1. EU MILITARY STAFF - OPERATIONS
BrigGen Herman GEENS, Dir Ops EUMS, 29 March 2012

2. Military CSDP Operations since 2003
Military (finished)
Military (ongoing)
ALTHEA, BIH,
Dec 2004, 24 Troop Contributing Nations, 7,000-1,200 Persons
CONCORDIA, FYROM
2003, 26 Troop Contributing Nations
400 Persons
ATALANTA, Indian Ocean
Dec , 20 Troop Contributing Nations,
~6 Ships, ~3 Maritime Patrol Aircraft, ~1,500 Persons
EUFOR CHAD/CAR, Chad, Central African Republic, 2008 – 2009,
26 Troop Contributing Nations, 3,500 Persons
EUTM Somalia, Uganda,
Apr 2010-Dec 2012, 12 Troop Contributing Nations,
140 Persons
ARTEMIS, Democratic Republic of Congo
2003, 16 Troop Contributing Nations
2,150 Persons
EUFOR RD Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2006, 23 Troop Contributing Nations, 2,000 Persons

3. Operation ALTHEA OpCdr : Gen Sir Richard Shirreff (NATO)
FCdr : Maj Gen Robert Brieger (AT)
Dec 2004: NATO SFOR  EUFOR
Initially 7,000 troops: now ~1,200
19 EU Member States, 5 non- EU TCN
“Berlin +” with Operation HQ at SHAPE
FHQ in Sarajevo
Main Objectives:
To support BiH efforts to maintain Safe and Secure Environment
To contribute to capacity building & training of Armed Forces of BiH.

4. Operation EUNAVFOR ATALANTA
Haradeere
Operation EUNAVFOR ATALANTA
OpCdr : Rear Admiral Duncan Potts
Launched in Dec 2008
First CSDP naval operation
Mandate extended to Dec 2014
OHQ Northwood - FHQ afloat
UNSCR 1950 (2010)
EUNAVFOR is to protect WFP shipping, other vulnerable shipping, deter, prevent and intervene in order to bring to an end acts of piracy .

5. EU Training Mission (EUTM) Somalia MCdr: Col Michael Beary (IE)
Launched Apr 2010, extended until Dec 2012
Troop strength: max 140
Currently 3rd Intake of trainees
EU MHQ Kampala + Spt Cell Brussels & Liaison Office Nairobi
Training Camp Bihanga (Uganda)
Refocused Mandate:
2 six month training periods
Training specialists, & commanders of 4 infantry companies
Train the Trainers 5 5

6. TRAINING OVERVIEW: UPDF + EUTM M UPDF LED RECRUITS E BASIC TRAINING D2
RECRUITS
BASIC TRAINING
(350)
MONTH 1
MONTH 2
MONTH 3
MONTH 4
MONTH 5
MONTH 6
NCOs
( COY Cdrs)
JUNIOR OFFICERS TRAINING (20) F I B U A M E D
C O M P A N Y C D R S + S T A F F ( )
COMMS
CLS
INFANTRY
MEDIA
UPDF LED
TRAINING OVERVIEW:
UPDF +
EUTM
EUTM LED
T R A I N T H E T R A I N E R S ( 60 )
(140)

7. EU COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH Horn of Africa
Development
Fund
EU support to RPP
EU Economic Partnership
EUTM Somalia
Joint EU-Africa Strategy
Instrument for Stability (IFS)
RMCB
EUSR
EUNAVFOR Atalanta
EU support to Regional Coop
EU support to GCTF
Political Dialogue

8. EU COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH Horn of Africa
INTERPOL AU
AMIS
AMISOM
UNPOS
IGAD
UNHCR
UN Contact Group Somalia
USA IC
NATO

9. Tasks: EUFOR Libya, if requested by the UN, will:
Operation EUFOR LIBYA
Aim: The operation was aimed at underpinning the mandates of UNSCRs 1970 and 1973.
Mission: If requested by OCHA, conduct a military operation in the framework of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in order to support humanitarian assistance in the region.
Tasks: EUFOR Libya, if requested by the UN, will: 
contribute to the safe movement and evacuation of displaced persons, 
support, with specific capabilities, the humanitarian agencies in their activities. 9

10. Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) of European Citizens
LIBYA: non-CSDP Actions
Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) of European Citizens
EU / ECHO Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) activated as EU lead for evacuation of EU Nationals from Libya
EUMS Movement Planning Cell (MPC) activated - support to MIC
EUMS  LNO to Malta (multi-national NEO Coordination Cell)
Evaluation of Third Country Nationals
Close liaison with ECHO MIC
Movement and Planning Cell (EUMS) coordinated requests for EU military assets to support evacuation of TCNs
Coordination with ECHO/MIC and IOM:
on-site Operations Coordination Centre in Tunisia
horizontal coordination on site & in Brussels
vertical coordination from Tunisia to Brussels 10

11. EU MILITARY STAFF - OPERATIONS
BrigGen Herman GEENS, Dir Ops EUMS, 29 March 2012