Explore the complementary roles, responsibilities and capabilities of the military and police in responding to international crises.
We are an Australian Government initiative to improve Australia’s effectiveness in civil-military-police collaboration for conflict and disaster management overseas.
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The Australian Civil Military Centre conducted stakeholder engagement and outreach at the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR), held in Brisbane, September 2022.
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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Organising for Peace Operations: Lessons Learned from Bougainville East Timor and the Solomon Islands
Identifying the organisational structures that were developed for each of three operations in Bougainville, East Timor, and the Solomon Islands.
Lessons from Australia’s Whole-of-Government Mission Report commissioned by the Department of Defence, in coordination with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian Federal Police which outlines the strengths, good practices and challenges of Australia’s mission in Afghanistan at the whole-of-government level.
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Civil-Military-Police Language Guide: Promoting shared understanding
The civil-military-police community is as diverse as it is broad. It contains a wide range of actors who employ a variety of methodologies and techniques, use unique equipment and often pursue different objectives in service of different masters.
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Reflections of Interagency Taskforce Leaders
A publication that shares real-life experiences, reflections and lessons from interagency taskforce leaders. It gives insight into effective approaches, behaviours and actions to achieve interagency cooperation and collaboration.