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CSDP Mission Analysis Partnership
www.csdpmap.eu
ISIS Europe established CSDP MAP in 2008, which has been designed to fill a gap and a niche by collating think tank,
research institute, NGO, government and EU institutional work on CSDP into one-place. CSDP MAP now has 21
partners across Europe and growing.
CSDP MAP is particularly important with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty on 1 December 2009. The CSDP MAP
webportal gives quick access and policy input on :
Outline and chronological timeline of CSDP and EU missions. We see a shift in security and crisis
management towards an increase in civilian crisis management with a human security and peacebuilding focus (12 of
the current 14 CSDP and EU missions are “civilian”). This part of CSDP MAP gives direct access to EU documentation
and policy, as well as partner analysis, figures and reports on CSDP missions.
EU structure. One page, all the links. Council, Commission, EP, EU agencies - for anything related to the EU's
External Relations (security and associated).
Country analysis. Partners’ work and research in countries that have an EU mission present are provided, giving
a broad and analytical view - from the perspective of Member States and stakeholders on the ground - as to the country
and regional contexts.
Thematics. This aspect of CSDP MAP provides links to research on various thematics involved in CSDP, amongst
them: fragile states; early warning; conflict analysis & prevention; fact finding & assessment; structures & policies;
financing; peacebuilding; sec-dev nexus; mediation; monitoring; R2P; human rights; gender; SSR; DDRRR; piracy;
capacities & capabilities; civmil; lessons identified; oversight; private sector..... In particular, links with and coordination
between the global actors involved in security, crisis management and peacebuilding – both internationally (i.e.
synergies with UN and AU work); internally (NGOs and civil society) and transnationally (alliances with the EU and US
through international bodies, as well as coalitions and through NATO).
In the next phase of CSDP MAP, we will be developing:
How military and civilian crisis management missions are affecting and perceived by those they are sent to assist.
And whether these missions are actually effective for civilians, with input from the field.
CSDP MAP partners as of February 2010
CICS Bradford University, UK; Clingendael, the Netherlands; CMI, Finland; DCAF, Geneva; ECFR, UK; EGMONT,
Belgium; EPC, Brussels; FRIDE, Spain; Fundacion Alternativas (OPEX), Spain; GRIP, Belgium; ICG, Brussels;
InCompass International, Madrid; IRIS, France; ISIS Europe, Belgium; IFSH, Germany; IAI, Italy; Noref, Norway;
SIPRI, Sweden; SWP, Germany; UNIDIR, Geneva; ZIF, Germany.
For more information, please contact csdpmap@isis-europe.org or +32 2 230 7446
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European Security Review no. 48, February 2010, ISIS Europe page 19