HANDBOOK ON CSDP
3.3. CHALLENGES FOR CIVILIAN CSDP MISSIONS
European Union/EUMM Georgia
by Kate Fearon and Sophie Picavet
Civilian CSDP missions promote stability and build resilience in fragile environments by strengthening rule of law institutions and key leaders.
Civilian CSDP missions promote stability and build resilience in fragile environments by strengthening rule of law institutions and key leaders. They are just one tool in the EU’s toolbox for dealing with security and defence matters, and they work together with EU delegations in theatre, military CSDP missions and Operations and with Commission Directorates such as Development Cooperation. Thus they work to link up the three essential elements of the EU’s integrated approach as articulated in its Global Strategy for the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy (2016) (hereinafter the ‘Global Strategy’) – diplomacy, security and defence, and development.
TEN CIVILIAN MISSIONS ON THREE CONTINENTS In 2016 there were ten civilian missions on three continents (Kosovo,1 Ukraine, Georgia, Niger, Mali, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Afghanistan, Somalia and Libya), with around 2500 staff deployed in theatre and a budget of around EUR 200 million. These missions are supported by the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC), which is the Brussels-based Operational Headquarters. The CPCC is a directorate of the European External Action Service (EEAS).
1 This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244(1999) and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
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