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Working Party of Foreign Relations Counsellors
Subject:
EEAS presentation on capacity building under European Peace Facility
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EPF Capacity Building

Separation between CFSP and
other Union policies
Article 40 TEU prohibits CFSP to encroach on other Union policies
(including development cooperation) and, viceversa, it also prevents
these policies from impinging on CFSP.
Moreover, it is not legally possible to have an instrument that pursues
both CFSP and development objectives, since their legal basis are
incompatible and the role of the EP different.
While all Union policies must contribute to the attainment of the overall
external action objectives of the Union as defined in Article 21 TEU,
each policy has its own primary specific objective. In the case of the
Union's development cooperation policy, it is the eradication of poverty.

The European Peace Facility
Capacity Building
The purpose of the EPF is to facilitate the financing of Union actions
having military or defence implications and pursuing CFSP objectives
(≠ development)
Its overall objective is to enhance the Union's ability to preserve peace,
prevent conflicts and strengthen international security, in accordance
with Article 21(2) (c) TEU.
EPF capacity building actions aim at strengthening the military and
defence capacities of third states, regional and international
organisations to preserve peace, to prevent, manage and resolve
conflicts and to address threats to international security.

The European Peace Facility
Capacity Building: Examples

1) Integrated Military Train and Equip
based on experience with EUTMs and SOPHIA/Libyan Coastguards:
 Support to EU military instructors (not new!)
 Support to trainees (selection/vetting; transport to/from training
site; accommodation and real life support on training site) (new!)
 Provision of equipment to CSDP-trained military units (new!)
• boots and fatigues, bullet-proof vests, basic equipment
• armoured vehicles (transport, EOD), trucks
• military communications equipment (networks, radios, satellite)
• field camp equipment, static force protection
• boats for coastguards, etc.

2) Provision of equipment outside an EUTM
 based on experience with support to G5 Sahel force
(equip 7 battalions, 2 years, 406 M€ of which 100 M€ by EU)
• HQs, accommodation: infra + maintenance + generators + IT + water
• Military communications: network, field radios, satellite, cyber
• Transport equipment: armored troop transporters, trucks for troops
• Fuel, fuel tanks, fuel trucks. Water purification, water tanks & trucks.
• Infra for air support. Medical support for troops (role 3)
• Engineer equipment and vehicles: for construction works, counter-
IED, demining robots
• Optronics (night vision)
• Arms and ammunitions

3) Building the military capacities of an int'l organisation (AU)
 Based on the experience of support to the APSA by the APF
60 M€ over 2019-2020
Support to Africa's Continental Movement Coordination Centre (CMCC)
 sharing of best practices,
 training and mentoring (in the framework of the AMANI Africa II
exercise)
 provision of IT equipment.

The European Peace Facility
Support to peace support operations by 3rd party
based on experience with APF support to AMISOM and the
Somali National Security Forces - 2019-2020: 460 M€
 Rations. Medical facilities and consumables, incl. vaccines
 Transport, travel, fuel including for deployment
 Communication equipment
 Troop allowances, per diems, salaries for the civilian component
 Not eligible under the APF:
 Military training for soldiers
 Arms, ammunitions and specific military equipment
 Soldiers' pay

Thank you for your attention!

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