Request for Certification or Re-Certification of E-IMET Courses

I. Process:

The Schoolhouse should electronically provide the Service (typically the Training Policy POC) their completed (re)certification package using the attached format.

The Service reviews the submission. If the Service agrees/endorses the submission, forward the schoolhouse-provided documentation and a memorandum endorsing the request electronically to DSCA (Defense Security Cooperation University, International Military Training and Education Division (DSCU/IMTE)).

For each Expanded International Military Education and Training (E-IMET) course request forwarded to DSCA, state:

• Service review indicates that the course/program does NOT duplicate another E-IMET course/program.
• Service review indicates that the course/program is not technical or functional in nature.
• The Service has reviewed and concurs with the proposed course / program for E-IMET eligibility for the following categories of students, i.e., officers ONLY, civilians ONLY, BOTH officers and civilians, etc.
• The Service has reviewed and concurs that the course content and instruction contain greater than 50 percent E-IMET objectives.

DSCA will conduct a final review of the Service’s package, inform the Services of the final decision, and record the certification or recertification approval in Defense Security Assistance Management Systems (DSAMS). Once the approval is recorded in DSAMS, the list of E-IMET approved courses will be automatically updated and can be downloaded from DSAMS and Security Assistance Network Web (SANweb)/Security Cooperation Training Management System (SC-TMS).

II. Criteria For E-IMET Course Eligibility

A special category of training and education within the International Military Education and Training (IMET) authority is known as E-IMET. Consistent with section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) (22 U.S.C. 2347), courses that fulfill the following purposes are categorized as E-IMET. Eligibility is based on DSCA’s determination that greater than 50 percent of the curriculum content meet the listed objectives:

1. Contribute to responsible defense resource management (DRM);
2. Fostering greater respect for and understanding of the principle of civilian control of the Military (CCM);
3. Contribute to cooperation between military and law enforcement personnel with respect to counternarcotics law enforcement efforts (CN/LE);
4. Improved military justice systems and procedures in accordance with internationally Recognized Human Rights (MJ/HR).

III. General Format for Expanded International Military Education and Training Course Eligibility Request Documentation

Keeping-in mind the overarching E-IMET program objectives listed above, prepare course synopsis and eligibility justification covering the following:

• Course description and objectives
• Course duration; class size (number of participants)
• Type of course; e.g., Continental United States (CONUS) residence course; Mobile Education Teams (MET)/Mobile Training Team (MTT)
• Intended International Audience (e.g., mix of Ministry of Defense (MoD) military and civilian members assigned to positions with specific type of duties and responsibilities))
• Total instructional hours for the course

Justification for E-IMET eligibility must clearly show how MORE THAN 50 percent of the course's content fulfills one or more of the four objectives listed in section II above. Justification language must show that the overall course's content and its modules directly and specifically addresses the objective(s). Generalization to correlate course's topic(s) to the objective(s) is not sufficient to justify eligibility.

Prepare course instruction and schedule for each day of the course. For a longer course such as a graduate degree program there should be instruction and schedule for each unit/topic/module of the course. For each course's module, determine and note the applicable E-IMET objective(s) and percentage. The completed package should reflect the total E-IMET instruction hours for the course, and E-IMET percentage of total course’s instructional hours.

Mobile Education Team (MET) course: METs are often tailored to meet the country/attendee's unique needs. In order for a MET to be E-IMET eligible on its own merits, more than 50 percent of the MET’s core portion (fixed/non-tailored portion of the course) must contain E-IMET material.

The E-IMET Certification Form and the Sample Memo for E-IMET Certification are located in SC-TMS under the “Forms” tab.