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Civilian crisis management seminar on United Nations recruitment and selection procedures was a success gathering a record number of participants in Helsinki

  Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Police and Ministry of the Interior based Crisis Management Centre (CMC) Finland hosted a seminar on UN recruitment and selection procedures in Helsinki on January 9th, 2020 for a record audience of 200 participants.   Key Note speaker, Mr Ata Yenigun, Chief of Selection and Recruitment Section, Police Division, Department … Read more

A new handbook on tackling organized crime

The CSDP Handbook on Advisory Support to Tackling Organized Crime was launched during a workshop on the role of CSDP Missions in disrupting criminal organisations in host countries, organised by CMC Finland and the Finnish Police University College as part of the EUPCST project in Järvenpää, Finland on 8-11 of October, 2019. The publication is … Read more

Working as Deputy Head of Field Office in Georgia

One of the main achievements of Finland in its participation to civilian crisis management is not only that 40% of our seconded experts are women but also that we have had women in management positions. Ms. Mia Rahunen tells about her experiences with the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia and her career progress from monitor to Deputy … Read more

Finnish Heavy USAR team passed INSARAG reclassification

Finnish heavy Urban Search and Rescue Team, coordinated by Crisis Management Centre Finland, successfully passed its INSARAG reclassification at the end of January. The reclassification process aims at ensuring that the team meets at least the minimum international INSARAG standards that are applied to all search and rescue teams and modules working under the UN … Read more

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