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The Crisis and Support Centre Emergency Diplomacy FRENCH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT The Crisis and Support Centre Emergency diplomacy The Crisis and Support Centre Contents The Crisis and Support Centre 3 Its roles 4 A network of interministerial and international partners 4 Structure of the Crisis and Support Centre 5 The Crisis and Support Centre in figures 6 Administration and logistics 7 A unit dedicated to crisis logistics 7 Preparedness and Partnerships Unit 9 Crisis preparedness 10 Partnerships and support for French businesses in crisis theatres 10 The Situation Centre 11 Monitoring and analysis 12 Analysing risks and planning France’s response 13 Supporting French businesses abroad 14 Developing French expertise abroad 15 Services for users 16 Conseils aux voyageurs (Travellers’ advice) 16 Ariane 16 Emergency operations 17 Managing consular crises 18 Opening of a crisis unit 18 A hotline to inform the public 18 Deployment of field missions in crisis situations 19 Prospects of more, increasingly diverse crises 20 Handling deaths and disappearances abroad 21 Medical expertise 22 The Humanitarian Action Mission 23 France’s emergency humanitarian response 24 Fostering humanitarian diplomacy 24 Partnerships supporting France’s humanitarian action 25 With the United Nations 25 With the European Union 25 With NGOs 25 With businesses 26 At interministerial level 27 Ministry of the Interior 27 Ministry of Health and Social Affairs 27 Ministry of Defence 27 With local government bodies 28 Financial instruments 29 Emergency Humanitarian Fund (FUH) 29 The FACECO 29 The FDC 29 Stabilization Unit 31 2 The Crisis and Support Centre The Crisis and Support Centre is responsible for monitoring, anticipating, warning about, and managing crises that occur abroad and require either a response to an event that threatens the security of French nationals abroad or emergency humanitarian action. It is also responsible for supporting post-crisis stabilization. French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development 3 The Crisis and Support Centre Its roles In a world made more unstable by development of risks and threats and, In this respect it has six major roles: increasing numbers of crises and where in some cases, launch emergency more and more French nationals live operations. The Crisis and Support • 24-hour global monitoring; and travel abroad, the capacity of the Centre (CDSC) is placed directly • anticipation of crises; government to respond to crisis situa- under the authority of the Minister • analysis and monitoring of emergency tions is a key component of French of Foreign Affairs and International situations; external policy. Development and is competent to • preparation of the French authorities’ handle crises which threaten the response plans; Since 2008, the Ministry of Foreign safety of French nationals abroad • conducting operations on the ground Affairs and International Development and for humanitarian crises. It is also during crises; (MAEDI) has established a crisis mana- responsible for supporting post-crisis • post-crisis stabilization. gement tool allowing it to monitor the stabilization. A network of interministerial and international partners The CDCS mobilizes and coordinates all the resources of the MAEDI and other government departments in the event of a crisis abroad. It works in close liaison with a network of ministerial partners: the General Secretariat for Defence and National Security (SGDSN), the Ministry of Defence’s Operations Planning and Conduct Centre (CPCO), the Ministry of the Interior’s Operational Centre for Interministerial Monitoring of Crises (COGIC), and the Ministry of Health’s Public Establishment for Health Emer- gency Preparation and Response (EPRUS). The Crisis Centre is also an extremely active partnership cluster for all those who handle crisis situations outside France in one way or another, including NGOs, businesses and local government, as well as French nationals who live or travel abroad, their elected representatives, UN and European organizations, and foreign crisis centres. 4 Structure oftheCrisisandSupportCentre Structure Secretariat DIRECTOR Health Unit Directorate Secretariat Department Secretariats External Relations (Communication, Training and Lessons Learned) Budget, Administrative CAD Deputy Director and Logical Support Unit Preparedness and Emergency Operations Humanitarian Situation Centre Stabilization Usnit Partnerships Unit Centre Action Mission Analysis Crisis Preparedness Individual Cases Unit Geographical Sectors Governance support and Planning Unit Monitoring Unit Emergency Situation Multilateral Partnerships Support Unit Civil society support Partnerships EU Co-ordination with NGOs, local government and businesses Relations with businesses and operators Mapping 5 French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development TheCentre Crisis de criseand Support et de soutien Centre The Crisis and Support Centre in figures 72 specialists in crisis management (diplomats, analysts, operational experts, humanitarian experts, logistics experts, doctor, psychologist). 268 crisis situations since 2008* Operational 24 /7 38 in 2008 50 in 2009 Over 8 million 61 in 2010 visits per year to the « Conseils aux voyageurs » pages 46 in 2011 An annual operational budget of 25 in 2012 € 2,6 million, more than half 25 in 2013 of which is made available to French embassies and consulates. 23 in 2014 * Corresponding to the official opening of a crisis unit. An Emergency Humanitarian Fund of about € 100 million since 2008 0 Amount spent (euros) 8,366,000 9,660,000 9,207,000 10,900,00 8,455,000 35,306,611 15,470,402 11,939,634 14,820,762 9,767,822 8,652,137 9,000,000 12,216,468 8,455,000 Initial budget (euros) 15,240,138 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 6 Administration and logistics A unit dedicated to crisis logistics The Budget, Administrative and These budgetary resources can ensure This unit is also responsible for Logistical Support Unit manages an the payment of stocks of staples, organizing chartering of ships and operational budget which is adapted medicines (first aid kits, vaccines, etc.), aircraft for humanitarian transports to crisis situations based on the needs communications equipment, various and evacuations, as well as delivering and emergencies encountered by equipment and items needed in case humanitarian freight to affected areas. French embassies and consulates. of crisis (to equip rally points, for CBRN protection, specific medicines such as iodine tablets). French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development 7 The Crisis and Support Centre 8 Preparedness and Partnerships Unit The Preparedness and Partnerships Unit has two main areas of action: preparing for eventual crises, particularly in countries with French interests, and support for the positioning of expertise and French businesses in post-crisis stabilization theatres. This unit therefore supports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development’s economic diplomacy policy. French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development 9 Centre de crise et de soutien Crisis preparedness The Crisis and Support Centre works warning system, SYAL, designed to analysis of structural causes of des- ahead to prepare for eventual crises, prepare for eventual crises by imple- tabilization, the study of their recur- particularly in countries home to menting a comprehensive approach. rence, and factors that spark crises. French interests. Experience from recent crises shows that risk factors do not come only in Better predicting crises helps better For this purpose, the Preparedness the form of political and security issues: prepare the response to make to and Partnerships Unit, which is an risk analysis and crisis response based them. The aim is also to support poli- interministerial coordinating structure, on a comprehensive approach thus tical reflection and decision-making, is responsible for work to prepare for need to take into account factors of in order to best utilize the cooperation eventual crises, assessing destabiliza- differing nature, such as economic, resources implemented in the countries tion risks in the 163 countries where social, religious and environmental where France decides to work. France has diplomatic representation. factors. Understanding crises there- In particular, it has developed an early fore requires the ability to link up the Partnerships and support for French businesses in crisis theatres The Preparedness and Partnerships dinates and mobilizes all soft power Unit puts economic stakes in crisis instruments to help promote French theatres at the forefront of its action, economic interests. in cooperation with the operators By strengthening its expertise in UN concerned. and EU contracts in particular, it aims to provide businesses with its support Drawing on its knowledge of crisis in order to ensure a French response theatres and local players, the Prepa- to calls for tenders on crisis and post- redness and Partnerships Unit coor- crisis theatres. 10 The Situation Centre The Situation Centre carries out permanent monitoring of events abroad, analysing risks and threats and planning for crisis responses. French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development 11 The Crisis and Support Centre Monitoring and analysis The Monitoring Unit provides a 24- At night and on weekends, the and security monitoring; hour watch and alert. Monitoring Unit is the Ministry of • responds to protocol and consular Foreign Affairs and International emergences
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