ESDP Civilian Crisis Management: Capability Building

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ESDP Civilian Crisis Management Capability
Building

• 2009. november 18.

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Civilian Headline Goal 20082. Civilian Headline
Goal 20103. Goalkeeper4. CRT
Capability Planning Development
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1. Civilian Headline Goal 2008
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Background

• Dec. 2003 - European Security Strategy EU
  ambition, key threats and challenges
• Jun. 2004 - European Council
• Adopts Military Headline Goal
• Requests Civilian Headline Goal for December.

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Mandate CHG 2008

• Dec. 2004 - European Council approves CHG 2008
  (15863/04)
• Overall coherence of civ. capability development
• Improve and maintain civ. capabilities
• Quantity and quality
• Readiness

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Civilian Capabilities (1)
European Council Feira 2000

• Police
• Rule of Law
• Civilian Administration
• Civil Protection

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Civilian Capabilities (2)
European Council Brussels 2004

• Monitoring
• Support to EUSR
• Civilian Response Teams

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Modalities

• Carried out by Secretariat
• Commission fully involved
• Assistance from MS Workshops
• Supervision by PSC
• Guidance by CIVCOM

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CHG step-by-step

• Draw up scenarios
• Identify MS capabilities needed to address those
  scenarios
• Ask MS for the availability of needed resources
  (Questionnaire)
• Identify shortfalls on basis of MS replies
• Propose action to overcome shortfalls

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Practical Difficulties Encountered

• Different ministries / services (no one-stop
  shop)
• Personnel identification, training, deployment,
  financing differ among MS
• All contacts via intermediary (MFA) difficulties
  for SEC to liaise directly with operational/
  technical level
• Novelty (no long-term planning culture)

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Questionnaire Results
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2. Civilian Headline Goal 2010
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CHG 2010

• Planning methodology as in CHG 2008
• Exploration of synergies with
• EU military
• European Commission
• Other relevant actors
• List of Required Non-human resources
• Equipment
• Concepts

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Way Ahead

• National strategies
• 2010 horizon of HLG 2010 and CHG 2010
• Common stock-taking moment
• Occasion to explore
• Synergies and gaps
• Possibility of one set of planning scenarios
• Support instruments (software etc.)

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• Goalkeeper

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Goalkeeper (1)

• Goalkeeper Software
• Headhunter
• Schoolmaster
• Governor
• Registrar

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Goalkeeper (2)

• Goalkeeper is an information hub serving
  different purposes
• Support the civilian capability development
  process
• Support ESDP mission planning and preparation
• Ensure continuity in methodology and information
  supply.
• Goalkeeper is based on
• CHG 2008 findings
• Mission reality (Calls for contribution,
  inventory of equipment
• Agreed concepts relevant to civ. ESDP
• EU Training programme in the field of ESDP.

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Scenarios

• IA/B - Stabilization and Reconstruction
• II - Conflict Prevention
• III - Targeted Strengthening of Institutions
• IV - Civilian Support to Humanitarian Operation
  s

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4. Civilian Response Teams
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Civilian Response Teams (1)

• Functions
• Assessment and Fact Finding
• Mission build-up
• Reinforcing Existing EU Crisis Management
  Activities
• NB CRT concept under review in 2009

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Civilian Response Teams (2)

• Rapid response tool
• Size and composition tailored to need
• Contribute to timeliness, adequacy and impact of
  EU crisis management capability
• Pool of 100 pre-designated experts
• Experts train together for ready deployment as
  teams

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Civilian Response Teams (3)

• Pool of experts (100)
• 21 Police
• 18 Rule of Law
• 12 Civilian Administration
• 5 Civil Protection
• 7 Monitoring
• 18 Political Affairs
• 19 Admin and logistic support

• Training
• Several courses each year

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