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    • Strategic Context of Civilian CSDP

    The Coordination Role of the European External Action Service

    This report from the European Court of Auditors covering September 2021 to April 2023 reviews the performance of the EEAS in its role as coordinator of the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) between its own HQ, the EU delegations, the Commission, and the Council of the EU. It finds that the EEAS coordination is mostly effective, but is hampered by specific weaknesses including inadequate information sharing tools, untimely reporting and feedback, and staffing insufficiencies.
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    • CSDP Partnerships, Partner Countries and Third States

    Frameworks for Participation Agreements in Crisis Management Missions between the EU and Third States

    Third State participation has been a part of EU civilian CSDP since the first mission was launched in 2003. This index from EUR-Lex of Framework Participation Agreements (FPAs) provides a timeline of the EU’s broadening ties to Third States through a standardised system of bilateral agreements for CSDP. The FPAs regulate important aspects of the relationship between the parties such as initiation and termination of Third State participation, hierarchy and discipline of personnel, confidentiality of shared information, and financing of missions.
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    • Leadership and Management
    • Women, Peace and Security

    The Gender-Responsive Leader's Handbook

    This handbook is meant to provide guidance on skills for leaders in peace, security, and development work. In light of slow global progress on gender equality, it is important that those in leadership positions drive equality forward from the top. It is structured around five skills: Leading by example; Setting priorities and targets; Communicating clearly and convincingly; Managing staff, resources, and activities; and Holding oneself and others to account.
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    • Training

    2023 Comprehensive Assessment Report on Training for CSDP (CART)

    The CART is the regular systematic review of CSDP training to aid decision-makers in revision of the current policy and architecture. It provides a step-by-step overview of the foundational policy documents composing the training framework, the institutions making up the training architecture, and the implementation of training as provided by this architecture. The report finds several issues with the current training system, commonly that there is much that has been built up over time but with insufficient coordination and quality control.
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    • Civilian CSDP Compact
    • Strategic Context of Civilian CSDP

    2023 Council Conclusions on the Civilian CSDP Compact

    The Council Conclusions reiterate the Council’s commitment to building and strengthening the EU’s role as a global security provider through civilian CSDP missions. It calls on EU Member States and institutions to continue and expand capability development activities and outlines the EU’s commitment to operate in compliance with international law and further utilise strategic communication, modular and scalable approaches, and increased stakeholder contributions.
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    • Civilian CSDP Compact

    New Compact, Renewed Impetus: Enhancing the EU’s Ability to Act through its Civilian CSDP

    This SIPRI-policy paper reviews the first compact and how the new compact builds on the former. It highlights that the Member States did not deliver on their commitments in the first Compact regarding secondments while acknowledging the usefulness of the initiative. Three main commitments are discussed in this paper: increasing national contributions, raising the share of seconded personnel to 70% and promoting women’s representation. The paper concludes by making suggestions for the design of the review process of the new Compact. As a review, it is interesting for everybody who is working on secondment to civilian CSDP missions and on the implementation of a meaningful review process of the new Compact.
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    • Human Rights

    European Union’s Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Due Diligence Policy on Security Sector Support to Third Parties (EU HRDDP)

    This policy details a framework to identify and mitigate risks of violations of human rights and humanitarian law when security sector support is provided to third parties. The policy was required by the Strategic Compass and the Civilian CSDP Compact and defines guiding values and crosscutting principles as focusses of the due diligence process.
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    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • Knowledge Management

    Knowledge Management is needed in Crisis Management

    Civilian CSDP Missions are lacking a standardised approach to knowledge management. To effectively carry out Missions, knowledge needs to be captured, stored, organised and remain retrievable. How to achieve this goal, also mentioned in the Civilian CSDP Compact 2023, was discussed at the panel discussion at the European Association of Peace Operations Training Centres (EAPTC) Annual Conference 2023.
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    • Climate and Security

    A new Outlook on the Climate and Security Nexus

    The joint communication by the High Representative and the European Commission acknowledges the ever-increasing risks to peace and security from both climate change and environmental degradation. The climate and security nexus impacts migration, displacement, pandemics and political instability. The document seeks to update and enhance EU’s external actions. After a risk analysis, it makes suggestions to mitigate them, calling for a more proactive and comprehensive approach within the EU.
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    • Strategic Context of Civilian CSDP

    Implementing CSDP Missions: The Daily Travails of Police Experts

    Drawing on a series of in-depth interviews with European police officers deployed to CSDP missions, this article examines mission members' perspectives on key challenges frequently discussed at headquarters, namely bureaucratic obstacles and staffing issues.
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