EU-UN Strategic Partnership
on Peacekeeping and Crisis
Management
Jibecke Joensson, Security and Defence Policy, Common
Security and Defence Policy and Crisis Response (CSDP-CR)
• Four levels of cooperation:
1) Political: Shared values and commitments - Joint Declaration, Joint
Statements
2) Strategic: Regular high-level dialogue - UN-EU Steering Committee
on Crisis Management
3) Tactical: Staff-to-staff talks – HQ to HQ, UNLOPS in Brussels & EU
DEL NYC,
4) Operational: In-theatre cooperation – Mali incl G5 Sahel Joint Force,
CAR, Somalia, Kosovo, Middle East)
UN-EU Strategic Partnership on
Peacekeeping and Crisis Management
• Reinforcing the UN-EU Strategic Partnership on Peace
Operations and Crisis Management: 2019-2021
1) Women Peace & Security
2) Cooperation between missions and operations
3) Transitions and stabilisation (mission-settings)
4) Facilitate EU Member States' contributions to UN peace operations
5) Conflict Prevention and support to political solutions (mission-settings)
6) Policing, RoL & SSR
7) Cooperation with and support to African peace operations
8) Training and capacity-building
Looking ahead: Challenges and Opportunities
• Institutional, strategic and political differences
• Growing ambitions and higher benchmarks with strained and
decreasing resources
• Large internal processes ongoing both within the EU and the UN
• Increasingly strong political and operational commitment
• Enhanced complementary and delineated roles