About Australian Civil-Military Centre
ACMC Mission
To support the development of national civilmilitary-police capabilities to prevent, prepare for and respond more effectively to conflicts and disasters overseas'. This has been the mission of the ACMC since formation and is written into the original cabinet minute establishing the centre.
ACMC Vision
To be Australia’s leading innovator in joining up civil-military-police cooperation for international crisis management.
Australian Civil-Military Centre Team
Resources
Australian deployed women are excelling in a multitude of ways and the importance of their contribution to peace and security operations should not be underestimated. This report by The University of Queensland examines deployment experiences from the perspective of women, and cross references them with the accounts of men.
This brief publication is an introduction to the complex business of civil-military-police integration. Hopefully, you will read it prior to an exercise, not an operation. But in either case it provides good advice. Many people have gone where you are going, and this is the distillation of their experience.
Following on from the ACMC Australian Guidelines for the Protection of Civilians (2015) this handbook aims to provide the ‘what’, the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ of protecting civilians in violent contexts and is intended for people working at the operational level including government, NGOs, UN and other organisations.
The Regional Consultative Group (RCG) on Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination (CMCoord) for Asia and the Pacific is a key forum for supporting and elevating coordination, building relationships, and sharing learning to enhance and strengthen emergency response.
Papua New Guinea’s (PNG’s) private security industry has grown rapidly in recent decades and is now one of the country’s largest employers. This report details the industry’s current characteristics including its contribution to the PNG economy, its relationship with the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC), and the current regulatory environment.
In response to overseas natural or manmade disasters and complex emergencies, defence forces, police, government agencies and the aid community often find themselves operating in the same physical space as one another. Unfortunately, a lack of understanding and confusion over stakeholder roles, responsibilities, cultures and terminologies can impede communication and coherency in program implementation, leading to reduced effectiveness in meeting the needs of the host population.