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The EUCAP Somalia<ref>{{Cite web |title=About EUCAP Somalia |url=https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eucap-som/about-eucap-somalia_en?s=332 |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=www.eeas.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref> is an example of a non-executive, civilian Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Mission aimed at strengthening maritime security capacities, police sector, as well as promoting the [[Rule of law|Rule of Law]] in [[Somalia]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Décision 2012/389/PESC du Conseil du 16 juillet 2012 relative à la mission de l'Union européenne visant au renforcement des capacités maritimes régionales dans la Corne de l'Afrique (EUCAP NESTOR) |date=2012-07-16 |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012D0389 |access-date=2024-09-27 |language=fr}}</ref> It provides strategic level advice, mentoring and training, on issues ranging from coast guard and police functions to police-prosecution cooperation and the drafting of laws. Initially launched as EUCAP Nestor<ref>{{Cite web |title=EUCAP NESTOR, Somali Coastguard and Maritime Police Unit Visit Operation Atalanta Flagship HNLMS Tromp {{!}} EUNAVFOR |url=https://eunavfor.eu/news/eucap-nestor-somali-coastguard-and-maritime-police-unit-visit-operation-atalanta-flagship |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=eunavfor.eu}}</ref> in 2012, the mission was reconfigured to focus on Somalia, thus renamed by the Council of the European Union, EUCAP Somalia in 2016.

==== Background ====

The mission was established in response to the persistent challenges posed by maritime insecurity in the Western Indian Ocean, particularly piracy, illegal fishing, human trafficking, and arms smuggling. These issues severely impacted both the security and economic stability of Somalia and the surrounding region. Somalia’s extensive coastline (the longest in mainland Africa) was unprotected for years due to the collapse of the government in the early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=EU Missions in Somalia: Successes, Challenges and Future Prospects |url=https://www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-analysis/eu-missions-in-somalia-successes-challenges-and-future-prospects/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=PubAffairs Bruxelles |language=en-US}}</ref> Piracy flourished in the absence of effective maritime governance, leading to international efforts to assist the country in reclaiming control over its waters. EUCAP Somalia emerged as part of these efforts, complementing other international missions such as [[Operation Atalanta]] and [[European Union Training Mission in Somalia|EUTM Somalia]].