EUCAP Somalia

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EUCAP Somalia
operation area Somalia
German name European Union Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia)
English name EU Capacity Building Mission in Somalia
Type of mission civil reconstruction mission
Beginning July 2012
The End ongoing
management Maria-Cristina Stepanescu
costs approx. 22.95 million EUR (period March 2017 to February 2018)
Location of the operational area LocationSomalia.svg
Strap buckle from EUCAP Nestor

The EUCAP Somalia mission, led by the European Union , is a civil, non-executive mission to build civil maritime security capacities for the Somali government in the Horn of Africa. Among other things, this is intended to contribute to the fight against piracy off the Somali coast . The mission seat is in the Somali capital Mogadishu .

Until December 2016, the mission was run under the name EUCAP Nestor .

task

EUCAP Nestor's original mandate was to enable the East African states of Somalia , Djibouti , Kenya , Tanzania and the Seychelles to independently contribute to safety at sea and to take action against maritime crime. To this end, the legal framework should be strengthened and personnel capacities created through education and training. EUCAP Nestor thus complemented the military, executive anti-piracy operation Atalanta and the advisory and training mission EUTM Somalia .

Since the restructuring in 2016, EUCAP Somalia has only been active in Somalia. In doing so, it is helping to build and strengthen Somali maritime law enforcement agencies. The central task is to advise the coast guard and the water police, in particular through strategic advice, support and training. By strengthening local capacities, the Somali authorities should be able to enforce the law in Somali waters independently.

organization

The head of the mission was initially the French admiral Jacques Launay , followed by the French diplomat Etienne de Poncins . The Romanian Maria-Cristina Stepanescu has been the head of the mission since September 2016 .

The headquarters were initially in Djibouti . It has been located in Mogadishu since the restructuring . Field offices were in Hargeisa ( Somaliland ) and Garoowe ( Puntland ).

The mission includes around 60 international experts, around 10 of whom are police and around 50 civilian employees.

Although it is a civilian mission, EUCAP NESTOR has already been supported by the European Union Operations Center, which was activated for the first time and based in Brussels.

The budget for the period October 2014 to October 2015 was EUR 17.9 million. For the period March 2017 to February 2018, 22.95 million euros were estimated.

Legal basis

The mission goes back to a decision of the Council of the European Union of July 16, 2012. The current mandate is valid until December 31, 2018.

German participation

On August 15, 2012, the German government decided to take part in the mission with up to five police officers, up to five soldiers from the Bundeswehr and civil experts as advisors and staff.

On May 25, 2014, three people were killed and at least 30 others injured in a suicide attack by alleged Somali Islamists on the “La Chaumière” restaurant in Djibouti. Among them were three German members of the mission.

Further peace missions in Somalia

In addition to EUCAP Somalia, the following missions are currently active on site:

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b EUCAP Somalia - About Us. EU, accessed on October 11, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d EU Capacity Building Mission in Somalia (EUCAP Somalia) - Factsheet. EU, August 2017, accessed on September 17, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Factsheet on the EUCAP Nestor mission. European Union, October 2014, accessed May 1, 2015 .
  4. ↑ EUCAP Somalia - Factsheet. EU, August 2017, accessed on October 11, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b Peace Operations 2017/2018. Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), June 2017, accessed October 2017 .
  6. ↑ Anja Hanisch and Tobias Pietz: Africa in Focus: Three new civil CSDP missions. ( pdf file; 192 kB) Center for International Peace Operations , August 9, 2012, accessed on October 3, 2012 (German).
  7. ↑ Facts and Figures. European Union, archived from the original on March 31, 2015 ; accessed on May 2, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Decision 2012/389 / CFSP of the Council of 16 July 2012 on the European Union Mission to develop regional maritime capacities in the Horn of Africa (EUCAP NESTOR)
  9. ↑ decision (CFSP) 2017/349 of the Council of 27 February 2017 , accessed on September 17, 2017
  10. ↑ EUCAP Nestor on the website of the Federal Foreign Office
  11. ^ Spiegel Online: Djibouti: Three Germans injured in suicide attack on May 25, 2014