A major development

摘要

EU military capability development for Crisis Management Operations is just over 10 years old. The first steps in this endeavour were made with the Headline Goal 2003 and the subsequent analysis of available forces, which showed serious shortcomings -primarily in the domains of Strategic Transport, Command and Control, and Intelligence and Logistics. In 2004, the European Defence Agency (EDA) was established with the mission to 'support the Council and the member states in their efforts to improve the EU's defence capabilities in the field of crisis management and to sustain the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) as it stands now and develops in the future'. In order to have a solid and coherent approach that would encourage member states to undertake collaborative actions in prioritised capability areas, the EU Capability Development Plan (CDP) was devised.