The Australian Civil-Military Centre’s Multiagency Peace and Stabilisation Operations Project, better known as MAPSOP, switches from the theoretical to practical implementation next month with Exercise VARO, to be held over two days at the Australian Federal Police’s purpose built village complex in Majura, ACT, March 14-15, 2012. To date, MAPSOP activities has been based on [...]
The Australian Civil-Military Centre delivered a one-day seminar in late January attended by 31 visiting Permanent Representatives and Ambassadors to the United Nations. Entitled “Security and Development: Peace and Stabilisation Operations – Challenges and Lessons Learned”, attendees canvassed a number of sensitive issues faced by the United Nations, member states and host nations in dealing [...]
In the first of a series, the Australian Civil-Military Centre presents a short interview recorded with Dr Elizabeth Ferris from the Brookings Institution on ‘Future directions in civil-military responses to natural disasters’. Dr Ferris speaks about the increase in sudden natural and manmade disasters around the world and the need for both military and civilian [...]
The Asia-Pacific region has, in recent years, been more prone to natural disasters than any other part of the world. Key factors driving the increase in frequency and scale of natural disasters include: rapid growth in population, urbanisation, globalisation and climate change. International armed forces have been increasingly used in response to these disasters. In [...]
The Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence has been officially renamed the Australian Civil-Military Centre. The new name, announced today by Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, the Hon Dr Mike Kelly AM, MP was chosen to reflect more accurately Australia’s focus on civil-military issues that impact upon responses to conflict and disaster management in countries both in [...]
The Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence will hold its annual Civil-Military Interaction Workshop (CMIW) from 4-9 March 2012. The workshop is the primary course run by the Centre and is designed to increase understanding of the factors that influence successful civil-military-police interactions in conflict and disaster overseas. Held at the Australian Emergency Management Institute (AEMI), Mount [...]
The Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence last month said farewell to a man with enormous energy and vision, its founding Executive Director Michael (Mike) Smith AO, who has officially retired from the Centre. Mike has had a long and distinguished career in both the military and the government and non-government sectors. Mike served as [...]
NATO’s Operation in Libya Officially Ends United Nations Security Council, Resolution 2016 (2011), 27 October 2011 The United Nations Security Council has officially ended NATO’s protection of civilians mandate in Libya, following the death of Muammar Gaddafi, through a unanimous adoption of Resolution 2016. The Council urged Libyan authorities to ‘promote and protect human rights and [...]
The Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence held its annual Civil-Military Interaction Seminar (CMIS) in Sydney, 7-10 November 2011. With beautiful Sydney Harbour and its iconic bridge as a backdrop, participants representing 21 countries, the United Nations and the African Union were treated to presentations and case studies from a range of Australian and international [...]
At a time when both governments and non-state actors are calling for greater coordination between organisations in preparing for or responding to conflict and natural disaster, the Centre is supporting the development of Australia’s civil-military capabilities through several separate but linked activities. Besides the Centre’s practitioner-focused training courses and publications program, we also run university-based [...]
