1. Civil Defence as a Partner in Peacekeeping
German Federal Agency
for Technical Relief

2. Peacekeeping Operations
Military
Police

3. Civil Defence as service provider
Governmental
Hierachically structured
Limited endurance
Civil
Defence
Easily integrated
Rapidly deployable standby capacity

4. Modularity needs Desaster based European Union Response Capacity
Agencies
UN Peacekeeping
Civil Defence
Desaster
Response
Capacity
Building
scalable
interoperable

5. Wide spectrum Logistics WASH Mechanics ICT Electricity Infrastructure

6. Civil Defence as „gap filler“
Flexible
Quick
impact
Standby
capacity
Specific
skills
Short
term
Problem
solver

7. Role and Responsibility THW
Federal civil defence agency
Ministry of the Interior
Mandate:
Technical support in-country and abroad
After catastrophes, public state of emergency or accidents of a bigger scale
1.000 employees
volunteers

8. THW Volunteers Federal civil servant on missions
Specific mission training
(ASITF/BSITF)
Professional Qualification
(Job)
Medical preparations
(examination, vaccination)
Civil defence training
(THW)

9. THW Volunteers Federal civil servant on missions
Specific mission training
(ASITF/BSITF)
Professional Qualification
(Job)
Medical preparations
(examination, vaccination)
Civil defence training
(THW)

10. THW Volunteers Federal civil servant on missions
Specific mission training
(ASITF/BSITF)
Professional Qualification
(Job)
Medical preparations
(examination, vaccination)
Civil defence training
(THW)

11. Paving the Way
First Civilian Asset: Standing Engineering Capacity (SEC) registered in PCRS
Integrated into COE mechanism
Mission specific LoA negotiation
ICT Support in Colombia
Small team of experts
Quick impact

12. Way ahead Designing procedures in advance for civil capacities
Building a network of civil enablers