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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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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.
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The Future Leaders’ Summit is an initiative of the South Pacific Defence Ministers Meeting.
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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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Civil-Military-Police Coordination in Disaster Management: Perspectives from South East Asian countries Research paper and Stakeholder Guide
Responders to natural disasters face increasingly complex operating environments, characterised by new challenges and new actors. Global trends that are overwhelming the international humanitarian system come into sharp focus in South-East Asia.
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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ACMC support to Australian Institute of International Affairs - Tokyo Academic Conference
Through constructive conversations, we connect with others, inspire, influence, build understanding and innovate. They are the major forum where we learn from each other, solve problems, make decisions, build relationships and take action.
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Australian National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2012-2018
The National Action Plan sets out what Australia will do, at home and overseas, to integrate a gender perspective into its peace and security efforts, protect women and girls’ human rights, and promote their participation in conflict prevention, management and resolution. ACMC has a role in the design and implementation of this plan.