The promotion of equal rights and opportunities for women across all sectors of society, including security, ensures that their voices and perspectives inform policies and actions. In order to enable women who wish to serve their country, EUCAP Somalia Head of Mission (HoM), Ms. Maria-Cristina Stepanescu met with the Minister of Women and Human Rights…
A delegation from EUCAP Somalia’s HQ in Brussels, the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) part of the Union External Action Service (EEAS) met Somali authorities and representatives from the international community, along with EUCAP Somalia’s Head of Mission Maria-Cristina Stepanescu for a second consecutive day, on March 13th in Mogadishu (see previous article: https://www.eucap-som.eu/eu-external-action-service-representatives-cpcc-meet-somali-interlocutors-mogadishu/).…
Maritime forces from East Africa, West Indian Ocean nations, Europe and the United States, as well as several international organizations, began the seventh iteration of the annual multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express on January 28th ending on February 7th. Cutlass Express 2018 (CE18), sponsored by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and conducted by U.S. Naval Forces…
The seventh iteration of the annual multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express began this week with maritime forces from East Africa, West Indian Ocean nations, Europe and the United States, as well as several international organizations joining in on January 28th. Cutlass Express 2018 (CE18) is designed to assess and improve combined maritime law enforcement capacity,…
EUCAP Somalia organized a Workshop on Community Policing within the maritime context in Mogadishu on December 6th, attended by ten officers (including three women) from the Somali Police Force Maritime Police Unit. This is the fourth such workshop organized by the Mission. The participants discussed how Community Policing is both a guiding philosophy and a…
EUCAP Somalia organized a Maritime Legal Seminar for Somalia’s Attorney General Office (AGO)’s personnel in Mogadishu from November 27-29. This is the eighth Maritime Legal Seminar organized by the Mission, and the 6th in 2017 alone. Ten participants, including three women, attended the seminar and actively engaged with EU Legal experts delivering lectures. Topics covered…
On November 28th, a Finnish delegation, including, representatives of the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Minister of Interior and the Crisis Management Centre Finland (CMC), visited EUCAP Somalia to discuss about duty of care of personnel and other topics. The Mission briefed the Delegation about areas of deployment of personnel, detailing on living conditions, as…
EUCAP – EU Mission 5-2017 Call for Contributions – National Staff Organisation: EUCAP Job Location: As indicated below Employment Regime: As indicated below Job Title/ Vacancy Notice: Ref.: Name of the Post: Location: Availability: LM005 Maritime Assistant / Translator Mogadishu ASAP LM006 Operational Capability Assistant / Translator Mogadishu ASAP LM007 Assistant to the Head…
A Maritime legal workshop took place from October 31st to November 2nd in Hargeisa. The event was organized and funded by EUCAP in cooperation with the Somaliland Attorney General Office (AGO) under the umbrella of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Counter Piracy Coordination Office. Thirty eight participants from the Judiciary (judges and prosecutors), Police, Coast…
EUCAP Somalia organised a Maritime Crime and Legislation Workshop in Mogadishu for the Somali INTERPOL Unit on 1-2 November 2017. Ten Somali officers who attended the workshop were trained on several topics, including: Legal Maritime concepts and Somali Maritime Legislation, international cooperation in fighting maritime crime and Human Rights and Gender. INTERPOL general mandate and…