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COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IN EU CRISIS MANAGEMENT Example of its implementation in Capability Development. Commander Philippe VALIN European Union Military Staff Concepts & Capabilities Directorate. The Challenge. Diplomatic drivers. Military drivers. Economic drivers. Crisis.
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COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IN EU CRISIS MANAGEMENTExample of its implementation in Capability Development Commander Philippe VALIN European Union Military Staff Concepts & Capabilities Directorate
The Challenge Diplomatic drivers Military drivers Economic drivers Crisis • Strategic level • In-theatre level • National actors • Multinational actors • NGOs Post-conflict stabilisation reconstruction High-intensity operations Long-term development Pre-conflict
Language CA(Comprehensive Approach) An approach to co-ordinate all actors and instruments that are used for crisis management, stabilisation and reconstruction CMCO (Civil Military Co-ordination) Civil-Military Co-ordination in the context of CFSP/ESDP addresses the need for effective co-ordination of the actions of all relevant EU actors involved in the planning and subsequent implementation of EU's response to the crisis CIMIC (Civil Military Co-operation) Co-operation and coordination between military force and independent external civil organisations and actors (i.e. IO, NGO, local authorities and population)– A tool for the FCdr
The EU is a complex institution Council 27 Member States Parliament Commission
EU Crisis Management Instruments MILITARY CAPABILITIES CIVILIAN CAPABILITIES • Police, Justice, Civil Administration, • Monitoring… “expanded” Petersberg tasks CAPACITY BUILDING AND RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS
Military Process Civilian Process EU Capability Development TEU Art 41.2: Operating expenditure to which the implementation of this Chapter gives rise shall also be charged to the Union budget, except for such expenditure arising from operations having military or defence implications and cases where the Council acting unanimously decides otherwise. Pooling & Sharing
Synergies in EU Capability Development • Strategic and tactical transportation • Logistic support • Communications and information systems • Medical support • Security and force protection (including Duty of care) • Use of space capabilities • Unmanned Vehicles • Warehousing and centralized support systems • Sharing information and intelligence • Training • Exercises • Interconnecting the civilian and military capability development processes • Lessons learned
Conclusion … But in the primary objective of saving lives, sometimes it is only the military which has the equipment or people who can achieve that - delivering aid at speed, putting in place the infrastructure ... Speech of High Representative Catherine Ashton on main aspects and basic choices of the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence policy European Parliament – Strasbourg – 11 May 2011
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