Article 12 Coordination

The EUSR shall contribute to the unity, consistency and effectiveness of the Union's actions and shall help to ensure that all Union instruments and Member States' action are engaged consistently, to attain the Union's policy objectives. The activities of the EUSR shall be coordinated with those of Union Delegations and of the Commission, as well as those of other EUSR's active in the region, in particular with the EUSR to the AU and with the EU Special Envoy for Somalia. The EUSR shall provide regular briefings to Member States’ missions and the Union delegations in the region.

In the field, close liaison and communication shall be maintained with the Heads of the Union delegation and Member States’ Heads of Mission. They shall make best efforts to assist the EUSR in the implementation of the mandate. The EUSR, in close co-ordination with the relevant Union delegations, shall provide local political guidance to the Force Commander of EUNAVFOR Atalanta, the Mission Commander of EUTM Somalia, the Head of EUCAP Nestor and the Head of EUAVSEC in South Sudan. The EUSR, the EU Operation Commanders and the Civilian Operation Commander shall consult each other as required.

The EUSR shall closely cooperate with the authorities of the countries involved, the UN, the AU, IGAD, other national regional and international stakeholders, and also with civil society in the region.