Strengthening Civilian CSDP through Enhanced Application of the EU’s Integrated Approach

The baseline document for the CoE’s Civilian CSDP Summer Forum 2024 provides an overview of the different actors involved in the EU Integrated Approach and illustrates good practices and current challenges with a view to the implementation of the Integrated Approach. The document examines all levels of integration - the national level (Member States), the level of the EU institutions and services, and the actors in theatre (missions and other stakeholders on the ground) - and offers food for thought for areas of improvement in the application of the Integrated Approach.

The baseline document argues that the Integrated Approach should be seen as a means to an end for a better use of resources by the EU and its Member States. Moreover, a successful implementation of the Integrated Approach can only be realised if all levels of integration work towards strengthening coordination and cooperation of the different actors involved under the umbrella of a joint strategic and operational framework.

Reference: Bálint, B. (2024). Strengthening Civilian CSDP through Enhanced Application of the EU’s Integrated Approach, European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management. 

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