STRATEGIC LOGISTICS AND DEFENSE COURSE (CLED)

Objective

To develop competencies to work at the managerial levels of Strategic Logistics in Brazil and provide advisory services on matters related to National Mobilization.

a) civilians appointed by national invited institutions, state-run or private, which are related to the Defense Logistics System (SisLogD) and the National Mobilization System – SINAMOB;

b) senior officers, preferably holding a Staff Course Certificate, and, exceptionally, junior officers (captains) of the Armed Forces; and 

c) senior officers, preferably holding a Staff Course Certificate from their institutions, and, exceptionally, junior officers (captains) of the invited Auxiliary Forces.

CLED is carried out in the hybrid modality. Four weeks are online learning and 16 weeks are in-person, with classes from Monday through Thursday (from 9:00am to 12:30pm) and Friday (from 9am to 12:40pm). There is a domestic trip dedicated to Interdisciplinary Field Studies which lasts a week.

The course lasts 20 weeks and the course load is of 408 hrs/year. There is one week off in July.

CLED 2025 will be held from June 23 to November 13.

Throughout the course, the students will have the following subjects:  Foundations of Security and Defense; Foundations of Logistics and National Mobilization; Logistics Management; Organizational Logistics Strategic Planning; Logistics Modeling and Support to Decision; Applied Exercises and Simulation; Interdisciplinary Studies and Logistics and Mobilization; Scientific Research Methodology.

Selection Process 

Instructions for CLED’s enrolment in 2025 (click here)

General Schedule of ESD courses’ Selection Process - 2025 (click here)