This preparation is intended to develop and maintain appropriate prevention and operational response capabilities and effective national crisis management arrangements. These guidelines describe the principles and procedures for the management of SAC-PAV development and training activities. Development and Training Philosophy SAC-PAV development and training are aimed at developing capabilities that are available for, and can demonstrably contribute to the countering of politically motivated violence. Activities are conducted according to endorsed national priorities for the development and maintenance of counter-terrorism capabilities. Activities are conducted as part of a coordinated national program designed to ensure the orderly development of appropriate capabilities in each State and the most effective use of limited resources.
All training is to be subject to rigorous evaluation.
Courses are conducted to prepare individuals for their particular responsibilities in preventing or responding to incidents of politically motivated violence. Exercises are conducted to test national and local response plans and to practise participating organisations in their responsibilities. Smaller scale exercises test the internal efficiency of a single level of the response machinery while larger scale exercises practise several levels at working together. Professional forums are conducted for the purposes of providing an opportunity for specialists in a particular function from each jurisdiction to meet and exchange information. They also provide SAC-PAV with a vehicle to review, research or study particular matters.