Transcript STUDY FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF THE ESDC

General Secretariat
of the Council,
DG E VIII / ESDC
Secretariat,
Hans-Bernhard
Weisserth
European Education and
Training in Armaments
Co-operation
The potential role of the European
Security and Defence College
Key principles and objectives
 promote and enhance the European security
culture
 provide training at strategic level
 mixed training audiences
 Alumni network of former course participants
 participation of third states, international
organisations and others
 develop and run an IDL system
 functioning as a network of national institutes
 supported by a three-tier structure
ESDC Network Institutes
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EU Institute for Security Studies (EU ISS)
Baltic Defence College (EE, LV, LT)
Austria : Landesverteidigungsakademie, AT Delegation Brussels
Belgium : IRSD/KHID and Egmont Institute
Czech Republic : National Defence University
Finland : National Defence College and Crisis Management Centre
France : IHEDN Paris
Germany : Bundesakademie fur Sicherheitspolitik and ZIF Berlin
Greece : Diplomatic Academy and Hellenic Defence College
Hungary : National Defence University
Italy : ISSMI Rome, CASD Rome
Lithuania : National Defence Academy
Poland : National Defence University
Portugal : Instituto da Defesa Nacional Divestudos
Romania: National Defence College
The Netherlands : National Defence College
Slovenia : National Defence Institute
Spain : CESEDEN Madrid
Sweden : National Defence College
United Kingdom : National Defence Academy
ESDC supporting structure
Steering Committee
 co-ordination and
guidance of training
 representatives of the
Member States
 convenes in Brussels
Executive Academic
Board (EAB)
 implements training
 ensures quality and
Permanent Secretariat
coherence of training
(CGS)
 representatives of the
national institutes, EU ISS  assists the Steering
Committee and the EAB
 supports Brusselsbased training activities
Can meet in different
configurations
Growing demand
and growing variety
So far about 1700 personnel trained !
6
4
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8
14
5
ESDP HLC with 5
Modules
ESDP OC
4
ESDP PPI
3
2
Alumni
1
New types
0
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
Network
Conference
New types include the following courses:
ESDP/SSR, EU Planning Process, ESDP/Leadership Seminar, Joint ESDC/CEPOL Seminar
ESDC – the next development step
 separate entity with the necessary legal
capacity
 permanent Secretariat staff grow from 3 to 8
 official Head of the ESDC
 modest budget from the EU to pay staff and
the IDL system
 no financing of training activities
 no ESDC building / staff located within
Council Secretariat premises
 no own conference facilities
ESDC with additional responsibilities
Potential role of the ESDC (Study Dec 2008)
 Training in the field of civilian crisis
management
 Closing capability gaps – training initiatives
under the EDA in the field of intelligence
 “Enhancing the mutual understanding of
stakeholders engaged in co-operative
programmes” (Study EU ISS)
ESDC Secretariat
- future staff capacities /expertise N°
Functional Area
Staff
Tasks / expertise
1
Head of the ESDC
1
- overall responsibility for the functioning of the ESDC
- represent ESDC in all legal acts and obligations
- oversee the coherence and the quality of the education
and training
2
Budget/Administration
1
- budget and controlling
- personnel management
3
IDL System
2
- course and content development and management
- in co-operation with contributors
4
Training Management
3
- support Steering Committee and Executive Academic
Board
- programming, planning, conduct and evaluation of the
ESDC training activities in co-operation with national
institutes (ESDP standard courses)
- support to the management of training in the civilian
field of crisis management
5
Secretarial Support
1
-general secretarial support
Total number of staff
8
What the ESDC could do
.. in principle, is everything what would stay line with the
key principles and objectives
 promote and enhance the European security culture
 provide training at strategic level
 mixed training audiences
 Alumni network of former course participants
 participation of third states, international
organisations and others
 develop and run an IDL system
 functioning as a network of national institutes
 supported by a three-tier structure
What the ESDC could do
.. in practical terms, is and remains for the time
being limited
 position of some Member States vis-à-vis the
ESDC
 new envisaged configuration of the ESDC is
considered to be a deal for the next 4 years
 and will not include the relevant expertise
necessary to support the management of
training covering armaments co-operation
Way ahead – possible quick wins
 participation of relevant personnel in standard courses
of the ESDC
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few course participants already coming from the
armaments co-operation field
 develop and run IDL AKUs (autonomous knowledge
units) on armaments co-operation
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work is already in hand on the development of an AKU
on capability development
 adapt current courses and course curricula to include
basic aspects of European armaments co-operation
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ESDP High Level Course “Robert Schuman” Module 2
organised by CASD in close co-operation with EDA in
late autumn this year is the next chance
possibility to tailor one of the ESDP orientation courses
Way ahead – the sensitive part
 creation of a specific education network of
existing relevant national institutes
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in principle possible as a specific configuration
of the Executive Academic Board
ESDC Secretariat staff resource implications
subject to ESDC Steering Committee decision
 organisation of specialist courses on
armaments co-operation
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ESDC Secretariat staff resource implications
subject to ESDC Steering Committee decision
Way ahead – the sensitive part
- a proposal  address the Member States in the ESDC Steering
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Committee
to acknowledge the need for training in the field of
armaments co-operation
and to accept a specific role of the ESDC to play
(Board configuration and Secretariat support)
to offer Member States potential solutions (ideally
with no implications on the envisaged budget)
make use of forthcoming meetings of the Steering
Committee end of July (still tentative) and 2nd half of
September
General Secretariat
of the Council,
DG E VIII / ESDC
Secretariat,
Hans-Bernhard
Weisserth
European Education and
Training in Armaments
Co-operation
The potential role of the European
Security and Defence College