PARTNERSHIP ACTION PLAN ON
DEFENCE INSTITUTION BUILDING:
CONCEPT AND IMPLEMENTATION
SUSAN POND,
NATO INTERNATIONAL STAFF,
HEAD, PFP AND CO-OPERATION
PROGRAMS
TBILISI, 26 April 2005
OVERVIEW
 WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS THE VALUE ADDED?
 WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES?
 HOW IT WORKS?
 WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR?
 THE WAY AHEAD
 WHAT SHOULD PARTNERS DO?
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WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS THE VALUE
ADDED?
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Aim:To help interested Partners to reform and restructure their defence institutions to meet their
needs and international commitments
It is to complement, NOT an alternative, to individual co-operation programmes
Role:
 Defines common objectives.
 Encourages exchange of relevant experience.
 Assists in fostering resource efficiency.
 Helps tailoring and focusing bilateral assistance.
 Facilitates co-operation between Partners’ defence/security structures.
 Offers opportunities for co-operation with other international organisations
Particular relevance for Partners from the Caucasus and Central Asia, as well as for Moldova.
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WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES?
1. Develop arrangements for democratic control of defence activities.
2. Promote civilian participation in developing defence and security policy.
3. Effective legislative and judicial oversight of the defence sector.
4. Develop arrangements and procedures for matching capabilities with security risks,
defence requirements and available resources.
5. Optimise management of defence ministries and other agencies responsible for defence
matters.
6. Ensure compliance with internationally accepted norms and practices established in the
defence sector.
7. Effective and transparent personnel structures and practices.
8. Effective and transparent financial, planning and resource allocation procedures.
9. Effective, transparent and economically viable management of defence spending; methods
and policies to cope with consequences of defence restructuring.
10. Ensure effective international co-operation and good neighbourly relations.
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WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES?
1. Develop arrangements for democratic control of defence activities.
2. Promote civilian participation in developing defence and security policy.
3. Effective legislative and judicial oversight of the defence sector.
4. Develop arrangements and procedures for matching capabilities with security risks,
defence requirements and available resources.
5. Optimise management of defence ministries and other agencies responsible for defence
matters.
6. Ensure compliance with internationally accepted norms and practices established in the
defence sector.
7. Effective and transparent personnel structures and practices.
8. Effective and transparent financial, planning and resource allocation procedures.
9. Effective, transparent and economically viable management of defence spending; methods
and policies to cope with consequences of defence restructuring.
10. Ensure effective international co-operation and good neighbourly relations.
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WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES?
1. Develop arrangements for democratic control of defence activities.
2. Promote civilian participation in developing defence and security policy.
3. Effective legislative and judicial oversight of the defence sector.
4. Develop arrangements and procedures for matching capabilities with security risks,
defence requirements and available resources.
5. Optimise management of defence ministries and other agencies responsible for defence
matters.
6. Ensure compliance with internationally accepted norms and practices established in the
defence sector.
7. Effective and transparent personnel structures and practices.
8. Effective and transparent financial, planning and resource allocation procedures.
9. Effective, transparent and economically viable management of defence spending; methods
and policies to cope with consequences of defence restructuring.
10. Ensure effective international co-operation and good neighbourly relations.
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WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES?
1. Develop arrangements for democratic control of defence activities.
2. Promote civilian participation in developing defence and security policy.
3. Effective legislative and judicial oversight of the defence sector.
4. Develop arrangements and procedures for matching capabilities with security risks,
defence requirements and available resources.
5. Optimise management of defence ministries and other agencies responsible for defence
matters.
6. Ensure compliance with internationally accepted norms and practices established in the
defence sector.
7. Effective and transparent personnel structures and practices.
8. Effective and transparent financial, planning and resource allocation procedures.
9. Effective, transparent and economically viable management of defence spending; methods
and policies to cope with consequences of defence restructuring.
10. Ensure effective international co-operation and good neighbourly relations.
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WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES? (CONT.)
1. Develop arrangements for democratic control of defence activities.
2. Promote civilian participation in developing defence and security policy.
3. Effective legislative and judicial oversight of the defence sector.
4. Develop arrangements and procedures for matching capabilities with security risks,
defence requirements and available resources.
5. Optimise management of defence ministries and other agencies responsible for defence
matters.
6. Ensure compliance with internationally accepted norms and practices established in the
defence sector.
7. Effective and transparent personnel structures and practices.
8. Effective and transparent financial, planning and resource allocation procedures.
9. Effective, transparent and economically viable management of defence spending; methods
and policies to cope with consequences of defence restructuring.
10. Ensure effective international co-operation and good neighbourly relations.
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WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES? (CONT.)
1. Develop arrangements for democratic control of defence activities.
2. Promote civilian participation in developing defence and security policy.
3. Effective legislative and judicial oversight of the defence sector.
4. Develop arrangements and procedures for matching capabilities with security risks,
defence requirements and available resources.
5. Optimise management of defence ministries and other agencies responsible for
defence matters.
6. Ensure compliance with internationally accepted norms and practices established in the
defence sector.
7. Effective and transparent personnel structures and practices.
8. Effective and transparent financial, planning and resource allocation procedures.
9. Effective, transparent and economically viable management of defence spending; methods
and policies to cope with consequences of defence restructuring.
10. Ensure effective international co-operation and good neighbourly relations.
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WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES? (CONT.)
1. Develop arrangements for democratic control of defence activities.
2. Promote civilian participation in developing defence and security policy.
3. Effective legislative and judicial oversight of the defence sector.
4. Develop arrangements and procedures for matching capabilities with security risks,
defence requirements and available resources.
5. Optimise management of defence ministries and other agencies responsible for defence
matters.
6. Ensure compliance with internationally accepted norms and practices established
in the defence sector.
7. Effective and transparent personnel structures and practices.
8. Effective and transparent financial, planning and resource allocation procedures.
9. Effective, transparent and economically viable management of defence spending; methods
and policies to cope with consequences of defence restructuring.
10. Ensure effective international co-operation and good neighbourly relations.
XXX 2004
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WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES?
1. Develop arrangements for democratic control of defence activities.
2. Promote civilian participation in developing defence and security policy.
3. Effective legislative and judicial oversight of the defence sector.
4. Develop arrangements and procedures for matching capabilities with security risks,
defence requirements and available resources.
5. Optimise management of defence ministries and other agencies responsible for defence
matters.
6. Ensure compliance with internationally accepted norms and practices established in the
defence sector.
7. Effective and transparent personnel structures and practices.
8. Effective and transparent financial, planning and resource allocation procedures.
9. Effective, transparent and economically viable management of defence spending; methods
and policies to cope with consequences of defence restructuring.
10. Ensure effective international co-operation and good neighbourly relations.
XXX 2004
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WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES?
1. Develop arrangements for democratic control of defence activities.
2. Promote civilian participation in developing defence and security policy.
3. Effective legislative and judicial oversight of the defence sector.
4. Develop arrangements and procedures for matching capabilities with security risks,
defence requirements and available resources.
5. Optimise management of defence ministries and other agencies responsible for defence
matters.
6. Ensure compliance with internationally accepted norms and practices established in the
defence sector.
7. Effective and transparent personnel structures and practices.
8. Effective and transparent financial, planning and resource allocation procedures.
9. Effective, transparent and economically viable management of defence spending;
methods and policies to cope with consequences of defence restructuring.
10. Ensure effective international co-operation and good neighbourly relations.
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WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES?
1. Develop arrangements for democratic control of defence activities.
2. Promote civilian participation in developing defence and security policy.
3. Effective legislative and judicial oversight of the defence sector.
4. Develop arrangements and procedures for matching capabilities with security risks,
defence requirements and available resources.
5. Optimise management of defence ministries and other agencies responsible for defence
matters.
6. Ensure compliance with internationally accepted norms and practices established in the
defence sector.
7. Effective and transparent personnel structures and practices.
8. Effective and transparent financial, planning and resource allocation procedures.
9. Effective, transparent and economically viable management of defence spending; methods
and policies to cope with consequences of defence restructuring.
10. Effective international co-operation and good neighbourly relations.
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HOW IT WORKS?
 Make maximum use of existing EAPC and PfP tools
and mechanisms
 Dialogue and exchange of knowledge and experience
 IPAP and PARP - primary instruments for tailoring
knowledge to individual needs and circumstances
 If not in IPAP or PARP, Partners may use their IPP’s
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WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR?
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PARP Survey adapted and new PG’s proposed
Objectives included in the EAPWP
Individual co-operation programmes address objectives
NATO LO offer assistance and advice
Started to enhance education on defence reform
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THE WAY AHEAD
 Education for defence reforms- high priority
 NATO Contact Point Embassies and Liaison Officers
monitor and report about implementation
 Bilateral advice and assistance from Allies and Partners
 Better synergy with other organisation’s work
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WHAT SHOULD PARTNERS DO?
 Focus individual co-operation programmes with NATO
(IPAP, IPP) on achieving PAP-DIB objectives
 Attach high priority to education for defence reforms
 Respond to Part I of PARP Survey
 Agree new PG’s and work towards their implementation
 Seek bilateral advice and assistance from Allied and
Partner Nations
 Make full use of NATO CPEs and NATO LOs
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