EU civilian crisis management capabilities

The goal of EU civilian crisis management capability The Feira Summit (June 2000)- identified 4 priority areas in building of ESDP civilian capabilities: police, strengthening of the rule of law, strengthening of civilian administration, and civil protection Nice Presidency Report on ESDP (Dec. 2000): establish the goal of EU civilian crisis management capability Three formats of deployment of ESDP civilian capabilities: -Conflict prevention and crisis management operations of the UN, OSCE, and the Council of Europe; -Autonomous EU civilian missions -Complex ESDP (Petersberg) missions

Policing- targets and progress Targets (Feira Presidency Report, Appendix 4) constabulary officers (1000 deployable within 30 days) - To contribute to international missions of crisis prevention and crisis management - Tasked with police advice, training, monitoring and executive policing - Personnel training for the full spectrum of internationally required police work - Pool of pre-identified and trained MSs personnel Goteborg Presidency Report on ESDP (June 2001), ‘Police Action Plan’ selection, training and equipment of officers in international missions; identifies capabilities; specifies requirements for planning and conduct of police operations; measures: arrangements for planning and conducting police operations at both strategic and operational levels; concepts and systems for strategic and operational command and control; a legal framework; interoperability of national contingents; programme for training; modalities for financing Police Unit in the structure of the Council Secretariat’s Directorate dealing with civilian aspects of crisis management; functions: to develop procedures and exercises; to provide police advice in the daily work of the Council

Strengthening the rule of law area The Nice Report on ESDP (Dec. 2000): approach to meeting the capability goal in the area of strengthening of the rule of law: legal framework; criminal and justice infrastructure; procedures and requirements for selection of international staff; principle of continuity between short-term intervention and long-term initiatives (e.g. training of local magistrates and personnel; advice to local and central authorities) The Goteborg Report on ESDP Capabilities targets: 200 officials (prosecutors, judges, correction officers), deployable within 30 days Selection, training and the equipment of officials and experts Rule of Law Capabilities Commitment Conference, Brussels, May 2002; 282 officials for Petersberg operations

Strengthening of civilian administration Goteborg Presidency Report on ESDP, Annex III (June 2001): creation of a database of national pools of experts for general administrative functions, social functions, and infrastructure functions; development of common standards and unified modules for training of national experts

Civil protection The Goteborg Report Tasks: immediate survival and protection of affected population in environmental, industrial and conflict situation; organizing search and rescue missions, construction of refugee camps and communication channels; provision of logistical support; Targets: 2-3 assessment and/or coordination teams, could be dispatched within 3-7 hours; 2000 civilian protection team to be deployed at short notice; more specialized groups or NGOs, ready to respond within 2-7 days