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necessary contacts with the various ranteed through close cooperation
authorities building relations with with the other components of the 1. https://eeas.europa.eu/csdp-missions-operations/
eucap-sahel-mali_en
local and international partners, re- mission (Evaluation Office, Repor- 2. Council decision 2014/219/CFSP, https://eur-lex.
europa.eu/eli/dec/2014/219/oj
ting, coordination & cooperation). 3. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/
PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014D0219&from=FR
He constantly has to keep a 4. Crisis Management Concept approved by the Council
on 17 March 2014 and set out in the operational
sensitive ear to the needs re- 5. planning documents approved by the Council.
https://eeas.europa.eu/csdp-missions-operations/eu-
ported by stakeholders and a cap-sahel-mali/3900/about-eucap-sahel-mali_en
watchful eye on the ground. 6. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?-
qid=1584610898537&uri=CELEX:32014D0219
The experience from the field to- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?-
qid=1584610898537&uri=CELEX:32017D0050
gether with an eye on the Call https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?-
qid=1584610898537&uri=CELEX:32018D2008
for Contribution issued by EU- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?qi-
d=1584610898537&uri=CELEX:32019D0762
CAP Sahel Mali in close coor- 7. The only notable document is “CivOpsCdr Operational
Guidelines for Monitoring, Mentoring and Advising in
dination with the CivOps Com- Civilian CSDP Missions”, eeas.cpcc(2014)4077896,
mander throughout The Civilian dated 07/11/2014, which does not focus much on the
strategic dimension of advising
Planning and Conduct Capability 8. Nadia Gerspacher “Strategic Advising in foreign
assistance - a practical guide”.
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(CPCC) of the European External 9. This configuration/structure is related to EUCAP Sahel
Mali mission
Action Service , gave the chance 10. https://eeas.europa.eu/topics/military-and-civi-
11
lian-missions-and-operations_en/5438/The%20
to practically embed the definition Civilian%20Planning%20and%20Conduct%20Capabi-
lity%20(CPCC)
and tasks of the Strategic Advisor . 11. https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquar-
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The International Conference has 12. ters-homepage_en
https://eeas.europa.eu/csdp-missions-operations/eu-
been able to set and define the cap-sahel-mali/75699/1-2020-call-contributions-eu-
ropean-union-csdp-mission-mali-eucap-sahel-mali_fr
main issues concerning the role
of the Strategic Advisor, also aca-
demically tracing and framing
the doctrinal bases that current-
ly need to be created and forma-
lized. The mix of different per-
spectives (academics, experts and
fields) has produced a positive
chemistry giving the opportuni-
ty to find a synthesis in the end.
To be mentioned are the outlining
of the procedures for mutually as-
levant players to the common game sessing police needs (relations
ruled overseas in a crisis situation, between advisor and advisee,
over an host nation, in order to how to facilitate them); the outli-
be able to carry out its tasks well. ning of effective ways to nurture
In order to run properly its tasks and local ownership and involve lo-
ensure a good coordination, the SA cal actors, and ascertain potential
acts as a collector and sole voice in advisee’s resistances and iden-
discussions with external partners tify the techniques to cope with
and tries to direct all the various them, such as active listening.
interventions of individual advi- After the conference, returning to
sers in the same direction without Mali, I was able to see and un-
neglecting the Civil Society’s part. derstand what is behind the ope-
Beyond the Capacity Building, in rational reality with the awareness
which the SA ensures a promi- of what the SA’s work and fun-
nent role, a broader vision of in- ction was and how its functions
terventions in the Security Sector could be enhanced or optimized. Capt. Nicola Carrera
Reform framework is always gua- CoESPU Training Department

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