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EU Military Staff, CSDP and Disaster Response.
EU MILITARY STAFF
Logistic Directorate
Colonel Rumen Milkov
17 September 2013
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AGENDA
• CSDP Overview
• Use of MS Military Assets and CSDP support to
EU Disaster Response
• Examples of EU Inter Institutional Co-Operation
and Military Support to Disaster Relief
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EU Common Security and
Defence Policy (CSDP)
•EU, comprehensive Civilian and political
organisation: dealt with several subjects :
Development, Humanitarian Assistance, Diplomacy,
Justice, Trade, Military.
•High Representative (HR) assisted by a
European External Action Service (EEAS):
conducts the Union's Common Foreign and Security
Policy (CFSP).
•CSDP, integral part of the CFSP: provides the
EU with an operational capacity drawing on civilian
and military assets.
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The Military within the EU
NATO Staff
Approx 6800
Commission
Approx 26.000
IMS
Approx 1200
EUMS 200
EEAS
Approx 1,600 (in Brussels)
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EUMS, key player
"Who we are, what we do"
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/1744808/eums_21_september_2012.pdf
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Practical example: Horn of Africa
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EU PLAYERS
EUTM
Somalia
EUSR
Political
Dialogue
EUNAVFOR
Atalanta
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH
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IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONNEMENT
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Guiding principles for EU Disaster Response
EU disaster response capacity should be built on the following principles:
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be able to respond in a spirit of solidarity inside and outside EU.
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address all types of disasters.
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bring together different constituencies.
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act IAW Internationally agreed humanitarian principles and guidelines.
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improve EU coordination for helping the central coordinating role of UN.
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work in Disaster prevention and preparedness as a strategy on disaster
management.
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a better pooling of assets in order to reduce costs and avoid duplication of efforts.
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make use more of common assets by MS.
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avoid creating new structures and additional levels of bureaucracy within EU.
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Use of MS Military Assets in support to
EU Disaster Response
Oslo Guidelines on use of MCDA in DR as developed in UN
HA in complex Emergencies reflect the following key
criteria/principles:
- military assets and capabilities should be used as a “last
resort” when civilian resources are overstretched or
inadequate;
- humanity, neutrality and impartiality, when delivering
humanitarian assistance or emergency relief;
- the complementary nature of military support to civilian
efforts;
- use of military assets and capabilities should be limited
in time and focus on initial immediate relief, and should
not extend to more structural support.
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The EU MCDA Mechanisms
In 2006 EU Council agreed that:
"military assets and capabilities that were used in past disasters and that
would be likely to remain the main focus of potential military involvement in
the future include:
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Strategic transport (air/sea);
Tactical transport (e.g. in-theatre use of helicopters);
Medical units and/or field hospitals;
Engineering capabilities;
Communication support;
CBRN capacities;
Search and Rescue;
Specialised military expertise and liaison capability;
Specific Maritime support."
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Use of Member States military or military chartered transportation assets
in support of EU disaster response
UNOCHA
MS
MS POCs
DG ECHO/ERC
(MIC)
Affected
Nation
EUMS
(EUMPC)
Multinational Movement
Coordination Centres
MS Mil Reps
EUMC
EU Presidency (HR)
activation
information flow
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EU MPC Activations 2006 - 2010
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Algerian Floods 2006:
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Request from UN to move humanitarian shelters from UN
stores in Jordan to Algeria
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Offers of lift by 3 – 4 EU Member States
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Approx 10 x C130 sorties made to meet the UN requirement
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Offer of an AN 124 flight was also scoped but did not
subsequently materialise
Pakistan Floods 2010:
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1 Sep 10 - AN 124 sortie Brindisi-Leipzig-Islamabad provided
by CZ through Strategic Airlift Interim Solution (SALIS)
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5 Sep 10 - AN 124 sortie East Midlands-Karachi provided by CZ
through SALIS
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6 Sep 10 – C17 sortie Karup-Karachi provided by FI through
Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC)
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Total of 215 tonnes of humanitarian supplies delivered
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Activations 2011
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NEO of from Libya 23 Feb – 9 Mar 11:
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EU Civil Protection Mechanism and EU (military) Movement
Planning Cell activated as EU interface with 11 nation international
NEO coordination centre in Malta
Coordinated evacuation of 4529 entitled personnel using 9 military
aircraft and 4 warships from 10 EU member states as well as some
chartered civilian assets
Evacuation of non European Third Country Nationals
from Libya in 2011
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Deployment of a BE Air Force Airbus to Djerba
6 – 12 Mar 11:
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1 sortie to Cairo, Egypt
2 sorties to Accra, Ghana
3 sorties to Bamako, Mali
Repatriating around 1500 refugees in support of the (dynamic and
fast evolving) requirements of the UNHCR and IOM
EUMPS Support rendered to CPCC on the deployment of
vehicles to Tripoli, Libya in 2011 (to enable the reestablishment of an EU presence in Tripoli).
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Transportation of 4 x B6 Toyota Land-Cruiser 105 from Ben Gurion
Airport to Benghasi, Libya.
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Activity aimed at facilitating direct communication between CPCC
and the commercial broker working with the MIC
clarification on the possibility to be utilised the Framework
Contract of MIC (proved impossible)
creating opportunities for CPCC to negotiate directly with the
broker the use of their services.
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Collaboration
• Attendance at UN OCHA Annual MCDA conference
• Participation in ASEAN Regional Forum Disaster Relief
Exercise, May 2013
• DG ECHO Emergency Response Centre
• Panel Discussion in EU Civil Protection Forum, May 2013
• Participation in Civ/Mil Disaster Response exercise
(TRIPLEX), Oct 2013
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Any Questions?
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