It establishes the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) — a means by which the EU can contribute to stability and peace by ensuring that actions it takes are efficient and consistent.

Swift response to crises or to emerging crises to prevent political conflicts or to ensure situations do not escalate into armed conflict such as:

support for the implementation of the United Nations resolutions on women, peace and security or for international criminal tribunals;
measures to rebuild key infrastructure, homes, public buildings and economic assets post-conflict;
actions to fight the illicit use of firearms, mine detection and clearance; and
support to address the impact of sudden population movements.

Measures under this priority do not usually exceed 18 months.

Conflict prevention and crisis preparedness:

promoting early warning and conflict risk analysis in policymaking and confidence-building through mediation, dialogue and reconciliation in the context of intercommunity tensions;
deployment of civilian stabilisation missions identified at the Feira European Council in 2000:
- police — capacity building,
- strengthening the rule of law,
- strengthening civilian administration, and
- strengthening civil protection;
curbing the use of natural resources to finance conflicts (such as actions to stop the trade in conflict diamonds).

Measures under this priority are long-term actions.

Addressing global threats, by means of long-term measures to:

Counter-terrorism;
Address the threat from organised crime (including cybercrime);
Protect critical infrastructure (systems that are essential for the maintenance of vital societal functions such as electricity or transport routes);
Address security threats emanating from climate change;
Mitigate Chemical Bacteriological Radiological Nuclear risks;
Implement Capacity-Building for Security for Development.

For greater effectiveness, aid under IcSP will be made more flexible by extending the maximum length of crisis response measures up to a maximum of 30 months and the deployment of a second exceptional assistance measure in cases of drawn out conflict to build on the results of a previous one.

The preparation, programming, implementation and monitoring measures under IcSP may be reinforced, where possible and appropriate, with support from NGOs, organisations representing indigenous peoples and local citizens’ groups.

The amended regulation permits the EU, under exceptional circumstances, to provide assistance for military capacity building in partner countries with the aim of delivering security for development activities in the form of training, mentoring, equipment, infrastructure improvements, etc. EU assistance may under no circumstances be used to fund capacity-building of the military for purposes other than security for development, in other words it cannot be used to fund lethal equipment, recurrent military expenditure, or training to increase fighting capacity.

A budget of €100 million has been allocated for these new measures between 2018 and 2020.

It applies from 1 January 2014 until 31 December 2020, with the CBSD amendment in force from January 2018.

Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing an instrument contributing to stability and peace (OJ L 77, 15.3.2014, pp. 1-10)

Successive amendments to Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 have been incorporated into the original document. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.

Joint statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission (OJ C 210, 30.6.2017, pp. 1-24)

Regulation (EU) No 236/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 laying down common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for financing external action (OJ L 77, 15.3.2014, pp. 95-108)