Action plan "Civilian Crisis Prevention"

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The action plan “Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding” is a political strategy paper adopted on May 12, 2004 by the then red-green federal government . It describes cross-departmental civil (i.e. non- military ) measures and options for action in the areas of crisis prevention , civil conflict management and peacebuilding and peacekeeping. The declared aim was to see peace policy and crisis prevention not only as a task of foreign , security and development policy , but as a cross-cutting task of government action. I.a. it is emphasized that "crisis prevention should find its way into economic, financial and environmental policy to a greater extent than before" . In addition, the coherence of government action in this policy area should be increased and cooperation with non-state or foreign and international actors improved. Under the heading "Promoting peace potentials", the 161 listed actions also include measures in the areas of media, culture and education - the Federal Government thereby expressly recognizes the contribution of civil society actors.

The action plan was preceded by an overall concept "Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding" adopted by the Federal Security Council in 2000 . In the coalition agreement of 2002 it was agreed: "The federal government will work out an inter-departmental action plan for" civil crisis prevention, conflict resolution and peacebuilding "."

The action plan still forms the frame of reference for the crisis prevention-oriented policy of the federal government. Every two years, an "implementation report" on the action plan is submitted to the German Bundestag .

Two bodies were set up when the action plan was adopted:

  1. The so-called department group, a coordinating body to which representatives of all departments (i.e. the federal ministries and the highest federal authorities) belong and which is managed by the Commissioner for Civil Crisis Prevention of the Federal Foreign Office (2006-2008 Friedrich Däuble, 2008/2009 Busso von Alvensleben , 2009-2011 Georg Birgelen, 2011–2012 Volkmar Wenzel , 2012–2015 Ina Lepel , since August 2015 Annett Günther ) and
  2. an advisory board made up of approx. 20 representatives from business and science, non-governmental organizations, churches and political foundations as well as individual personalities, whose task it is to provide specialist advice to the department.

The Advisory Board published its own statement on the 2nd implementation report.

Both the civil conflict management platform (ZKB platform) together with the Human Rights Forum and the Joint Conference on Church and Development (GKKE) also took a position on the second implementation report. The position of the Platform ZKB and Forum Menschenrechte deals critically with the security concept used, the financial imbalance between civil and military measures and the euphemistic presentation of the situation in Afghanistan and expressly adopts the six demands of the Advisory Board “Civilian Crisis Prevention”. The GKKE sums up the concerns of the action plan as well as the implementation steps actually carried out and takes a critical look at three selected aspects: leveling out the differences between the action plan and the 2006 White Paper, the lack of political control during the implementation of the action plan and the undifferentiated allocation of activities under the heading of "crisis prevention".

On June 23, 2010, the Federal Cabinet passed the 3rd implementation report. The Civil Conflict Management Platform (ZKB platform) together with the Human Rights Forum and the Joint Conference on Church and Development (GKKE) have taken a position on this as well.

On November 12, 2014, the federal cabinet passed the 4th implementation report.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Action plan "Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding" of the Federal Government from 2004, page 1 ( PDF )
  2. ^ Coalition Agreement 2002, p. 74 ( PDF )
  3. ↑ Civil society perspectives on the action plan. Report and opinion of the Advisory Board "Civilian Crisis Prevention" ( PDF )

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  • Action plan "Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding" of May 12, 2004 ( online PDF )
  • First report by the Federal Government on the implementation of the action plan "Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding" from 2006 ( online PDF )
  • Second Federal Government Report on the Implementation of the Action Plan “Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding” from 2008 ( online PDF )
  • Bundestag printed paper 14/6496 ( online PDF ) (source on the overall concept "Civilian crisis prevention, conflict resolution and peacebuilding" from 2000)
  • Statement by the Platform for Civil Conflict Management and the Human Rights Forum on the 2nd implementation report ( online PDF )
  • GKKE statement on the 2nd implementation report ( online PDF )
  • Third report of the Federal Government on the implementation of the action plan "Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding" from 2010 ( online PDF )
  • Statement by the Platform for Civil Conflict Management and the Human Rights Forum on the 3rd Implementation Report ( online PDF )
  • Statement by GKKE on the 3rd implementation report ( online PDF )
  • Fourth report by the Federal Government on the implementation of the action plan "Civilian Crisis Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding" from 2014 ( online PDF )
  • Statement by the Platform for Civil Conflict Management, the Human Rights Forum, the Civil Peace Service and VENRO on the 4th implementation report ( online PDF )