Comprehensive / Integrated Approach
Comprehensive/integrated approach refers to people from different institutions (with particular reference to civilian and military institutions) working together at several levels to achieve common aims. An integrated approach recognises that no one government department has a monopoly over responses to the challenges of stabilisation contexts and that by making best use of the broad range of knowledge, skills and assets of government departments, integrated efforts should be mutually reinforcing. See also section on planning.
Documents
The Integrated Approach is Essential
| Date added: | 22/02/2011 |
Institution: Stabilisation Unit
Publication Date: November 2010
Key Words: Comprehensive / Integrated Approach
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The Lesson: The integrated approach is a more effective use of resources and improves the impact of activities.
What is Integration?
Integration is forming a single multi-disciplinary and multi-departmental team to take on a task. The task may be planning, it may be designing a programme or it may be delivering a project. When asked to work together government departments generally look to liaise or coordinate, to retain their own teams whilst negotiating w... Read More
The Comprehensive Approach; the point of war is not just to win but to make a better peace: Governme
| Date added: | 22/02/2011 |
Institution: House of Commons Defence Committee
Publication Date: 2010
Key Words: Comprehensive / Integrated Approach
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The House of Commons Defence Committee holds the UK Government accountable for the delivery of effect. This review of the Comprehensive Approach examines how well UK military and non military agencies work together. It provides a good overview of the evolution of the Comprehensive Approach within the UK, but also with allies and international organisations, and at all levels on the ground. It draws upon lessons and a broad range of first hand accounts to determine co... Read More
NATO Topic Page on the Comprehensive Approach
| Date added: | 04/04/2012 |
Institution: NATO
Publication date: March 2012
Key words: Comprehensive/Integrated Approach
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In March 2012, NATO agreed on an Updated List of Tasks to update its Comprehensive Approach Action Plan. These tasks are being implemented by a dedicated civilian-military task force that involves all relevant NATO bodies and commands. This report should be considered in the wider context of NATO’s new Strategic Concept, adopted at the Lisbon Summit in November 2010. The report is useful as it offers up to date guidance from NATO on the comprehensive approach to crisis management. A key related document to the topic guide is the recently published (2011) NATO political guidance on ways to improve its involvement in stabilisation and reconstruction. Th... Read More
Focus and Convergence through a Comprehensive Approach: but which among the many?
| Date added: | 26/03/2012 |
Institution: Swedish Defence Research Agency
Author: Hull, C
Publication date: 2011
Related Categories: Comprehensive/Integrated Approach
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This paper relates to the wider debate around defining the Comprehensive Approach by providing an analysis of the various definitions and approaches. The various definitions of the Comprehensive Approach and implementation strategies are discussed. Importantly differences in approaches at national, inter-agency or intra-agency level are also described. The paper will be useful for both civilian and military stabilisation planners and those wishing to consider both the conceptual and operational challenges of the Comprehensive Approach.
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Comprehensive Approach
| Date added: | 22/02/2011 |
Publication Date: November 2006
Institution: Stabilisation Unit
Key Words:Comprehensive / Integrated Approach
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This document provides a short, succinct overview of the evolution of the UK’s efforts to combine civilian and military approaches, in order to improve the effectiveness of Her Majesty’s Government (HMG) interventions in complex environments. It emphasises the need to promote a shared understanding of the situation, to design structures and processes to respond effectively and to establish relationships and cultural understanding.
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The document is drafted around four key themes:
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British Civil-Military Integration, The History and Next Steps
| Date added: | 11/03/2011 |
Author: Daniel Korski
Institution: Royal United Services Institute
Publication Date: December 2009
Key Words: Comprehensive / Integrated Approach
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This document provides a complete overview of the development of the Comprehensive Approach (CA), both in the UK and wider international community, as the nature of conflict has evolved since the end of the Cold War. The critical analysis highlights the difficulties in implementation and the range of obstacles and challenges that need to be overcome in order to truly deliver a Comprehensive A... Read More