Annex: Mandate for the Incoming Presidency
"On the basis of the present report and taking
into account the European Security Strategy, the incoming Presidency,
assisted by the Secretary-General/High Representative and in association
with the Commission, is invited to continue work on developing
the European Security and Defence Policy, and in particular:
- To prepare and ensure the effective
implementation of decisions related to present and future operations
and missions, both civilian and military.
- To continue work on civilian
capabilities, taking into account the results of the Civilian
Capabilities Improvement Conference in November 2006 and the Civilian
Capability Improvement Plan (Civilian Headline Goal 2008).
- To continue work on the development
of military capabilities in the framework of the Headline Goal
2010 on the basis of the agreed Roadmap, i.e. to start work on
the Progress Catalogue, and furthermore to actively engage in
the elaboration of the Capability Development Plan.
- To take forward work on military
rapid response and to explore the scope for review of the EU Military
Rapid Response Concept in a joint perspective.
- To further refine the procedures
for the actual deployment of rapidly deployable police elements
and Civilian Response Teams (CRTs).
- To continue implementing the
EU exercise programme.
- To strengthen training in the
field of ESDP, encompassing both civilian and military dimensions,
including further work on training for civilian crisis management,
taking into account Community instruments as well as national
assets.
- To support the European Defence
Agency in its work, in particular with regard to the Capability
Development Plan.
- To take forward work on the
improvement of civil-military co-ordination in the planning and
conduct of operations/missions in the light of lessons learned,
including on rapid response.
- To explore an improved use
of the Civil-Military Cell in the light of lessons learned; to
practice the activation of the EU Operations Centre and to test
the Civil-Military Cell's ability rapidly to generate an EU Operations
Centre during the MilEx 07.
- To take forward work on the
ESDP contribution to security sector reform (SSR) and DDR.
- To continue developing the
EU-NATO strategic partnership in crisis management; to ensure
mutually reinforcing development of military capabilities where
requirements overlap; to ensure practical, effective coordination
when the two organizations are engaged in the same theatre, including
on Kosovo.
- To continue the EU engagement
in the Western Balkans through its ongoing and future activities.
- To further intensify consultations
and cooperation with the United Nations in crisis management.
- To continue promoting the effective
implementation of relevant human rights related provisions in
the context of ESDP crisis management activities, including the
provisions of UNSCR 1612.
- To continue promoting gender
mainstreaming in the context of ESDP crisis management activities,
including the implementation of relevant provisions of UNSCR 1325.
- To continue close dialogue
and co-operation with other key partners, in particular the OSCE,
European non-EU NATO members, Canada, the USA, Russia, Ukraine
and the Mediterranean countries engaged in the Barcelona process.
- To continue implementing coherent
and coordinated support for African partners in line with the
EU Africa Strategy and through the EU Concept for Strengthening
African Capabilities for the Prevention, Management and Resolution
of Conflicts.
- To draw lessons learned from
the military operation EUFOR RD Congo.
- To enhance dialogue and exchange
of information with NGOs and civil society.
- To continue the implementation
of the European Programme for the Prevention of Violent Conflicts
and prepare the annual presidency report on Conflict Prevention
for approval by the European Council in June 2007.
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