- European External Action Service: Capacity building in support of security and development - Implementation Plan - Non-paper by the EEAS and Commission services (LIMITE doc no: 13869-15, pdf): Detailed document including: - Assessment of
– European External Action Service: Capacity building in support of security and development – Implementation Plan – Non-paper by the EEAS and Commission services (LIMITE doc no: 13869-15, pdf): Detailed document including:
– Assessment of funding tools for capacity building in support of security and development
– Information on attempts at “enhancing coordination”, for example on a new “strategic framework” based on “the security-development nexus, principles of human security… local ownership and… a holistic approach”
– A detailed section examining “pilot cases” in relation to security and development: Mali, Somalia and the African Peace Security Architecture,
– Information on “EU projects in the field of security capacity building in other parts of the world” – information on projects in the eastern and southern “neighbourhoods”, the Sahel, Iraq, the Indian Ocean, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Latin America and the Caribbean
– Guidelines for the work of the European Defence Agency in 2016 (LIMITE doc no: 13796-15, pdf):
Main topics for the EDA: Air-to-Air Refuelling, Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (drones), Governmental Satellite Communications and Cyber Defence. Other issues include “hybrid threats” and the ongoing preparatory action for an EU military research programme.