Activities of Alviina ALAMETSÄ related to 2022/2196(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
The implementation of civilian CSDP and other EU civilian security assistance (short presentation)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of civilian CSDP and other EU civilian security assistance
Amendments (38)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas civilian crisis management has its basis in the Treaties and the Feira priorities of 2000;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the civilian CSDP is a unique instrument for the EU to respond to most urgent crises with civilian means; whereas in the current geopolitical context, a more effective civilian CSDP is urgently needed;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the global political and security landscape, the nature of conflicts, and the environments, in which civilian crisis management operates, have changed considerably in recent years and continue to do so;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas climate change, environmental degradation, and biodiversity loss severely affect the operational environment of crisis management, and demand increasing attention in the planning and implementation of civilian missions and operations;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
C d. whereas many conflict affected areas have a large youth population; whereas youth should be actively engaged in creating sustainable peace and security, contributing to conflict prevention and peacebuilding, including the promotion of rule of law, justice, and reconciliation;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
C e. whereas the deteriorating security environment and humanitarian crisis in and around the European Union, has resulted in greater demands on CSDP missions,, thereby putting significant strain on the CFSP budget;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
C f. whereas Member States agreed on their first Civilian Headline Goal (CHG) at the 2000 Feira Council and set targets of 5 000 police officers with 1 000 officers on high readiness, able to be deployed within 30 days;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)
Recital C g (new)
C g. whereas the 2001 Gothenburg Council decided to deploy, by 2003, 200 judges and prosecutors a pool of experts in the area of civilian administration, and civil protection teams of up to 2 000 people, all deployable on very short notice; whereas the 2010 CHG added 285 experts on transitional justice, dialogue, and conflict analysis, and the creation of Civilian Response Teams (CRT), a 100- person strong pool of experts prepared for rapid deployment;
Amendment 32 #
D. whereas the adoption of the Civilian CSDP Compact in 2018 was a significant step forward in strengthening the EU’s civilian crisis management, enhancing Member States’ ownership, responsibility and contribution of resources; whereas further political commitment is needed to deliver on the agreed objectives that are yet to be fulfilled;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the threat analysis preceding the adoption of the Strategic Compass in 2022 was a unique effort to bring the EU’s security and defence doctrine up to date: invites Member states and the EEAS to take advantage of the analysis in their discussions on the future of civilian crisis management and the envisaged use of the civilian CSDP instrument;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the need to mainstream in a more proactive manner the concepts of human security, the security needs of the local population, gender sensitivity, parliamentary oversight, transparency, and accountability of the local security sector into the mission’s mandate and operations;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses the importance of local ownership throughout the implementation of the mission’s mandate, from design to implementation, monitoring, and evaluation; welcomes the EEAS operational guidelines for proactive civil society engagement in CSDP missions; recommends safe formal, informal, and anonymous channels to be set up for mission feedback and complaints from civil society, to help EU develop a better understanding of the effectiveness of its operations;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Believes that civilian CSDP should be part of a broader political strategy addressing the root causes of conflict, including climate change; reminds that missions should be informed by climate sensitive conflict analyses and calls for further mainstreaming of climate change and environmental degradation in civilian crisis management; stresses that the climate-security nexus must be included into the Compact 2.0, outlining clearly how it can be operationalised in the context of civilian crisis management; reiterates the call of the Council (conclusion December 2022) for missions and operations to take concrete steps to reduce their environmental footprint with the aim to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050 in line with the goals set out under the European Green Deal;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the new Civilian CSDP Compact to be used to strive for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in civilian CSDP, including, as a first step, to increase the participation of women to at least 40 % across missions and at all levels by 2024; recommends the Member States to endorse the CPCC’s Strategy and Action Plan to enhance women’s participation in civilian CSDP missions for 2021–24;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for effective operationalisation of Youth, Peace and Security agenda in civilian crisis management, to actively engage youth in design and implementation of missions and operations, and to apply youth- sensitive approach to conflict analysis;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States, the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to develop a concrete plan on how to implement the integrated approach and ensure that all relevant EU instruments, missions and operations (Military CSDP, Global Europe, the Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance) are applied coherently to achieve the EU’s overall objectives; calls for further efforts to manage transition between different political and technical instruments of the EU;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to enhance their strategic communication on civilian crisis management, in order to garner political support within the EU and in countries where missions take place, and to support more effective recruitment of qualified personnel to civilian CSDP mission, including women;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. CTakes note of the number of long- running civilian CSDP operations, which highlight the need for well-defined objectives, both political and operational, exit-strategies, and their evaluation; calls for clear exit strategies for civilian missions, allowing for swifter closure of missions when operational and political objectives are met; calls for frank political discussion on closing missions which do not create desired impact;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the EEAS-Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) operational guidelines to provide tools for civilian CSDP missions to be proactive in engaging with civil society actors as key partners at all levels and stages of processes; welcomes the EEAS operational guidelines on human rights mainstreaming and human rights due diligence, and calls for their effective implementation, in particular, by establishing clear internal procedures for managing human rights related risks associated with the security sector support.
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets the fact that the only assessments of civilian CSDP missions currently in place are Strategic Reviews feeding into the renewal of the mission mandates; stresses the importance of developing and establishing a system and methodology to assess, inter alia, the performance of missions, their effectiveness and their financial management; stresses, in this regard, the importance of establishing an independent evaluation of the impact of missions; welcomes the options paper on evaluation presented by the EEAS towards this end; recalls that evaluation of civilian CSDP operations and their effectiveness must be adequately resourced, and that systematic evaluations should feed into the political decision making on both current and future missions;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Recalls the added-value that partnerships with third countries can bring to civilian CSDP missions, particularly in the case of Ukraine where countries such as Norway, Iceland, Australia, Switzerland, United States, Canada, New Zealand and United Kingdom could bring in considerable political and financial resources; invites the Commission to re-visit its framework for participation agreements with third country partners, as the number of third country seconded experts has decreased from 200 to 10 since 2010;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Recalls the ambitious targets set for 5 000 police at the 2000 Feira Council and acknowledges the value of the Civilian Headline Goals (CHG) agreed upon from 2008 onwards; urges the fulfilment of these goals, in particular regarding a rapid reaction capacity and the use of multinational formations in the context of Article 44 TEU;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Deplores the fact that in spite of being one of the core commitments in the Compact, civilian CSDP missions persistently suffer from Member States not delivering on their pledges to provide sufficient personnel, with 10 Member States currently providing 78 % of seconded personnel, and 17 Member States only 22 %; calls on all Member States to ensure that they provide seconded staff to fill 100 % of all operational positions and to provide at least 60 % of the seconded staff for non-operational positions; calls on Member States to harmonise their secondment of staff to reduce the disruptive impact of uncoordinated turnover of staff across missions; further calls on Member States to ensure seconded staff are rewarded for their participation in EU missions through career development policies; calls on EEAS to review the current situation and establish indicators for Member States that measure turnover and post- occupancy rates based on job category and employment type;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the need to reform the human resources policy and management system, and to ensure that the working conditions in civilian CSDP missions contribute to a safer and more inclusive environment; welcomes the EEAS’s efforts to address weaknesses in the support provided to staff in missions, including the revision of the Code of Conduct, with a particular focus on human rights principles; stresses the need to assess its alignment with general principles of human rights, such as the right to a fair trial, including the provisions for protection of the rights of victims and witnesses, and the right to an effective remedy, and the setting up of a network of Confidential Counsellors;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls for a formalised and meaningful consultation with representatives of personnel serving in EU civilian security missions; believes that relevant personnel and unions representing them should be systematically consulted in EU policy making;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Deplores the stretched resources of the EEAS in the field of civilian CSDP in general, including CPCC, which currently provides support to 112 missions of 2 200 personnel with a staff of 110 people; calls for the Member States to ensure the rapid development of CPCC into a fully functional operational headquarters, by ensuring it has the necessary funds, personnel and expertise at its disposal; stresses the need to increase complementarity and synergies with military CSDP, while keeping the civilian and military chains of command separate;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that training is key for effectiveness, which is in turn essential for successful civilian CSDP missions; calls for a comprehensive assessment of the overall civilian CSDP training architecture in order to identify needs, gaps and overlaps in training within the Member States with a view to improving and harmonising the EU Policy on Training for CSDP, in particular with a focus on the needs of local populations; reminds that training for civilian CSDP missions needs to equip personnel with the knowledge, understanding, skills, and attitude required in complex cultural environments, including in relation to the needs of the local populations, and therefore should include sessions on international humanitarian law, human rights, gender equality, civilian-military cooperation, human security, conflict sensitivity, anti-racism, and intercultural communication;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reminds that knowledge management (KM) is key, and forms an essential part of operationalising the Integrated Approach; Stresses the importance of developing a knowledge management architecture to retain expertise, foster best practices and learn lesson, in a more systematic way, as well as encourage a culture of learning among the staff working in and on civilian CSDP missions; takes a positive note of current efforts in the EEAS and CPCC towards this end; calls on Member States to support establishment of dedicated KM and evaluation experts in the field and in CPCC;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Stresses the need to develop a common platform for the sharing of knowledge, including between CPCC and operations in the field, making use of technological innovation, while strengthening the cyber awareness and resilience of CSDP missions; calls for enhancing cyber resilience of overall CPCC structures and CSDP missions;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Welcomes the swift deployment of EUMM Georgia monitors to the Armenia- Azerbaijan border as an important stabilising measure to reduce tensions between the two countries; considers this a positive example of modular and scalable mandates, as promoted in the Strategic Compass, which could be further enhanced by using rapid response tools such as Specialised Teams and Visiting Experts; stresses that all such innovations and improved flexibility must be based on a fully integrated approach in crisis response actions, in order to maximise impact on the ground and ensure efficient use of budgets;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19 c. Welcomes the revision of the mandate of EU Advisory Mission in Ukraine, to implement new tasks to support Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression; reminds that strong civilian security support to Ukraine will be instrumental to its reconstructions and a path towards EU membership; calls for the EU and its Member States to further step up their support to civilian capability development in Ukraine, including fighting corruption, establishing effective rule of law system and enhancing cyber and hybrid resilience;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Believes there is a need to establish a solid policy on necessary equipment and services needed by partner countries where civilian CSDP missions take place; calls for the establishment of a dedicated CFSP budget line in an overall increased CFSP budget, or "civilian support facility", to provide partner countries with equipment and services to enhance their civilian capabilities;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Calls for changing the structure of the CFSP budget and generation of one budget line per civilian CSDP mission, in order to allow for better scrutiny and increased transparency;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission services to present multiannual budgetary forecasts, an assessment of ongoing activities and clear estimates of missions’ absorption rates; underlines that such measures are needed to help prepare decisions to downgrade ineffective activities, to enhance effectiveness and flexibility through clear mandates and to provide clearly defined transition and exit strategies; reminds that the operational and financial planning of missions should go hand in hand from the start; calls for tangible commitments from the Member States on contribution of personnel at the initial stages of approving a mission;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Invites Member States to integrate strategic level discussions on the future of civilian crisis management to its budgetary implications; calls on members to increase their political ambition on civilian crisis management and provide a budget that supports that policy, instead of allowing a limited budget to drive policy decisions;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Underlines the fundamental role of Parliament as a budgetary authority and in the scrutiny of CSDP, including civilian CSDP missions; strongly insists that it be provided with all the information necessary to carry out its responsibilities in accordance with the Treaties and towards its citizens; insists that the current provision of information is inadequate for the European Parliament to exercise its responsibilities and pending the revision of the 2002 Inter-institutional agreements access to information in the area of security and defence;