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    • Civilian CSDP Compact
    • Strategic Communication

    Report from the 2025 CoE Civilian CSDP Summer Forum
    This is the final report from the 2025 CoE Civilian CSDP Summer forum co-hosted in Warsaw by the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The title of this year's Forum was "Developing a common narrative for civilian CSDP". It can be used by member states in their messaging to four key audiences for civilian CSDP: National Parliaments, Ministries, Seconding Agencies, and Potential Secondees.
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    • Strategic Communication

    Developing a Common Narrative for Civilian CSDP - Baseline Document for the 2025 CoE Civilian CSDP Summer Forum
    This baseline document emphasises the importance of a common narrative and provides a series of guiding questions to be considered prior to developing such a narrative. It intends to provide food for thought on how MS can increase an understanding of civilian CSDP, secure political will, and increase secondments to civilian CSDP missions.
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    • Hybrid Threats
    • Strategic Communication

    Shifting Alliances in West Africa – Measuring Russian engagement to support counter-FIMI strategies
    This brief analyses data on the use of foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) by Russia to build public support for their military involvement and political leadership in West Africa. Russian FIMI has been particularly effective in the Sahel region, and combatting these threats it is crucial for the sustainability of CSDP in the region.
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    • Strategic Communication
    • Women, Peace and Security

    The Image and the Perception: Gender-Responsive Strategic Communications in EU Civilian CSDP Missions
    This article discusses gender-responsive strategic communications, the intersection of the EU's gender equality and strategic communications (StratComms) commitments in civilian CSDP. Given the limited overlap of these topics in civilian CSDP thus far, it examines existing best practices and challenges on this topic and provides recommendations for building mission capabilities therein.
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    • Civilian CSDP Compact
    • Strategic Communication

    2025 Civilian CSDP Summer Forum - Briefing Note
    A three-page summary of the 2025 Civilian CSDP Summer Forum, covering aims and key messages for CSDP stakeholders.
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    • Civilian CSDP Compact
    • Strategic Communication

    Infographic on the 2023 Civilian CSDP Compact
    This infographic provides an overview of the 2023 Civilian CSDP Compact. It can be shown to people who are new to civilian CSDP and to those who do not know much about its foundational document.
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    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • Strategic Communication

    Enhancing the Capabilities of CSDP Missions and Operations to Identify and Respond to Disinformation Attacks
    This study, published by the European Parliament, analyses disinformation campaigns against CSDP missions and operations with case studies on the missions in Georgia, Moldova, and Mali. The authors find that disinformation campaigns do not systematically target missions but threaten them in broader campaigns against EU influence in host countries. To counter them the study recommends a more cohesive and proactive approach making use of strategic communication tools to protect EU credibility and legitimacy with local audiences and actors.
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    • Career Path Development
    • Secondment Policy
    • Strategic Communication

    Infographic on Secondment of Civil Servants to Civilian CSDP Missions
    This infographic provides an overview of all basic information on the secondment process for civilian CSDP missions. It can be used to give potential candidates an idea of what they can expect from secondment and the process around it.
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    • Civilian CSDP - JHA Cooperation
    • Secondment Policy
    • Strategic Communication

    Workshop Report: Strengthening CSDP-JHA Cooperation. The Operational Level.
    In a series of three workshops with a triangular approach (EU Member States, EU institutions and the missions), this last one focused on the operational orientation on CSDP-JHA cooperation. Operational examples showcased the added value for Member States, the seconding services and the secondees, among other aspects knowledge and experience transfer from the field into the national services. The missions also showed through these operational examples the value of receiving and returning expertise from and to the Member States.
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    • Strategic Communication

    Communication as a Strategic Challenge – Media Resonance Analysis of the German Engagement in Mali
    This study examines representations by the German Federal Government on its engagement in Mali in German print media and makes recommendations for future communication measures. It is in German, but comes with an executive summary in English outlining its methodology and summarising the recommendations.
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