Optimization of Civil-military Synergies in the Field of Crisis Management

Resumo

It is recognized, conflicts cannot be overcome only by military capabilities. Setbacks in some operations put pressure on stakeholders to come up with common views on how to better combine civil and military capabilities. Different concepts and approaches to civil-military cooperation have emerged among international organizations and nations. There are some important obstacles and difficulties to develop a common understanding to coordinate and implement policies to cope with challenges of crisis response operations in the new strategic environment. Sharing of information between military and civilian actors is one of the fundamentals to have common situational awareness. This includes a good knowledge of military and civilian capabilities available to achieve common objectives. And the way forward is new concepts, organizations, procedures and training.