marshall Center’s resident courses are designed to build strategic competencies through lectures, seminars, workshops, simulations and individual consultations.
Explore how Europe can translate defense resources into credible military capability and collective deterrence.
A fully online course for current or future staff officers designed to develop their work-related writing skills and to familiarize them with strategies for producing written documents and correspondence IAW NATO conventions.
French Course
The course is designed to familiarize the student with the French language, current material and issues, review vocabulary by topics, discuss grammar, practice speaking and overall language knowledge.
Explore how resilience strengthens deterrence across critical infrastructure, cyberspace, and society.
Examine the technologies, domains, and security challenges shaping the future of deterrence and defense.
Persian-Farsi Course
The course is designed to familiarize the student with the Persian-Farsi language, current material and issues, review vocabulary by topics, discuss grammar, practice speaking and overall language knowledge.
Russian and Ukrainian Courses
PLTCE offers five week Language Enhancement Courses (LEC) offered in Russian
