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    • Career Path Development
    • National Systems and Frameworks of Secondment

    What Works in Career Path Development for Freelancers in Civilian CSDP missions

    Based on individual interviews with EU Member States and a workshop jointly organised by DCAF and Ireland chairing a cluster discussion on career path development, this report presents good practices for freelancers' secondment in civilian CSDP missions.
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    • Career Path Development
    • Civilian CSDP Compact
    • Civilian CSDP - JHA Cooperation
    • Civil-Military Cooperation
    • Climate and Security
    • Knowledge Management
    • National Systems and Frameworks of Secondment
    • Research, Development, Innovation and Technology
    • Strategic Context of Civilian CSDP
    • Training

    Compact 2.0: Integrating Civilian CSDP into the Strategic Compass

    This paper outlines key aspects of civilian crisis management that should form the basis of what has been termed the Compact 2.0. The paper argues that this Compact 2.0 should, alongside the 2018 civilian CSDP Compact, meaningfully inform the emerging Strategic Compass (SC).
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    • National Systems and Frameworks of Secondment

    Workshop Report and Presentations: Legal, Regulatory and Budgetary Frameworks of Secondment

    This report of a workshop jointly organised by the CoE and the Chair of NIP Cluster 2 summarises key take-aways that shall offer EU Member States a path to adapt good practices to each national setup. You will also find on this page the presentations prepared by the CoE, Finland, Latvia and an additional presentation by Sweden's FBA on their URA Agreement on Overseas Contracts and Guidelines on Employment Conditions in Service Abroad.
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    • National Systems and Frameworks of Secondment
    • Strategic Communication

    German Civilian Experts in International Peace Missions (in German)

    This is an example of portraying secondees and their activities in the form of a feature with interviews and short descriptions. Although it is in German, it can be used as an inspiration for a communications activity.
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    • National Systems and Frameworks of Secondment
    • Strategic Context of Civilian CSDP
    • Training

    Effective Crisis Management: Recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on Crisis Management

    In March 2020, a parliamentary committee was set up and tasked to make Finland’s crisis management activities more effective and to ensure better use of resources and sufficient participation volumes. The report of the committee is an example of Member State's policy developments and concrete objectives on crisis management.
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    • National Systems and Frameworks of Secondment

    Increasing Member State Contributions to EU Civilian CSDP Missions

    The author states the decreasing number of seconded personal for EU civilian CSDP Missions, analyzes the reasons and consequences of this phenomenon and suggests solutions to tackle this issue.
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    • Career Path Development
    • National Systems and Frameworks of Secondment

    Exploring EU Member States’ Good Practices: Incentives for More Secondment into Civilian CSDP Missions

    This policy brief by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) discusses the declining number of personnel seconded by Member States to civilian CSDP missions. It posits that the key to reversing this trend is addressing obstacles at the national level that hinder the recruitment and deployment of civilian experts with specialised profiles.
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    • National Systems and Frameworks of Secondment

    Act to Revise the Act to Regulate Secondment Support within the Framework of Civilian Crisis Prevention Operations

    This text is a translation of the German law text "Act to Revise the Act to Regulate Secondment Support within the Framework of Civilian Crisis Prevention Operations". It first defines what a secondment contract is and then elaborates on secondees' benefits, covering subjects such as their health insurance or travel expenses.
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    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • National Systems and Frameworks of Secondment
    • Training

    Civilian and Military Personnel in CSDP Missions and Operations

    This is the report of a workshop organised in 2017 by the European Parliament Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) to highlight trends, challenges and recommendations regarding personnel deployed in CSDP missions and operations.
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    • National Systems and Frameworks of Secondment
    • Training

    Voluntary Guidelines on the Duty of Care to Seconded Civilian Personnel

    These voluntary guidelines aim at harmonising an understanding and implementation of, as well as approach to, duty of care. They are designed to serve as a basis for clarification and exchange between seconding and receiving organisations as well as with individual secondees.
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