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This area of the site makes available a number of Stabilisation Unit documents, including separate pages on Framework Agreements on consultancy in conflict affected environments and on our Stabilisation Issues Notes. It also provides external links on stabilisation related topics.  If you know of any information that isn't here, but should be, please let us know about it, and we will include it as soon as possible.

News

02 July 2008: The Stabilisation Unit is currently advertising positions on a two year Fixed Term Home Civil Service Contract.

• Stabilisation/Conflict Adviser
• Community Development and Engagement Adviser

02 July 2008: Three new Stabilisation Issues Notes are now available - a series of documents providing developing thinking on topics affecting stabilisation.

14 May 2008: Coming in May/June 2008: Stabilisation Issues Notes  - a series of documents providing developing thinking on topics affecting stabilisation.

19 February 2008:  The Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Stabilisation Unit set up three framework agreements for the provision of consultancy services in conflict-affected environments. These cover services in Governance, Justice and Peace-building, Social development and Public Administration Reform.' Read more here

20 December 2007: A number of updates added to the Stabilisation Unit website including:

• An updated version of the application instructions for the Stabilisation Unit and application form for DCEs: further details on the Working For Us page.
• an additional speech (from March 2007 at Chatham House, by the Head of the Unit): Collaboration of military and civil agencies in a hostile environment: getting the balance right: further speeches on the Stabilisation Unit documents web page.
• from the same page, a link to an article on Basra by a former member of the Stabilisation Unit.
• a link to our Canadian counterparts, the Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START): more links on the external stabilisation links page.

7 December 2007: Stabilisation Unit officially adopted as the new name for the Post Conflict Reconstruction Unit (PCRU) and Stabilisation Unit website launched. The change of name is to better reflect the core work of the Unit in stabilisation and also the Unit’s role in management of the MOD’s £269 million Stabilisation Aid fund announced as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review in September 2007.

9 October 2007: It was announced, following the UK Government's Comprehensive Spending Review (para 7.88), that the Post Conflict Reconstruction Unit (PCRU) would change its name to Stabilisation Unit.