IECEU has reviewed the current EU capabilities civilian and military efforts. It provided the current state-of-art related to EU external action institutional structure, EU conflict prevention and crisis management, civil-military synergies, success factors of effectiveness and IECEU Conceptual Framework. The purpose of IECEU Methodology was to successfully complete the effectiveness analyses from the selected case study areas (Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, DR Congo, Libya, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Occupied Palestinian Territories and Afghanistan), host policy level discussions and finally provide recommendations. The findings according to the effectiveness of CSDP missions and operations are presented in the form of Learning Application (www.ieceulearning.eu). IECEU has analysed the potential for pooling and sharing the EU external security capabilities providing a standardisation review and a review of interoperability of resources. Finally IECEU provides new solutions and recommendations tested in policy level with key end users. Altogether IECEU has organised fourteen (14) different workshops or trainings for public related to its results and achievements. IECEU analysed that conflict prevention is considered a key objective of the EU's external relations and foreign policy. Similarly, state-building processes seem most effective when a range of tools is employed, but coherence between wide-range of EU actors in humanitarian aid, development and external relations is lacking. Also the awareness of conflict prevention has been raised but that the record of action is mixed with both successes and failures. IECEU considers that EU has at its disposal, it is in a unique position to become an even stronger contributor to international peace and security. IECEU Conceptual framework considers that success factors are conditions that enhance the likelihood or level of effectiveness in EU missions/operations. Related to increasing the efficiency of the EU, and making available capabilities for the EU to deploy to crisis management and conflict prevention, widening the concept of pooling and sharing in the context of both civilian and military CSDP, can offer potential for improving the effectiveness of CSDP activities. According to IECEU research, there are (at least) a few areas that are identified as potential as well as useful for combining civilian and military capability development: communications, information, transport, protection and logistics. Moreover, the EU should map out and consider alternative models on how the CSDP missions are structured, and make better use of mixing contracted and seconded international staff.
