A Strategic Approach to Resilience in the EU's External Action – Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council

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On 7 June 2017, the Commission adopted the Joint Communication on A Strategic Approach to Resilience in the EU's External Action stressing that a coherent mobilisation of political dialogue, the diplomatic resources of the Union and its Member States, EU assistance, sectoral policy dialogue and bilateral initiatives is required to effectively strengthen resilience in partner countries.

The Joint Communication was co-drafted by the EEAS, DG DEVCO, DG ECHO and DG NEAR. It proposes four building blocks to incorporate resilience into the EU's external action:

Improving analysis of risks, underlying causes and resilience factors (capacities to cope with risks and shocks, to adapt and to transform)
A more dynamic monitoring by the EU of external pressures to allow early action
Integrating the resilience approach into EU programming and financing of external assistance
EU cooperation with multilateral and bilateral institutional partners

The Joint Communication examines different aspects of state and societal resilience: inclusive and participatory societies, economic resilience, climate and environmental resilience, the prevention of violent conflicts, protracted crises, migration and forced displacement, and security.