Responses to catastrophic disasters and complex security challenges in the Indo-Pacific require a coordinated, joined-up response, drawing on broad-ranging civil-military-police expertise.
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ACMC convened a workshop to consider the changing context of Protection of Civilians (POC) and identify emerging challenges and avenues to minimise the risk to civilians in crisis.
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Australian National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2021-2031
We need the powerful outcomes generated by the United Nations Security Council’s Women, Peace and Security agenda to assist us as we reconstitute our societies and institutions, and as we resist the temptation to allow conflict to take root in the uncertainty we are all facing.
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Considerations for Civil-Military Interaction During Health Emergencies
This document advocates that public health emergencies, including outbreaks, can be considered a unique operational setting for the conduct of civil-military interaction.
Archie Law, Executive Director of Action Aid Australia, Leanne Smith, Chief of Policy and Best Practices for Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations and Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope, Director of International Humanitarian Law and Movement Relations at the Australian Red Cross discuss women, peace and security in crises.
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The Australian Civil Military Centre (ACMC) has released a research publication providing operational guidance to strengthen civil-military coordination in preparing for and responding to a future pandemic or public health emergency – domestically or overseas.
In preparing this document, ACMC engaged stakeholders from Australia, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific on their experiences in civil-military coordination during public health emergencies.
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Wikis and Knowledge Management in Complex Emergencies
The Communication and Complex Emergencies Project is a multi-phase collaboration between the University of Adelaide’s Applied Communication Collaborative Research Unit and the Australian Civil-Military Centre.
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ACMC’s Executive Director Nicola Rosenblum and Director International and Domestic Engagement, Peter Giugni led a session on developments in civil, military and police coordination in the Pacific and how Australia is working with partners to build regional HADR capabilities.
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The Australian Civil Military Centre (ACMC), the Philippines Office of Civil Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines conducted a three-day disaster relief table top exercise in Manila on 10-12 September.
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No better friend, no worse enemy: How different organisational cultures impede and enhance Australia’s whole-of-government approach
Since 1999, Australia has increasingly deployed the military in joint, combined, interagency environments as part of a ‘whole-of-government’ approach.