CMC Finland was established fifteen years ago in an environment where it was time to turn the focus from state security to the human being and human security. Latest political events both globally and regionally show that the need for civilian crisis management is at least as crucial today as it was at the time … Read more
CMC Finland annually recruits interns who will carry out tasks related to training and research & development activities. The durations of spring & autumn internships are 5 months, but flexibility is possible. Internship at CMC Finland provides a great lookout for operational level thematics in civilian crisis management and working in a government institution. For … Read more
On 23-27 August, CMC Finland organised a Mediation Pilot Course, CMC’s first-ever advanced course on the theme of mediation, negotiation and dialogue. 23 participants and seven trainers and facilitators gathered in Espoo, Finland for the course, also the first face-to-face course organised for a long while. The aim of the course was to increase the … Read more
The Parliamentary Committee on comprehensive crisis management, which finished its work this spring, noted that the Finnish participation in crisis management lacked clear and measurable objectives against which the effectiveness of the participation could be evaluated. The committee recommended the establishment of clear quantitative and qualitative objectives for participation in crisis management, and the development … Read more
The Finnish participation in civilian crisis management suffered a regrettable blow on 21 March 2021, when we lost a specialist who had been working in the European Union’s civilian crisis management mission in Somalia, employed by the State of Finland. The personnel of CMC Finland is deeply saddened by the loss of the civilian crisis … Read more
