Education and training
NATO conducts education and training to ensure its forces are effective and interoperable, as part of its cooperation with non-member countries, and as part of NATO-led operations.
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News
- 18 June 2008 - NATO
PfP Consortium looks 10 years ahead - 17-23 Sep 2007
Second NATO-Afghan student forum - 9-13 Jul 2007 - ACT
Operational law course at NATO School - 17 Nov 2006 - NATO
NATO launches training initiative for Mediterranean and Middle East - 17 Nov 2006 - NTM-I
NATO trains the trainers in Iraq - 19 Oct 2006 - NTM-I
NATO-trained Iraqi cadets tested in exercise
Official texts
- 29/11/2006 - NATO
Riga Summit Declaration
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Historically, NATO education and training has been focused on ensuring that military forces from member countries can work together effectively in operations and missions.
Today, education and training functions have expanded significantly. NATO has a network of training schools and institutions, conducts regular exercises and runs training programmes as far away as Afghanistan, Iraq and Africa. The three main purposes are: to enhance the interoperability and effectiveness of NATO-led multinational forces, to assist Partner countries in their reform efforts, and to help bring peace and stability to crisis-hit areas.
What does this mean in practice?
- Enhancing interoperability
- Working with partners on defence reform
- Education and training in NATO-led operations
Troops for NATO operations are drawn from the forces of NATO member and Partner countries, as well as non-NATO and non-Partner countries such as New Zealand and Australia.
Ensuring that these multinational forces can work together effectively despite differences in tactics, doctrine, training, structures, and language is a priority for NATO. This “interoperability” is built in a number of ways, including through courses and seminars, exercises, as well as through doctrine development and experimentation.
More...Who participates?
In short, everybody. NATO member countries, Partnership for Peace countries, Mediterranean Dialogue countries, Istanbul Cooperation Initiative countries, and “contact countries” are all actively involved in NATO-related education and training activities. There are a number of main bodies through which these activities occur. These include institutions operating under the direction of the Alliance, and institutions which are external, but complementary, to the Alliance’s education and training structure.
More...How did it evolve?
Collective education and training has been ongoing since the inception of the Alliance in 1949. In the course of NATO’s existence, education and training activities have expanded dramatically. Today, these activities are an integral aspect of the Alliance’s ability to provide security and project stability.
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