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    • Leadership and Management
    • Women, Peace and Security
    30 June 2026

    Gender and Leadership
    The CoE provides these summaries of two resources on leadership and gender for distribution among personnel at seconding authorities and to seconded experts in civilian CSDP missions. The frameworks discussed provide key guidance on leadership for creating gender-inclusive environments within civilian CSDP.
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    • Career Path Development
    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • Women, Peace and Security
    01 October 2025

    Guidance on the Organisation of a Virtual Job Fair for CSDP Missions
    These guidelines produced by CivOpsHQ.3 provide concise instructions for organising online job fairs for potential secondees in civilian CSDP. The guidelines are written for mission Human Resources Officers but are also valuable to a broader audience, including national seconding agencies.
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    • Civilian CSDP - JHA Cooperation
    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    30 July 2025

    Civilian Operation Commander Operational Guidelines on Mainstreaming Anti-Corruption and Building Integrity
    These EEAS guidelines advocate for a preventative approach to corruption for civilian CSDP missions, focusing on building a culture of integrity and trust within public systems rather than a punitive approach. They highlight the need for situational assessments, development of codes of ethics, and public participation. They provide practical tools for integrating anti-corruption measures into both host country institutions and missions themselves.
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    • Hybrid Threats
    01 March 2025

    3rd EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Threats Exposing the architecture of FIMI operations
    The report presents the FIMI Exposure Matrix, a newly developed framework for analysis of FIMI attacks. Highlighting cases in Moldova and multiple African countries, the Matrix maps channels used by hostile state actors and provides behavioural and technical indicators for tracking attacks.
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    • Civilian CSDP Compact
    04 September 2024

    Informal NIP Clusters – FAQs
    This FAQ document is designed to provide some more information on what exactly the informal NIP Clusters are, how they will work, and what EU Member States participation may look like. You will find information on 27 questions about NIP clusters such as "Who are co-chairs of Clusters, and what are their tasks?" or "How often will the Clusters meet and are the meetings supposed to be in person or online?"
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    • Civilian CSDP Compact
    03 September 2024

    Framework Paper on Informal NIP Clusters
    This paper outlines the system of informal National Implementation Plan clusters (NIP clusters) as developed by the CoE in close cooperation with the EEAS (SecDefPol.1) following the Annual Conference on Civilian Capabilities (ACCC) held on 25 April 2024.
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    • Civilian CSDP Compact
    • Strategic Communication
    18 March 2024

    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
    01 January 2024

    European Union Common Security and Defence Policy Missions and Operations Annual Report 2023
    This EEAS report gives a concise review of the activities and achievements of every civilian and military CSDP mission and operation around the world. It provides an itemised section on each mission and operation organised into geographic regions.
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    • Training
    07 December 2023

    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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    • Human Rights
    05 October 2023

    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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