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The belief that development and reconstruction are central to stability and security is not new. It is, however, also highly contentious, perhaps nowhere more so than in Afghanistan, the longest running experiment in stabilisation. Experiences in Afghanistan have irrevocably shaped how aid agencies regard and relate to military forces during conflict and, arguably, vice-versa. Through the Afghanistan case, this Working Paper seeks to better understand the challenges of civil-military dialogue - dialogue between military forces and independent humanitarian actors - in the context of combined international and national military forces pursuing stabilisation. In particular, it looks at the challenges posed by military forces that actively seek to pursue development and reconstruction - traditionally the domain of aid agencies - as a central component of a military strategy.

This literature review is part of an HPG project entitled 'Civil-Military Coordination: The Search for Common Ground'. This two-year research and public affairs project explores how recent global developments have affected the relationship between military and humanitarian actors, with the aim of facilitating more effective and principled ollaboration to support better humanitarian outcomes for crisis-affected populations. This paper identifies key trends emerging from the literature on civil-military coordination in conflicts and natural disasters. It deals with the interaction between international humanitarian and international or foreign military actors operating in crisis contexts, and offers some reflections on the relationship between national military actors and the international humanitarian community

The CSCMO is to provide following outcome: To develop all West Point leaders so that they are prepared to employ an understanding of Civil-Military Operations (CMO) within the framework of the broad spectrum of challenges they will face in military service; to support transformational changes to professional military education across the Department of Defense and partnering organizations; and to establish West Point as the wellspring of professional military education in the realm of CMO

is the first collection of core humanitarian instruments developed by the UN and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) on civil-military relationship in complex emergencies

United Nations Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination (UN-CMCoord) is necessary to promote humanitarian principles, and protect humanitarian operating space, in humanitarian response operations where both humanitarian/civilian and military actors are present.

These are the report and video's of the discussion on the kick of Humaniatrian Exchange 56; Civil-Military coordination in humanitarian action. Director CCOE Colonel Hans Jürgen Kasselmann was part of the discussion round.

MNCG is a NATO unit with a primaly task to engage in the civil and military cooperation giving full support to the NATO military Commander on the field

The CCOECivil-Military Cooperation Centre Of Excellence is a multinational sponsored, NATO accredited, Centre of Excellence. It provides added value, innovative and timely advice, and subject matter expertise on CIMIC for both civilian and military customers. The primary focuses of the organisation's efforts are in enhanced education and training along with conceptual and doctrinal development

The APCMCOE is a whole-of-government initiative to improve Australia's effectiveness in civil-military collaboration for conflict and disaster management overseas

The Afghanistan Provincial Indicators (API) should offer to quickly access provincial-level data selected by subject-matter experts from the Civil-Military Fusion Centre (CFC) consolidated the best available data from credible, "open" sources such as the United Nations and the Afghan government's Central Statistics Organisation

Transforming International Civil-Military Interactions

A thematic issue of The Humanitarian Exchange Magzine (Issue 56) on Civil-Military coordination

The use of foreign military and civil defence assets in disaster relief. Oslo Guidelines Update nov 2006 , revision 1.1 November 2007

This Map Library are assembled by The Afghanistan Team at the Civil-Military Fusion Centre and consists of hundreds of maps of Afghanistan and the surrounding region. The maps in the collection cover varying scopes, from regional and national levels to provincial, district and even city levels. The maps reflect information on a wide range of topics, themes and sectors, including humanitarian aid, infrastructure, natural resources and security, among others. The maps have been collected from credible open-sources, including international organisations, research bodies, governmental agencies and others.

The NATO Allied Command Operations (ACO) Civil-Military Fusion Centre (CFC) is pleased to release a compilation of agreements and other documents which emerged from major conferences focused on Afghanistan between 2001 and 2012 Afghanistan Agreements A Collection of Official Texts from 2001 to 2011

It is EU portal for a Common Security and Defence approach offering an one-stop access to EU Common Security Defence Policy (CSDP) papers, EU operations, civil crisis management, CSDP structures ( inclusive EU military staf )and instruments

The Afghanistan Team regularly populates this page with publications produced by institutions such as think tanks, international organisations, NGOs, Afghan government agencies and others. The documents are grouped by sector and are accompanied by summaries based on the abstract or executive summary of each report.