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Current events
Finnish Participation in Civilian Crisis Management on 15 December 2025
Currently 106 Finnish experts work in international assignments in civilian crisis management missions or secretariats. 48 % of them are women. 82 experts serve in the assignments of the EU, ten in the UN and four in the OSCE. Ten experts work in other organisations. Click on the image to make it larger. If you … Read more
Empowering Peacekeepers: Role of Pre-Deployment Training for UN Operations
Finnish capacity in the field of UN training was strengthened as CMC’s Training Specialist Outi Lappalainen acquired trainer certification for the newly updated United Nations Pre-Deployment Training for peacekeepers in November. From now on, Lappalainen can train future peacekeepers in the framework of UN Pre-Deployment Training Materials (CPTM) which serves as a cornerstone in preparing … Read more
Finnish Participation in Civilian Crisis Management on 17 November 2025
Currently 103 Finnish experts work in international assignments in civilian crisis management missions or secretariats. 49 % of them are women. 80 experts serve in the assignments of the EU, eight in the UN and five in the OSCE. Ten experts work in other organisations. Click on the image to make it larger. If you … Read more
Insights from BCSC: Integrating Climate Security into Peace Mediation and Crisis Management
Last week, CMC took part in the Berlin Climate Security Conference (BCSC) for the third time. As part of the conference, we co-organised a workshop together with our European partners Center for International Peace Operations, Folke Bernadotte Academy, SIPRI and European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management, focusing on the effects of climate change … Read more
