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NOTE From: European Union Military Committee To: Political and Security Committee No. Prev. doc.: – Subject: EUMC Interoperability Study – Final Report
Delegations will find attached the EUMC Interoperability Study – Final Report, which was agreed by the EUMC on 25 November 2009.
The EUMC recommends that the PSC take note of this document.
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Conseil UE
EUMC INTEROPERABILITY STUDY (IOS)
FINAL REPORT
Table of Content
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REFERENCES 1:
A. Doc 6805/03, Defining the EU Capability Development Mechanism – CDM, dated 26 February 2003. B. Doc 6309/6/04 REV 6, Headline Goal 2010, dated 04 May 2004. C. ITM /2.1/535/UE, Italian FFT paper – An initial approach to improve military interoperability, dated 04 July 2007. D. Doc 14102/1/07, Outcome of Proceedings EUMC 17 October 2007, dated 22 October 2007. E. Doc 14299/07, Progress Catalogue 2007, dated 31 October 2007. F. EL REPER FAX REF. 505, FFT: An EU Interoperability Study Orientation, dated 20 February 2008. G. Doc ST 9077/08, Strand D input to the Capability Development Plan, dated 05 May 2008. H. Doc 12162/08, Outcome of Proceedings EUMC 23 July 2008, dated 24 July 2008. I. Doc 12226/08, Terms of Reference for the EUMC Interoperability Study, dated 25 July 2008. J. Doc 13886/08, Roadmap for the EUMC Interoperability Study, dated 6 October 2008. K. Doc 16531/08, The Methodology for Measuring Progress and Reviewing Priorities, dated 28 November 2008. L. CON/CAP 2959/09, Draft EUMC Interoperability Study-Phase I Report, dated 30 March 2009. M. Doc 11499/09, Draft EUMC Interoperability Study – Phase II Report, dated 1 July 2009 N. Doc 11206/09, The First Lessons Learnt Report from the HLG 2010 process, dated 22 June 2009. O. SE/HTF 29-09 DOC 29.02, Draft EUMC Interoperability Study – Phase II Report - Annexes A and B, dated 15 July 2009. P. Doc 13166/09, EU Military Concept Development Implementation Programme 2009-2011 (CDIP 09-11), dated 21 September 2009. Q. Doc 15300/09, The EUMC Prioritisation of Capability Shortfalls 2009, dated 3 November 2009.
1 A separate list of sources that has been examined, for the derivation of Interoperability Requirements, can be found in Annex F.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This Final Report on the EUMC Interoperability Study, assessed interoperability in the framework of HLG 2010, from a military perspective, with a view to contributing to capability development.
In Headline Goal 2010, Interoperability was recognised as a key criterion which, could not be assessed during the production of the Progress Catalogue (PC07). In order to take forward this important issue, it was recommended in PC 07 that an interoperability study be undertaken.
Consequently, on 17 October 2007, the EUMC tasked the EUMCWG/HTF to conduct the EUMC Interoperability Study. Terms of Reference and Roadmap were agreed by the EUMC. The purpose of the study was to assess the interoperability issue within the framework of HLG2010 -from a military perspective- with a view to contributing to capability development.
The Study was conducted in four phases, over three Presidencies, with support from subject matter experts from MS and multinational organisations, in order to achieve four objectives.
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A. INTRODUCTION
1. This document is the Final Report on the EUMC Interoperability Study, which was initiated during the second semester of 2008.
2. The EUMC Interoperability Study has assessed interoperability in the framework of HLG 2010, from a military perspective, with a view to contributing to capability development.
B. BACKGROUND
3. The task, given from the Headline Goal 2010 (HLG 2010) in line with the European Security Strategy, was “ to apply a systemic approach in the development of the necessary military capabilities, aiming at creating synergies between Member States' forces in order to enhance the ability of the EU to respond more rapidly and effectively to crises ”. Furthermore, the HLG 2010 states that “ Interoperability but also deployability and sustainability will be at the core of Member States efforts and will be the driving factors of this goal 2010. The Union will thus need forces, which are more flexible, mobile and interoperable… ”.
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5. Based on MS proposals and EUMC discussions, the EUMC tasked (on 17 October 2007) the EUMCWG/HTF to conduct the EUMC Interoperability Study. Terms of Reference (Ref. I) and a Roadmap (Ref. J) for the study were agreed by the EUMC. The EUMCWG/HTF has provided progress reports to the EUMC on the 31 March 2009 (Phase I report) and on the 17 June 2009 (Phase II report). In addition, the presidency has informed the EUMC on the completion of Phase II on the 15 July 2009.
C. AIM
6. The purpose of the study is to assess the interoperability issue in the framework of HLG2010, from a military perspective, with a view to contributing to capability development.
D. OBJECTIVES
7. The objectives of the study are:
a. To identify EU interoperability issues concerning EU led military operations. This should include levels of interoperability and CivMil aspects from a military perspective;
b. To appraise the current situation for the EU regarding those issues, in order to derive potential areas of improvement where the EU should bring an added value;
c. To make recommendations for improvements of interoperability for the EU;
d. To provide additional inputs to the HLG 2010 Lessons Learned process.
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ANNEX F
LIST OF SOURCES 2001 1. Exercise Policy of the European Union (8373/1/01 REV 1, dated 8 May 2001)
2002 2. CIS Concept for EU Crisis management (8665/02, dated 6 May 2002) 3. EU Framework Nation Concept (11278/02, dated 25 July 2002) 4. Draft guidelines for ESDP Crisis Response Information Activities (13817/02, dated 18 November 2002)
2003 5. Suggestions for procedures for coherent, comprehensive EU crisis management (11127/03, dated 3 July 2003) 6. Crisis Management Procedures (CMP) (aka the "snake") is well established. "Suggestions for procedures for coherent, comprehensive EU crisis management" (1127/03, dated 3 July 2003) 7. Draft EU Training Policy in ESDP (14176/2/03, dated 7 November 2003) 8. Civil Military Co-ordination (CMCO) ( 14457/03, dated 7 November 2003)
2004 9. European Union Exercise Concept (9329/04, dated 7 May 2004) 10. EU Special Operations Forces Planning Guide (EUMC Meeting Document No. 20/1/04 REV1, dated 22 July 2004) 11. Final Report ECAP Project Group "Interoperability for Evacuation and Humanitarian Assistance Operations", The Permanent Military Representative of Belgium to the Military Committee of the EU, dated 28 July 2004 12. Draft EU Training Concept in ESDP (11970/04, dated 30 August 2004)
2005 13. Military Information Security Concept for EU-led Crisis Management Operations (ST 6630/05, dated 21 February 2005) 14. EU MALE/HALE UAV Concept of Employment (10832/05, dated 5 July 2005) 15. EU Concept for ESDP support to Security Sector Reform (SSR) (12566/4/05, dated 13 October 2005)
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16. Draft EU Concept for Comprehensive Planning (13983/05, dated 3 November 2005) 17. Requirements Catalogue (RC05) (13732/05, dated 7 November 2005)
2006 18. Supplement to the RC 05 (13076/1/05 REV 1, dated 23 January 2006) 19. Use of Force Concept for EU-led Military Crisis Management Operations - 1st revision (6877/06, dated 28 February 2006) 20. Draft manual on EU crisis coordination (8612/06, dated 24 April 2006) 21. Civil-Military Co-ordination: Framework paper of possible solutions for the management of EU Crisis Management Operations (8926/06, dated 2 May 2006) 22. EU OPERATION HEADQUARTERS STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (OHQ SOPs) VERSION 4.0, dated 8 June 2006 23. Host Nation Support (HNS) Concept for EU-led Military Crisis Management Operations, Revision 1 (10603/06, dated 15 June 2006) 24. Guidelines on Consular protection of EU Citizens in third Countries (10109/2/06, dated 16 June 2006) 25. EU FORCE HEADQUARTERS STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (FHQ SOPs) VERSION 3.0, dated 30 June 2006 26. EU Battlegroup Concept (13618/06, dated 5 October 2006) 27. EUMS Lessons Process (ELPRO) (IC 01-10/16 OPS 129/06, dated 12 October 2006 28. Civil-Military Co-ordination (CMCO): Possible solutions for the management of EU Crisis Management Operations - Improving information sharing in support of EU crisis management operations (13218/5/06, dated 31 October 2006) 29. Draft EU Concept for Support to Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) (16387/06, dated 06 December 2006) 30. Closer consular cooperation (16231/06, dated 06 December 2006) 31. Co-ordination and coherence between the EU Special Representative (EUSR), the EU military operation (EUFOR-Althea) and the EU Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH: Case study and Recommendations for the future (16770/06, dated 15 December 2006)
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2007 32. ISTAR Concept for EU Crisis Management and EU-led Crisis Management Operations, Revision 1 (7759/07, dated 23 March 2007) 33. Doctrine General Military Review 2007 #01, Ministère de la Défense - Armée de Terre, Table of Contents nbr. 11, Interoperability the Challenge, dated April 2007. 34. Health and Medical Support Concept for Military EU-led Crisis Management (10901/07, dated 15 June 2007) 35. Mainstreaming Human Rights and Gender into European Security and Defence Policy - Compilation of relevant documents (11359/07, dated 29 June 2007) 36. IT FFT paper - An initial approach to improve military interoperability (ITM/2.1/535/UE, dated 04 July 2007) 37. Military Engineering Concept for EU-led Military Crisis Management Operations (11853/07, dated 13 July 2007) 38. EU Maritime Rapid Response Concept (15294/07, dated 15 November 2007) 39. Euro-Interoperability: the effective military interoperability of European Armed Forces, DGE Policies of the Union - Policy Department External Policies. Publisher: European Parliament, authors: Yves Boyer, Julian Lindley-French, dated 19 November 2007 40. Global Overview of Information Exchange Requirements (16222/07, dated 5 December 2007) 41. EU Air Rapid Response Concept (16838/07, dated 21 December 2007)
2008 42. The EUMS Lessons Management Application (ELMA) User Manual, VERSION 1.00, dated 08 February 2008 43. EUMS Report on CDP Strand D Validation Forum I, (PLP 8617/08, dated 13 February 2008) 44. EL FFT: An EU Interoperability Study Orientation, (FAX REF 505, dated 20 Feb 2008) 45. EU Concept for Military Information Operations (6917/08, dated 25 February 2008) 46. EU Concept for Psychological Operations (7314/08, dated 5 March 2008) 47. EUMS Report on CDP Strand D validation Forum II, (9668/08, dated 25 March 2008) 48. EUMS Proposal on the CDP Strand D findings, (10128/08, dated 4 April 2008) 49. Strand D input to the CDP, (10432/1/08, dated 25 April 2008) 50. EU Concept for CBRN EOD in EU-led Military Operations (8948/08, dated 29 April 2008 51. EUMS Proposal on the CDP Strand D conclusions from EDA Study on LL from Lebanon War 2006, (11335/08, dated 15 May 2008)
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52. 20080612 Briefing EUMSMC, NATO Standardization Agency (NSA), presented and distributed to the EUMCWG/HTF on the 12 June 2008. 53. EU Concept for Military Planning at the Political and Strategic level (10687/08, dated 16 June 2008) 54. EU Concept for Military Command and Control (10688/08, dated 16 June 2008) 55. EU Concept for Force Generation (10690/08, dated 16 June 2008) 56. EU Concept for Logistic Support for EU-led Military Operations (10963/08, dated 19 June 2008) 57. EU Concept for Strategic Movement and Transportation for EU-led Military Operations (10967/08, dated 19 June 2008) 58. EU Concept for Reception, Staging, Onward Movement & Integration (RSOM&I) for EU-led Military Operations (10971/08, dated 19 June 2008) 59. EU Concept for Military Intelligence Structures in EU Crisis Management and EU-led military operations (10990/08, dated 19 June 2008) 60. EU Concept for Geospatial Information (11124/08, dated 25 June 2008). 61. EU Concept for CIS for EU-led Military Operations. (11702/08, dated 10 July 2008) 62. EU Concept for Civil-Military Co-operation (CIMIC) for EU-led Military Operations (11716/08, dated 11 July 2008) 63. EU Concept for the Detection, Identification and Monitoring (DIM) of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) and Toxic Industrial Materials (TIM) in EU-LED Military Operations (12783/08, dated 8 September 2008) 64. EUMS Proposal regarding the European carrier Group Interoperability Initiative (ECGII), (15102/08ADB/mk1, dated 3 Nov 2008)
2009 65. European Union Concept for Special Operations (5698/09, dated 23 January 2009). 66. Force Catalogue 2009 (8509/09, dated 15 April 2009) 67. EU Military Rapid Response Concept (5654/01/09 REV1, dated 27 April 2009) 68. EU HQ Training Guide, dated 30 April 2009. 69. FINABEL Focused Question Tango 2: Priority Interoperability Recommendations for FINABEL member states units likely to be engaged in EU operations. FINABEL contribution to HTF Interoperability Study, distributed on the 4 th September 2009 ______
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ANNEX G
LIST OF ACRONYMS (ABBREVIATIONS)
ACRONYM DESCRIPTION
A/C Aircraft
AAR Air to Air Refuelling
ADAMS Allied Deployment and Movement System
AEJPT Advanced European Jet Pilot Training
AEW&C Airborne Early Warning and Control
AGSR Airborne to Ground Surveillance and Reconnaissance
AGSR- Air to Ground Surveillance and Reconnaissance – Ground Moving Target GMTI/SAR Indicator / Synthetic Aperture Radar
ALSS Advanced Logistic Support Site
AOO Area Of Operations
AOR Area of Responsibility
APOD Airport of Disembarkation
ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare
ATGM Anti-Tank Guide Missile
ATM Anti-Tank Mine
BBK Bare Base Kit
BG Battle Group
BMEWS Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
C2 Command and Control
C4 Command Control Communications and Computers
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ACRONYM DESCRIPTION
C4I Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence
CA Comprehensive Approach
CAP Combat Air Patrol
CAS Close Air Support
CBRN Chemical-Biological-Radiological-Nuclear
CCIS Command and Control Information System
CDIP Concept Development Implementation Programme
CDM Capability Development Mechanism
CDP Capability Development Plan
CHG Civilian Headline Goal
CI Counter Intelligence
CIED Counter- Improvised Explosive Device
CIS Communication and Information System
CIVMIL Civil-Military
CJCPP Combined Joint Capability Planning Panel
CM Crisis Management
CMO Crisis Management Operations
CNO Computer Network Operations
COMINT Communications Intelligence
CS Combat Support
CSAR Combat Search and Rescu
CSS Combat Service Support
CV Aircraft Carrier
DCA Defensive Counter Air
DLRC Detailed List of Required Capabilities
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ACRONYM DESCRIPTION
DMP Decision Making Planning
DOB Dispersed Operating Base
EADTF Extended Air Defence Task Force
EATF European Air Transport Fleet
ECAP European Capabilities Action Plan
ELINT Electronic Intelligence
ELMA EUMS Lessons Management Application
EO Evacuation Operation
EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EOIR Electro-Optical/Infra-Red
ESDP European Security and Defence Policy
ESS European Security Strategy
EU European Union
EUMC European Union Military Committee
EUMS European Union Military Staff
EW Electronic Warfare
FC 07 Force Catalogue 2007
FFT Food For Thought
FHQ Force Headquarters
France Italie Netherlands Allemagne Belgique Luxembourg (acronym of the initial FINABEL letter of the nations founding the organisation)
FLS Forward Logistic Site
FMB Forward Mounting Base
FP Force Protection
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ACRONYM DESCRIPTION
FPP Force Planning Process
H High Operational Risk
HA Assistance to Humanitarian Operations
Helo Tpt Helicopter Transport
HGQ Headline Goal Questionnaire
HHC 02 Helsinki Headline Catalogue 2002
HLG 2010 Headline Goal 2010
HNS Host Nation Support
HPC 03 Helsinki Progress Catalogue 2003
HQ Headquarters
HUMINT Human Intelligence
Hy Heavy
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation
IDFR Initial Deployment Force Requirement
IDT Integrated Development Team
IED Improvised Explosive Device
IEDD Improvised Explosive Devices Disposal
IER Information Exchange Requirements
IMINT Imagery Intelligence
IO International Organisation
IOS Interoperability Study
IPU Integrated Police Unit
IS Illustrative Scenarios
ISR Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
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ACRONYM DESCRIPTION
ISTAR Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance
JIP Joint Investment Programmes
JOA Joint Operations Area
L Low Operational Risk
LI Lessons Identified
LOC Lines of Communications
LRRP Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol
M Moderate Operational Risk
MARRC Maritime Rapid Response Concept
Med Medium
MEDEVAC Medical Evacuation
MIC Multinational Interoperability Council
MJLC Multinational Joint Logistics Centre
MNE Multinational Experiments
MP Military Police
MPA Maritime Patrol Aircraft
MS Member States
MSU Multinational Specialised Unit
N No Operational Risk
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NC3A NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency
NEC Network Enabled Capabilities
NFZ No Fly Zone
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NSE National Support Element
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ACRONYM DESCRIPTION
OCA Offensive Counter Air
OHQ Operational Headquarters
OICA Operating Implications of a Comprehensive Approach
OPFOR Opposing Force
OPS Operations
OPSEC Operations Security
PAI Potential Areas of Improvement
PC 07 Progress Catalogue 2007
PG Project Group
POL Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants
PSC Political and Security Committee
PT Project Teams
PTHTF Portuguese Presidency Headline Goal Task Force
QL Quality related shortfall
QT Quantity related shortfall
RC 05 Requirements Catalogue 2005
RMP Recognised Maritime Picture
RPG Rocket Propelled Grenade
RRAI Rapid Response Air Initiative
RSOM Reception, Staging and Onward Movement
RU Reference Unit
SA Situation Awareness
SAE Scrutinising Assessing Evaluating
SALIS Strategic Airlift Interim Solution
SAR Search and Rescue
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ACRONYM DESCRIPTION
SEAD Suppression of Enemy Air Defences
SIGINT Signal Intelligence
SJ/ESJ Stand Off Jamming/Escort Jamming
SLOC Sea Lines of Communication
SOP Standing / Standard Operating Procedure
SOPF Separation of Parties by Force
SPA Strategic Planning Assumptions
SPOD Seaport of Disembarkation
SR Stabilisation and Reconstruction
TBMD Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence
TFR Total Force Requirement
TPLS Third Party Logistic Support
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UCAV Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle
UE Union Européenne
V Very High Operational Risk
WAN Wide Area Network
WOC Wing Operations Centre
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