8 Amendments of Charles GOERENS related to 2010/2071(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that present-day crises and security threats can rarelyare complex, and should be considered from a purelycivilian, military or civiliana combined civil-military viewpoint, and that effective responses to these situations and threats need to be able to draw on both civilian and military capabilities as dictated by the situation; recalls that the development of the EU'’s comprehensive approach and of its civilian crisis- management capabilities have been distinctive features of the CSDP and represent its core added value;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Fully supports the transfer of the CSDP structures, including the Crisis Management Planning Directorate, the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability, the EU Military Staff and the Situation Centre, to the EEAS, under the direct authority and responsibility of the Vice- President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; recalls the pledge made by the Vice-President/High Representative to ensure that they work in close cooperation and synergy with the relevant Commission units transferred to the EEAS which deal with the planning and programming of crisis response, conflict prevention and peace-building; assumes that Vice-President/High Representative’s full authority can be used to direct these structures in their coordinated development and concrete crisis management situations, this being done either through appointing one common director for all these structures or through appointing to Vice- President/High Representative’s cabinet deputy head of cabinet with full competence to represent and assist Vice- President/High Representative in all crisis management functions;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Draws attention to the role of the Commission's Monitoring and Information Centre in facilitating disaster-relief coordination and highlights the need for close links between the centre and the EEAS; calls for improved coordination of military assets in the context of disaster relief, based on the lessons learned in Haiti; assumes that Vice-President/High Representative in her capacity of the vice president of Commission takes care that there is an appropriate coordination structure and function between external (EEAS) and internal (Commission) crisis management in planning and in concrete crisis management situations;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. In the context of the follow-up to the Headline Goals 2010, calls on the Member States to concentrate on the concrete delivery of capabilities and to focus on the areas ofthat necessitate civilian-military synergies, especially those already identified, in order to achieve genuine progress as soon as possible;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the need for appropriate pre- deployment training to be provided, which shcould include participation by civilian personnel in military exercises and military personnel in civilian training and/or exercises; strongly recommends that Member States maintain rosters of deployable civilians, in particular those trained for missions carried out alongside military forces; welcomes the practice employed by certain Member States of having a dedicated centralised agency responsible for the recruitment and training of all deployable civilian personnel, such as the German Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Finnish Crisis Management Centre (CMC Finland), Swedish Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) and the UK Stabilisation Unit;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Emphasises, in line with the 2008 Council recommendations, the enhanced role the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) should play in the field of training for crisis management in the light of the setting-up of the EEAS; urges the Council to improve the training facilities and staffing of the ESDC, including by providing it with a permanent seat, in order to guarantee sustainable training at the strategic, operational and tactical levels for civilian and military personnel of the Member States and EU institutions;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Member States to look further into developing interoperability of training and practice, along with dual-use capabilities for CSDP civilian missions and military operations, making better use of existing capabilities and interlinking the civilian and military capability- development processes where appropriate;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Emphasises the critical importance of having assessment mechanisms to determine the impact of missions, and further underlines the need to integrate such mechanisms in all field missions;