EUCAP Sahel Niger

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EUCAP Sahel Niger
operation area Niger
German name EU Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger)
English name EU Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger)
Type of mission civil reconstruction mission
Beginning 8 August 2012
The End ongoing
management Frank Van der Mueren
Operating strength (max.) currently approx. 120 international experts
costs 63.4 million euros (budget October 2018 - September 2020)
Location of the operational area Niger in its region.svg

The EU Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) was started on August 8, 2012 as part of the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) of the European Union as a civil development mission.

By advising and training the Nigerien police , national guard and gendarmerie, it is intended to help build them up and enable them to effectively fight organized crime and terrorism .

This is done through training and further education as well as advisory activities. The mission also supports the Nigerien authorities in developing their own technical capacities and in regional and international cooperation. However, executive activities are not included.

The headquarters are in the capital Niamey . In 2016 an office was opened in the city of Agadez further north . Most recently, the mandate was extended to September 2020.

The background to the mission is the tense security situation in the entire Sahel zone, with dangers emanating in particular from terrorist organizations such as Boko Haram and other organized crime such as human trafficking and drug smuggling . Because of this, there is also close cooperation with the neighboring EU missions EUCAP Sahel Mali and EUBAM Libya .

The Federal Republic of Germany is participating in the mission with 13 other EU member states, which currently comprises around 120 international experts and a large number of local employees.

Web links

Commons : EUCAP Sahel Niger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Factsheet EUCAP Sahel Niger. EEAS, 2019, accessed May 2, 2020 .
  2. ^ EUCAP Sahel Niger: Council extends the mission for two years. Retrieved May 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ German Bundestag Printed Matter 19/15303. German Bundestag, November 19, 2019, accessed on May 21, 2020 (German).