Professional blog

One of the main pillars of the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda is to enhance youth participation and raise awareness of youth in the issues of peace and conflicts. As a center of expertise in civilian crisis management, CMC Finland has integrated the objectives and targets of the agenda to its functions and as … Read more

How to navigate as a female in male-dominated sectors within high-risk environments? Both opportunities and complexities involved go beyond just the male-female dynamic or broad cultural differences. It is crucial to consider a broader spectrum of factors that influence these dynamics. Woman’s career in high-risk environments – not accepted by all I was born into … Read more

  It was election day and we were observing voting in Bong County, Liberia. Registered voters were asked to cast a vote for a Presidential, a Senate, and a House of Representative candidate of their choice. Entering a polling station in the outskirts of Gbarnga, we saw the presiding officer standing in the middle of … 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