The EU's Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP)
About the IcSP
The Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) is the EU's main instrument supporting security initiatives and peace-building activities in partner countries.
The IcSP can provide short-term assistance, for example in countries where a crisis is unfolding, or long-term support, notably to mitigate a variety of risks, tackle global and transborder threats, and build capacity for lasting socio-economic development. Its activities complement those of the European Union's geographical instruments.
The long-term component aims to assist in addressing global and trans-regional threats and emerging threats.
Among these threats is mitigation of and preparedness against risks, whether of an intentional, accidental or natural origin, related to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials or agents (CBRN).
The EU intervention in this field is managed as part of the framework of the EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence (CoE) Initiative.
Within this Group, we are mainly interested in this aspect - described in the short presentation video below (from 02:40):