GENEVA CENTRE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF
ARMED FORCES (DCAF)
WORKING GROUP SSR-WG
ELEVENTH MEETING
“DEMOCRATIC DEFENCE INSTITUTION BUILDING
IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION”
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
11 - 13 December 2005
FINAL PROGRAMME
Venue:
George C. Marshall Center, Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
Germany
Accommodation: Hotel Obermühle, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Background
Partnership Action Plan – Defence Institution Building (PAP-DIB) is the cornerstone
of the PfP security sector reform agenda for current PfP member states seeking
NATO membership. By virtue of offering a structured framework elaborating the key
principles of a transparent, accountable and thus reformed security sector it intends
to contribute to the best practices in security sector governance espoused by
advocates of democracy and cooperative security in contemporary Europe. At the
same time the PAP-DIB concept is interchangeable with the idea of Democratic
Defence Institution Building which may be applied not only to European states with
more advanced security sector reform agendas but also elsewhere in the world
where the essential principles of security sector reform are espoused in similar
frameworks as appropriate to the conditions in which states and international
organisations seek to introduce transparency and accountability to their defence and
wider security sectors.
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Event Outline
The conference is an event in which the conceptual framework provided by PAP-DIB
is used to discuss the principles of democratic oversight and qualitatively deepen the
partnership relationship between PfP member countries and their representatives.
Participants from all PfP states will be invited.
The event’s objectives include introducing the PAP-DIB process to participants,
detailing how NATO allies and partner countries can work to implement it, exchange
experience regarding the process of defence institution building in countries of the
Euro-Atlantic area and explaining key DIB concepts: democratic and civilian control
of the armed forces; effective and efficient management of defence institutions;
security sector reform (why is it needed, identifying priorities, mechanisms and
procedures for implementation).
Invited participants will include members of the PfP SSR WG and other civilian
parliamentary, media and civil society defence experts from the former Soviet Union.
A previous event comprising a conference and training course for PAP-DIB for the
Caucasus and Moldova based on a Swiss-Georgian initiative, a PfP Consortium
Security Sector Reform Working Group-meeting, with the support of the Geneva
Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, NATO IS (International Staff),
and the NATO Studies Centre, Bucharest was held in Tbilisi in April 2005. See
http://www.dcaf.ch/news/SSG_Tbilisi0405/mainpage.html for further information.
For further information about Partnership Action Plan – Defence Institution Building
see http://www.nato.int/docu/basictxt/b040607e.htm
DCAF’s Involvement
Since its establishment, DCAF’s research and documentation department has since
its establishment been seeking to document good practice, norms, standards and
procedures both within NATO and in the broader European and Transatlantic
Security context. Its Operations department has been instrumental in assessing
progress and further needs on behalf of various international organisations and in
handing on knowledge on such practices to the governments, parliaments, military,
civil society and media of the countries investigated while contributing in parallel to
shaping the political will of those in power, and creating a legal basis to make
possible the rule of law. DCAF’s rich experience in both research and technical
cooperation has been made available to the PAP-DIB initiative provided an
appropriate mandate and funding can be made available.
Future Events
It is currently intended for the same group of partners, in cooperation with the
Republic of Turkey, to organise a similar PAP-DIB Central Asia Regional Conference
and Training Course in Turkey in 2006.
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Sunday, 11 December 2005
Till 18.30
Arrival of Participants
19.15 - 20.15
Welcome Reception (Hotel Obermühle)
Welcome Speech
Monday, 12 December 2005
07.00 - 08.00
Breakfast
08.30
Transport to the Conference Venue (meeting point: hotel
lobby)
09.00 - 09.20
Welcome and Introduction to PfP Consortium Activities
Ms. Anja H. EBNÖTHER, Head, Special Programmes, DCAF,
Switzerland (conf.)
Welcome
Dr. John ROSE, Director, Goerge C. Marshall Center for
Security Studies, Germany (conf.)
Security Sector Reform
Institution Building
and
Democratic
Defense
DDr. Philipp H. FLURI, Deputy Director, DCAF, Switzerland
(conf.)
09.20 - 10.45
Session 1:
The Role and Substance of PAP-DIB for
NATO and its Partners
Speakers:
Mr. George I. NICULESCU, Officer, Partnership
for Peace and Co-operation Programs, Political
Affairs Division, NATO International Staff,
Belgium (conf.)
Mr. Lorenz MEYER MINNEMANN, Country
Officer Armenia and Azerbaijan, Euro-Atlantic
Integration and Partnership Directorate, NATO
HQ, Belgium (conf.)
Mr. Guy GERBEAU, PARP Country Officer,
Defence Policy and Planning Div., NATO
International Staff, Belgium (conf.)
Chair:
10.45 - 11.00
DDr. Philipp H. FLURI, Deputy Director, DCAF,
Switzerland (conf.)
Coffee Break
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11.00 - 12.00
Session 2:
The Notion of Democratic Oversight and
Transparency
of
Defense
Sector
in
Democracies
Speaker:
Dr.
Hari
BUCUR-MARCU,
Academic
Coordinator, NATO Studies Center, Romania
(conf.)
Chair:
DDr. Philipp H. FLURI, Deputy Director, DCAF,
Switzerland (conf.)
12.00 - 13.30
Lunch Break (Hotel Obermühle)
13.30 - 15.15
Session 3:
Tools
of
Democratic
Governance:
Conducting Defense Review and Formulating
a National Security Policy
Speakers:
The Case of Ukraine:
Prof. Serhiy I. PYROSHKOV, Director, National
Security and Defence Council of Ukraine,
National Institute of International Security
Problems, Ukraine (conf.)
The Case of Georgia:
Dr. Vakhtang MAISAIA, Counselor, Mission of
Georgia to NATO, Belgium (conf.)
Ms. Tamara A. PATARAIA, Research Fellow
and Project Coordinator, The Caucasus Institute
for Peace, Democracy and Security Studies,
Georgia (tbc.)
The Case of Moldova:
Mr. Valeriu PLESCA, Minister of Defense,
Moldova (conf.)
Chair:
Dr.
Hari
BUCUR-MARCU,
Academic
Coordinator, NATO Studies Center, Romania
(conf.)
15.15 - 15.45
Coffee Break
15.45 - 17.00
Session 4:
Civilian Experts in Defense Matters:
a) Civilians in Defense Ministries
b) Media and Civil Society Interaction with
the Defense Sphere
Speakers:
a) Civilians in Defense Ministries
Dr. Todor TAGAREV, Chair, Defence and Force
Management Dept., “G.S. Rakovski” Defence
and Staff College, Bulgaria (conf.)
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b) Media and Civil Society Interaction with
the Defense Sphere
Mr. Robert PSZCZEL, Press Officer, NATO
Press and Media Office, Belgium (conf.)
Dr. Dusan RELJIC, Researcher, Research Unit
EU External Relations, German Institute for
International and Security Affairs, Germany
(conf.)
Chair:
19.30
Dr. Roger D. KANGAS, Professor of Central
Asian Studies, College of International and
Security Studies, GCMC, Germany (conf.)
Official Dinner hosted by DCAF and the PfP-Consortium
(Hotel Obermühle)
Tuesday, 13 December 2005
07.00 - 08.00
Breakfast
08.30
Transport to the Conference Venue (meeting point: hotel
lobby)
09.00 - 10.00
Session 5:
Transparency and Efficiency in Defense
Planning and Spending
Speaker:
Dr. Jack M. TREDDENICK, Professor, College
of International Security Studies, GCMC,
Germany (conf.)
Chair:
DDr. Philipp H. FLURI, Deputy Director, DCAF,
Switzerland (conf.)
Session 6:
Transparency and Efficiency in Personnel
Planning and Human Resources
Speaker:
Dr. Todor TAGAREV, Chair, Defence and Force
Management Dept., “G.S. Rakovski” Defence
and Staff College, Bulgaria (conf.)
Chair:
DDr. Philipp H. FLURI, Deputy Director, DCAF,
Switzerland (conf.)
10.00 - 11.00
11.00 - 11.15
Coffee Break
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11.15 - 12.00
12.00 - 12.30
Session 7:
The International Dimension of Democratic
Defense Management, Compliance with
International Norms and Defense Diplomacy
Speaker:
Mr. Eden COLE, Deputy Head, Operations NIS,
DCAF, Switzerland (conf.)
Chair:
DDr. Philipp H. FLURI, Deputy Director, DCAF,
Switzerland (conf.)
Wrap Up and Questionnaires
DDr. Philipp H. FLURI, Deputy Director, DCAF, Switzerland
(conf.)
12.30 - 13.45
Lunch (Hotel Obermühle)
Departure
For further information please contact:
Ms. Karin Grimm
DCAF Project Assistant
Phone: +41 22 741 7744 Fax: +41 22 741 7705 E-mail: k.grimm.@dcaf.ch
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