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The Australian Civil-Military Centre (ACMC) is following whole-of-government guidance from the Australian Department of Health and the Prime Minister’s Office in relation to COVID-19, and is monitoring the situation with a priority on the health and wellbeing of its staff and of the general community.
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ACMC brought together Southeast Asian and Australian maritime experts for a scenario exercise in Melbourne during ASEAN-Australian Week.
Director, Concepts and Capability
Mr Brian Boulton, AM, CSC
The Concepts and Capability Directorate integrates cross-agency programs on emerging civil-military-police concepts with research and initiatives building capability through preparedness, lessons and evaluation, and humanitarian-government coordination. The Directorate also includes ACMC’s Business Operations and Governance functions.
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ACMC joined a panel of experts to discuss challenges in disaster response and civil-military-police coordination in the Indo-Pacific region
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ACMC has maintained a strong working relationship with the Solomon Islands National Disaster Management Office through support to various exercises and activities in recent years, including the last NERT Induction Course in 2023
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Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination in Emergencies: Towards a Predictable Model
The Regional Consultative Group (RCG) on Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination (CMCoord) for Asia and the Pacific is a key forum for supporting and elevating coordination, building relationships, and sharing learning to enhance and strengthen emergency response.
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ACMC hosted representatives from various Timor-Leste disaster response agencies in Darwin to share experiences and knowledge on civil, military and police coordination in disaster response.
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In November and December 2020, the Australian Civil-Military Centre conducted several High Risk Weather Season workshops for the Maritime Task Group, Headquarters Joint Task Force 629 and Joint Task Group 629.1
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Improving the Civil-Military Dimension of Disaster-Related Humanitarian Logistics
The aim of this paper is to outline a number of key challenges as they relate to the logistic aspects of disaster preparation and response, and to discuss the areas in which the development of closer civil-military cooperation could be of particular benefit.