| The Crisis Management Centre Finland (CMC Finland) and the Finnish Defence Forces International Centre (FINCENT) have launched an initiative to Establish the Finnish Centre of Expertise in Comprehensive Crisis Management. Its core tasks will be the development of civil-military relations and coordination in crisis management both for national crisis management capacity building and international crisis management missions. The Finnish Centre of Expertise will be based on the shared campus-principle with the responsibility shared between FINCENT and CMC Finland, both of which will continue functioning in their capacity as independent governmental institutions. The goal is to create clear framework for the co-operation that already exists between these two institutions. The Finnish Centre of Expertise in Comprehensive Crisis Management endeavours to develop common and shared training in crisis management as well as to promote overall understanding of comprehensive crisis management. Its tasks also include research, publishing and seminar activities. The Integrated Crisis Management training that was organised in autumn 2008 served as the pilot training of the Finnish Centre of Expertise in Comprehensive Crisis Management. For more information please contact: |