Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) Sweden and Crisis Management Centre (CMC) Finland, in cooperation with the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) are running a Leadership Development Programme (LDP) for the EU CSDP civilian crisis management missions to enhance leadership competencies and skills of middle managers working in the field. EU’s civilian missions operate in challenging … Read more
All organisations, be it crisis management missions or private businesses, gather, use and produce vast amounts of data and information. Information and data combined with perception and experience are vital in contributing to building institutional knowledge. Knowledge, in turn, is needed to conduct and develop an organisation’s activities efficiently, and in line with its objectives. … Read more
CMC Finland and Sipri organised jointly a roundtable discussion at the Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development in May 2023 on the topic “Contributing to resilience in Ukraine: What role for civilian CSDP?” The roundtable discussion aimed to identify opportunities for the European Union (EU) and its member states to continue their support to Ukraine … Read more
CMC Finland’s training services first received the ISO 9001 quality assurance certificate in March 2020. Now, the certificate was renewed for another three years in March 2023. Training is one of CMC’s core functions and is a concrete tool for capacity development of the Finnish civilian crisis management experts. By organizing several basic and advanced … Read more
The first three Finnish experts sent by the Crisis Management Centre Finland have started their work in the EU’s newest civilian crisis management operation in Armenia at the beginning of April. Two of the experts are women. In addition to these, two Finns selected for the positions are waiting to be deployed to Armenia. Finland … Read more
