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.
Quick Impact Workshop – Outcomes Early considerations on civil-military responses to emerging diseases (Ebola as a case study)
In August 2014, the United Nations (UN) Security Council declared the Ebola virus outbreak in the West African subregion a ‘threat to international peace and security’. The UN’s request for assistance from member states resulted in the mobilisation of technical expertise, medical capacity, humanitarian assistance, and military and civil defence assets.
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ASEAN-Australian Women, Peace and Security Dialogue
The United Nations’ Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has emerged over the past decade and a half as a significant cross-cutting thematic program for achieving global peace and security.
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Afghanistan: Lessons from Australia’s Whole-of-Government Mission
Over the past two decades, Australia has accumulated considerable experience with whole-of-government missions in complex environments, including in the Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste.
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Explore the complementary roles, responsibilities and capabilities of the military and police in responding to international crises.
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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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The Australian Civil Military Centre is hosting a three day lessons management symposium which includes a focus on how Artificial Intelligence might improve learning before, during and after from crises.
Chief of Joint Operations, Vice Admiral (VADM) Justin Jones officially opened the symposium, which features 100 representatives from Defence, Australian Government agencies, jurisdictional emergency management organisations, the United States and New Zealand authorities and NGOs.
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Same Space - Different Mandates (International Edition)
A Civil-Military-Police Guide to Stakeholders in International Disaster and Conflict Response.
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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.