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On this CMC Finland page, you will find a comprehensive list of government documents on policy and strategy as well as legislation that make up Finland’s framework for civilian crisis management. Additionally, other important arrangements relating to the budget and decision-making are explained. The model is the basis for all Finnish engagements in international civilian crisis management missions and operations including civilian CSDP missions where Finland is a major contributor.

This book, a joint publication between the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) EUISS and the European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management (CoE), presents 38 contributions from EU civilian crisis management experts, which fed into the policymaking process leading to the adoption of the new Civilian CSDP Compact in May 2023.

This report presents a range of good practices employed by states to maximize the benefits of mission participation to police institutions and serve internal security objectives when making officers available. It also aims to inform discussions around ongoing efforts to develop the roadmap towards the Civilian Compact 2.0 by EU Member States (EUMS).

In 2021, the informal NIP Cluster led by Finland and Spain and supported by the European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management (CoE), organised a series of virtual workshops where Member States and EU institutions presented examples of national and EU policies and practices to ensure equal opportunities for women and men seconded to in civilian CSDP missions and to improve gender balance. This compilation of recommendations and actions is an outcome of those workshops.

The following document provides guidance on the process of secondments of environmental advisors. It incorporates key take-aways from CoE and Cluster workshops and other products, including guidance documents and factsheets. The CoE stands ready to support its members every step of the way through advice, consultation, and provision of tailored solutions.

Personal (success) stories give civilian CSDP Missions a face and a voice. This concept paper includes tangible suggestions and good practice examples of EU Member States and civilian CSDP Missions and provides guidance on how to create and disseminate personal (success) stories and integrate them into communication strategies for civilian CSDP. As a service-provider for its members, the CoE stands ready to provide tailored support to members when it comes to creating individual personal success stories in the form of, for example, videos, testimonial posts or interviews.

On 8 October 2021, the third Cluster 5 virtual workshop on women’s participation in civilian CSDP Missions was held focusing on work-life balance in civilian crisis management missions. It explored some of the challenges of reconciling work, private and family life, which has been identified as a barrier affecting particularly women’s opportunities and choices to seek deployment in crisis management missions. Removing barriers and promoting conducive working environment affects positively the recruitment and retention of women experts. Studies have shown that policies and practices designed to encourage work-life balance can play an important role in attracting, motivating and retaining highly skilled and diverse experts.

You will find here the report of a workshop on the secondment of Experts outside of Public Service (EoPS) jointly organised by the CoE and the Chair of NIP Cluster 2. It summarises key takeaways, extracted from both the upstream analysis of member-states (MS) practices and the presentations and discussions happening in the workshop. Additionally, the presentations by the CoE, Denmark and the Netherlands are linked.

This is the report of the first workshop out of a series of three CoE events aimed at improving CSDP-JHA cooperation. At the centre of this workshop were the EU Member States which took the opportunity to exchange views on good practices and challenges of CSDP-JHA cooperation at the national level. The report summarises recommendations for building a more harmonised narrative on the nexus between CSDP-JHA at the national level, and on aligning internal and external security agendas. 

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.