Missions Operations

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Afghanistan: a new National Police Academy 

The new premises of the Afghan National Police Academy and the Afghan National Police Crime Management University for the Ministry of Interior was officially inaugurated on 2 February. It was the EU ambassador in the country, Franz-Michael Mellbin, who handed over the keys to the Afghan authorities. The €13 million investment will facilitate the development of strong professional leadership skills among senior Afghan police officers as well as more effective and up-to-date crime prevention and investigation measures. For Thomas Stabler, responsible for the EUPOL training component, this investment is essential. "The Police Academy will enable Afghan citizens to have the police service they expect, deserve and can be proud of."

Georgia: meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism. The concrete difficulties of the inhabitants on both sides of the line of "administrative demarcation" at stake

(Credits: EUMM Georgia)
(Credit: EUMM Georgia)

The 41st follow-up meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IRPM) took place in Ergneti on 21 January. Toivo Klaar, Head of the European Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia), and the participants dealt with different very concrete issues faced by local communities on the ground, with the presence of fences along the "demarcation line administration" (ABL). They also looked at detentions that have taken place since December 2013 such as problems with electricity and water supply, as well as pollution of farmland. Next meeting: February 27, 2014.

Niger: "The press facing security challenges"

This is the title of the international workshop organized by the civil mission EUCAP Sahel organized, jointly with the United States Embassy in Niger, in Niamey on January 28 and 29, 2013. To the African journalists present, several international journalists like Giovanni Porzio and Eduardo Cué and David Lewis, deputy director of the regional office of Reuters. The initiative, which brought together for the first time, the armed forces and the independent press, gave rise to " to frank debates which will allow the improvement of the relations and the knowledge of the reciprocal requirements in official terms.

Djibouti: New vehicles for EUCAP Nestor

(Credits: EUNAVFOR Somalia)The European Union Civilian Mission in the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean (EUCAP Nestor) received two armored vehicles last week. Arrived at the port of Mombasa, stopover for their final destination Mogadishu, the vehicles were then transported to Djibouti by the French ship FS Siroco, flagship of the European operation to fight against piracy (EUNAVFOR Atalanta). Rear Admiral Hervé Bléjean, commander of the European force, considers this delivery as a “ example showing the increase in cooperation and dynamics of European operations in the region ».

Leonor Hubaut

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