Responses to catastrophic disasters and complex security challenges in the Indo-Pacific require a coordinated, joined-up response, drawing on broad-ranging civil-military-police expertise.
How does each organisation fit into the broader picture to meet the needs of the communities being served?
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ACMC hosted representatives from various Timor-Leste disaster response agencies in Darwin to share experiences and knowledge on civil, military and police coordination in disaster response.
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Communication and Complex Emergencies - A Resource Guide
This guide examines the broad topic of communication and its role in a range of different humanitarian and complex emergency situations.
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The Australian Civil-Military Centre (ACMC) is following whole-of-government guidance from the Australian Department of Health and the Prime Minister’s Office in relation to COVID-19, and is monitoring the situation with a priority on the health and wellbeing of its staff and of the general community.
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Short Messaging in Complex Emergencies: A Rapid Guide
The Communication and Complex Emergencies Project is a multi-phase collaboration between the University of Adelaide’s Applied Communication Collaborative Research Unit and the Australian Civil-Military Centre.
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The Australian Civil-Military Centre hosted a roundtable discussion on 18 January for the visiting outgoing International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Delegation to South Sudan, Mr Francois Stamm, along with Australian ICRC
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Civil-Military-Police Language Guide: Promoting shared understanding
The civil-military-police community is as diverse as it is broad. It contains a wide range of actors who employ a variety of methodologies and techniques, use unique equipment and often pursue different objectives in service of different masters.
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Public servants from the Australian and New Zealand governments, and civil society personnel attended the two-day Civil-Military-Police Interaction Workshop (CMPIW) in Canberra on 18 and 19 June. The aim of the CMPIW was to build capacity and knowledge among mid-career professionals by exposing delegates to a range of tools, exercises and case studies on civil-military-police coordination.