Latest news from EU peacekeeping missions – CSDP (July 2018)

(B2) This month the Europeans have the Ukrainian police in crowd control. While their colleagues based in Mali formed the National Guard to come in support of border control. And the sailors of Operation EUNAVFOR Atalanta did training for the Djibouti Coast Guard.

Kharkov (Ukraine). Communication for crowd control

14 police officers from the Donetsk region received a three-day training course provided by the European Internal Security Force Advisory Mission (EUAM Ukraine). At the heart of the training, communication: an instrument that the Ukrainian police want to use to prevent any risk of violence during mass events. Practical exercises made it possible to focus on how to identify risks, on the psychology of the masses and how to defuse tensions, but also on the establishment of constant communication with organizers and participants, in particular via communication say preventive. Ukrainian police officers, previously trained by EUAM, also supervised the training. A fact that mission expert Lena Borg is delighted with. "It's great to see trainers, who received this course a year ago, pass on these good practices to their colleagues".

Tbilisi (Georgia). Listen to civil society

Bamako (Mali). Border Security Training

An advisory and training team from the Malian Internal Security Capacities Support Mission (EUCAP Sahel Mali) has trained around ten members of the National Guard on border security. communicated, during the week of July 9 to 13. On the agenda: integrated border management, surveillance, gender equality and human rights, as well as the reception and orientation of people at border posts, intelligence gathering techniques and collaboration between the various security forces. . "It's good training, especially against terrorism, and it will strengthen our skills in controlling and monitoring our borders with other countries," says a trainee. Note that the National Guard does not carry out checks at checkpoints. security.

Horn of Africa. EUNAVFOR forms the Djibouti Coast Guard

The Italian anti-missile frigate ITS Carlo Margottini (F-592) conducted a maritime capacity building exercise with the Djibouti Coast Guard on July 10. I'training, conducted as part of the EUNAVFOR Atalanta anti-piracy operation, focused on boarding operations and information gathering.

Replenishment at sea by the US Navy for EUNAVFOR

The American mother ship USNS Bighorn refueled, at the beginning of July, the Spanish ship ESPS Meteoro of the EU's anti-piracy fleet (EUNAVFOR), thus transferring 197,000 liters of fuel to it, specifies a communicated of Operation Atalanta.

Palestine. European CSDP missions extended

On 1 July the Council of the EU extended the mandate of EU Mission for Border Assistance Rafah Crossing Point (EUBAM Rafah), as well as that of the police support mission in the palestinian territories (EUPOL COPPS) until 30 June 2019. (communicated)

(information compiled by Aurélie Pugnet st.)

Read also CSDP missions/operations this month:

• EUTM RCA's mandate extended. Its expanded purpose. The base camp moved
• A new leader for EUTM Somalia
• Intelligence training for Malian police and gendarmes
• The transfer of the HQ of the anti-piracy operation Atalanta soon to be acted

And on Operation Sophia:

• Training completed for 26 Libyan sailors and coast guard
• Irish relief for Operation Sophia
• How is the follow-up (monitoring) of the Libyan Coast Guard ensured today?
• The monitoring of the Libyan Coast Guard subject to a financial mortgage. Sophia's mandate expanded
• Italy wants to revise Sophia's mandate. The end of the automatic landing… or of the operation?
• Frontex, EUNAVFOR Med and Europol team up against cross-border crime
• When the Libyan Coast Guard and NGOs intervene at the same time, it's a mess
• A new deputy commander at the head of Operation Sophia