General Staff Officer Timo Hämäläinen has been appointed Director of the Crisis Management Centre (CMC Finland). The appointment is for the period from 9 June 2025 to 8 June 2030. Timo Hämäläinen has served as Deputy Head of Mission for the EUCAP Somalia operation since 2023, deployed by the Crisis Management Centre. From 2019 to … Read more
Currently 100 Finnish experts work in international assignments in civilian crisis management missions or secretariats. 42 % of them are women. 77 experts serve in the assignments of the EU, eight in the UN and six in the OSCE. Nine experts work in other organizations. Click on the image to make it larger. If you … Read more
We are excited to announce that CMC Finland has joined the Global Alliance for Peace Operations – a collective endeavour of more than 50 leading think tanks, research institutes and civil society organizations working on UN and regional approaches to peace operations (https://www.peaceoperations.net). Coordinated by the Global Governance Institute (GGI) in Brussels, the Berlin … Read more
Currently 112 Finnish experts work in international assignments in civilian crisis management missions or secretariats. 39 % of them are women. 85 experts serve in the assignments of the EU, 11 in the UN and seven in the OSCE. Nine experts work in other organizations. Click on the image to make it larger. If you … Read more
In addition to overall proportions of men and women participating in civilian crisis management it is also important to dig deeper into gender equality. The UN Security Council Resolution 1325 Women, Peace and Security (WPS) is a landmark resolution that addresses the impact of armed conflict on women and girls and highlights the importance of … Read more
