SENSE in Poland
Strategic Economic Needs and Security Exercise (SENSE) was created by the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) in the late 1990s, for use in Bosnia. It focuses on resource-allocation and decision-making in a virtual country which is emerging from authoritarian rule, following an internal conflict or a revolution. The computer infrastructure “keeps the players honest,” by reflecting the results and interrelationships of all their actions, but the primary point of the simulation is direct, face-to-face negotiations among up to 60 players, who represent the local citizens, their government officials, and the international community. USIP has used it with great success in Iraq, and has shared its Arabic language SENSE material with Poland for its new programs.
In 2006, USIP, in coordination with IDA, partnered with the Polish Ministry of National Defense and the University of Warsaw’s Center for Eastern European Studies Program (CEES) to conduct a series of five-day SENSE Training Workshops at the Polish Academy for National Defense. These programs, whose participants came from Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, enabled USIP to provide the Academy and the University with the capability to conduct SENSE training for a wide variety of audiences in Poland and across the region. In 2009, IDA awarded the license to the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affirs in order to promote economic and societal reform among neighboring countries, as well as Afghanistan.
POLAND TAKES “SENSE” SIMULATION TO AFGHANISTAN AND TUNISIA
When NATO ally Poland came to USIP in 2006 to ask for help in establishing its own “SENSE” program, its plan was to bring the benefits of this comprehensive, computer-supported simulation to help Poland’s neighbors develop stable, prosperous, democratic societies. Currently, Poland is still using SENSE for that purpose – it ran a program last fall for Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia – but it is also reaching much farther. It has recently completed SENSE programs for Afghanistan and Tunisia, and is exploring the possibility of using SENSE elsewhere in the Muslim world.
Thanks to this initiative, Polish SENSE teams are providing this outstanding educational experience to those who must work together to bring political stability, social justice, and a foundation for economic progress to their troubled countries. From its own budget or from other sources, Poland has provided the funding for this entire effort. With support from the Office of the Secretary of Defense and in collaboration with George Mason University, USIP’s Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding offers SENSE as a course here in the United States.
SENSE Events in Poland![](/files/ETCI/SENSE/SENSE_Poland3.jpg)
Poland and its Neighbors- Joint SENSE Simulation
Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the National School of Public Administration, held a one-week joint training program for 45 participants from Egypt and Libya in Warsaw.
Poland and its Neighbors- Afghanistan SENSE Simulation
December 5-9, 2011
Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the National School of Public Administration, held a one-week SENSE training program for 45 Afghan government officials in Warsaw.
Poland and its Neighbors- Tunisia SENSE Simulation
November 14-18, 2011
Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the National School of Public Administration, held a one-week SENSE training program for 48 Tunisians in Warsaw.
Poland and its Neighbors- Joint SENSE Simulation
October 3-7, 2011
Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the National School of Public Administration, held a one-week SENSE joint training program for 50 participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and the Ukraine in Warsaw.
Poland and its Neighbors- Joint SENSE Simulation
November 22-26, 2010
Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a one-week SENSE joint training program for 55 Ukrainians and Moldovans at the Polish National Defence University in Warsaw.
Poland and its Neighbors- Joint SENSE Simulation
July 5-9, 2010
Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a one-week SENSE joint training program for Georgians and Armenians at the Polish National Defence University in Warsaw.
Poland and its Neighbors- Belarus SENSE Simulation
December 6-12, 2009
Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a one-week SENSE training program for Belarusians at the Polish National Defence University in Warsaw.
Poland and its Neighbors- Ukraine SENSE Simulation
December 4-13, 2008
Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the University of Warsaw’s Centre for East European Studies, held a two-week Public Policy and Administration Seminar and SENSE game for 52 Ukrainians at the Polish National Defence University in Warsaw.
Poland and its Neighbors- Afghanistan SENSE Simulation
October 9-18, 2008
Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the University of Warsaw’s Centre for East European Studies, held a two-week Public Policy and Administration Seminar and SENSE game for 47 Afghans at the Polish National Defence University in Warsaw.
Poland and its Neighbors- Serbia SENSE Simulation
July 31-August 9, 2008
Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the University of Warsaw’s Centre for East European Studies, held a two-week Public Policy and Administration Seminar and SENSE game for 61 Serbs at the Polish National Defence University in Warsaw.
Poland and its Neighbors- Azerbaijan SENSE Simulation
September 27-October 5, 2007
Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Polish National Defence University and the University of Warsaw’s Centre for East European Studies, held a two-week Public Policy and Administration Seminar and SENSE game for 50 Azerbaijanis in Warsaw.
Poland and its Neighbors- Georgia SENSE Simulation
September 6-15, 2007
USIP, in cooperation with the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Polish National Defence University, and the University of Warsaw’s Centre for East European Studies, held a two-week Public Policy and Administration Seminar and SENSE game for 60 Georgians in Warsaw.
Poland and its Neighbors- Belarus SENSE Simulation
December 4-15, 2006
USIP, in cooperation with the Polish Ministry of National Defence, the Polish National Defence University, and the University of Warsaw’s Centre for East European Studies, conducted a two-week Public Policy and Administration Seminar and SENSE game for 43 Belarusians in Warsaw.
Poland and its Neighbors- Ukraine SENSE Simulation
September 25-October 7, 2006
USIP, in cooperation with the Polish Ministry of National Defence, the Polish National Defence University, and the University of Warsaw’s Centre for East European Studies, conducted a two-week Public Policy and Administration Seminar and SENSE game for 51 Ukrainians in Warsaw.
USIP Academy SENSE Workshop
July 17-21, 2006
USIP, in cooperation with the Institute for Defense Analyses, partnered with the Polish Ministry of National Defence to conduct a five-day Professional Development and SENSE Training Workshop for 64 Poles and Moldovans at the Polish National Defence University in Warsaw.