Over the course of 2022, EUAM Iraq has facilitated three workshops, engaging experts from the European Union from the Finnish Border Guard, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency as well as Europol to share ...

EUAM Iraq, in partnership with the Federal Investigation and Intelligence Agency (FIIA), has launched a Train the Trainer Program on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) - a key initiative to establish a sustainable, Iraqi-led training capacity to...

On 14-15 December 2022, EUAM Iraq convened a two-day technical workshop for developing a pilot Iraqi national database of stolen and missing cultural heritage artifacts. 30 participants from relevant institutions such as the State Board of Antiquitie...

This means more police in the cities and fewer military units. The Mission's most important partner - the Iraqi Ministry of Interior - is one of the leading ministries of this transition.Whether human rights-based policing, crisis management or c...

As part of an ongoing cooperation between the EU Advisory Mission in Iraq (EUAM Iraq) and the Office of the National Security Advisor (ONSA) to advise on implementation of the national strategies on Counterterrorism (CT) and Countering Violent Extrem...

It takes strong and coordinated networks of actors at the national and local levels to defeat terrorist or radicalised networks. To highlight the importance of the multi-agency approach in countering violent extremism (CVE), EUAM Iraq coordinated a s...

EUAM Iraq’s Gender and Human Rights Adviser conducted a workshop on Women Integration in Intelligence Operations, attended by four male and 12 female participants from the Federal Investigation and Intelligence Agency (FIIA), Iraqi Ministry of ...

Silvia Chiarelli is a seconded international expert in conflict and post-conflict contexts from Italy, who joined the Mission as Head of the Planning, Reporting and Evaluation Section in September 2023. Briefly describe your career and tell us w...

A high-level delegation from Brussels headed by Stefano Tomat, EU Civilian Operations Commander, has held several meetings with Iraqi senior government leaders and international officials since arriving on 6 December in Baghdad on a two-day tour, als...

The National Security Advisor, H.E. Qasim Al-Araji, invited EUAM Iraq, the EU Delegation, EU Member States and other key international and national stakeholders to honour the efforts of CVE, but also to commemorate the victims of terrorism and discus...

During a ceremony held at EUAM Iraq’s headquarters in Baghdad on 5 December, 26 Mission Members from 13 EU countries were awarded the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Service Medal on behalf of the High Representative and Vice Presiden...

The government's move towards a more civilian approach to security also means that police education needs to be even more strongly tailored to civilian aspects and the new tasks. Against this background, the Mission organised and accompanied...

Head of Mission Anders Wiberg today briefed the European Union's Ambassadors at the meeting of the Council of the European Union's Political and Security Committee (PSC) in Brussels on the Mission's progress in supporting the Government o...

EUAM Iraq’s Senior Strategic Advisers on Command & Control and Crisis Management, on Planning and Strategy, on Security Sector Reform (SSR) and on the Prevention of Violent Extremism, together with the Human Rights and Women Empowerment Adv...

EUAM Iraq Senior Strategic Advisers held a four-day Command and Control/Crisis Management workshop for 30 Iraqi senior police commanders who will be in charge of supervising the security of this high-profile event to be held in Basra from 6 to 19 Jan...

Supporting governorates in their role of disrupting extremist groups is crucial to creating a more secure and resilient future. Against this background, EUAM Iraq's Senior Strategic Adviser for Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) accompanied the C...