published by András István Türke on Wed, 01/03/2017 - 00:00
On March 1 st EUCAP Nestor, the European Union Maritime Capacity Building Mission to Somalia, will be renamed “EUCAP Somalia”, the EU Capacity Building Mission in Somalia.
A Council decision published on December 12th 2016 in the Official Journal of the European Union, states in article 1, EUCAP Somalia has been established as a Capacity Building Mission in Somalia.
Missions and operations of the CSDP (en) / PSDC (fr) / GSVP (de) and former ESDP (en) / PESD (fr) / ESVP (de). There are 3 types : military, civil or civil-military. With regard to the major categories, the EU carries out (rather military) operations , the "... FOR", and (rather civilian) missions. The missions include: police missions (...POL), rule of law missions (...LEX and ...JUST), training missions (...TM), border assistance missions (...BAM), military advisory missions (...MAM), monitoring missions (...MM) and capacity building missions (... CAP).