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PARTICIPATION IN PFP AND INTEGRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN TO NATO LESSONS LEARNED

PARTICIPATION IN PFP AND INTEGRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN TO NATO LESSONS LEARNED. Jiří Juřík 2nd Secretary of Embassy NATO CPE/Czech Embassy. WHY IS CZECH REPUBLIC IN NATO?. W ill to become a part of a secure political and military bloc, Czech Republic’s outer safety,

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PARTICIPATION IN PFP AND INTEGRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN TO NATO LESSONS LEARNED

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  1. PARTICIPATION IN PFP AND INTEGRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC INTO NATOLESSONS LEARNED Jiří Juřík 2nd Secretary of Embassy NATO CPE/Czech Embassy

  2. WHY IS CZECH REPUBLIC IN NATO? Will to become a part of a secure political and military bloc, Czech Republic’s outer safety, Important signal for the international community, Possibility for active participation in international policy, Membership in NATO brought great investments , Projects implemented within NSIP, Financial contribution to Alliance x individual defence, NATO is the key international player in the security sphere, New possibilities for the Czech Armed Forces. 2

  3. WHAT WAS AT THE BEGINNING? • Security vacuum at the beginning of the 1990s, • Czech representatives expressed our interest to join NATO, • Newly independent states were not ready to join NATO, • NATO was influenced by changes in security environment, • NATO enforced the PfP Programme, • Bilateral and multilateral security talks and common military exercises, • Participation in SFOR and IFOR missions, • US administrative started to be more optimistic,

  4. HISTORY OF PFP PROGRAMME October 1993 and January 1994, Military cooperation and a possibility of security consultations, Signature of declaration and preparation of statement, NATO prepares a concrete program for cooperation with individual countries, Programme opened a possibility for NATO enlargement process, Main PfP goals 4

  5. AREAS OF THELESSONSLEARNED 1. Political 2. Institutional 3. Legislative 4. Defence 5. Resources (economic and human) 6. Security of information 7. Public support

  6. POLITICAL • NATO Enlargement Study from 1995 is still valid, • General political will and consensus across the political spectrum, • Commitments accepted during the accession talks and executed during the membership must be granted by all future governments.

  7. LESSONS LEARNED NUMBER ONE General political consensus on the effort to join NATOis the basic criterion and prerequisite

  8. INSTITUTIONAL • NATO membership is not military business only, • Effective institutional framework, • Decisive role of the Intergovernmental Co-ordination Committee for NATO Integration, • Definition of areas of civil service which will be impacted by the membership, • Definition of areas in which the NATO standards are not achieved, • Firm schedule for solving shortfalls.

  9. Areas defined by the Czech Republic in 1997 • Legislation • Interoperability of Armed Forces • CEP – Civil Emergency Planning • Host Nation Support Infrastructure (NSIP – NATO Security and Investment Programme) • Defense planning • Planning of sources • Defense industry • Security of information • Public support

  10. THE LESSONS LEARNED NUMBER TWO Temporary institutional framework needs to be created forNATO integration

  11. LEGISLATIVE • NATO legal acquis, • Overall revision of the whole legal system and international commitments, • Constitutional improvement enabling full implementation of the Article 5.

  12. THE LESSONS LEARNED NUMBER THREE Ability to consume the benefits from NATO membership and implement the commitments needsappropriate legal changes

  13. DEFENCE • NATO enlargement cannot be followed by its military weakening, • Quality of the armed forces of a new ally is an important criterion, • Essential role of the NATO Defence Planning System

  14. THE LESSONS LEARNED NUMBER FOUR The Alliance cannot be weakened due to enlargement. Military preparedness of new ally is an important criterion

  15. ECONOMIC AND HUMAN RESOURCES • Pessimistic prognosis of huge amount of money to be paid for the enlargement was not confirmed, • Structure of costs : • Contribution to the NATO budgets: civil, military and infrastructure, • Defence planning (FGs implementation, including the acquisition programme).

  16. personal (financing of Permanent Delegation to NATO, NMR office, officers and NGOs within the Integrated Military Structure), • operations (ISAF, KFOR, NTM-I, OAE etc.), • security of information (the implementation of arrangements related to the personnel and physical security), • Appropriate level of the defence budget as an integral part of the general political consensus.

  17. Participation in NATO structures Czech Delegation to NATO Political Branch 24 Defence Advisor´s Branch 16 Military Branch 19 NATO Integrated Military Structure 150

  18. Participation of the CZ AFin Operations 2009 Iraq – NTM-I 5 Afghanistan – ISAF 330 Kosovo – KFOR 550 Standby : UNSAS 70 EU Battle Group 1,800 Standby arrangements are financed directly from the State Budget

  19. THE LESSONS LEARNED NUMBER FIVE NATO membership is based on sufficient funds and qualified human resources

  20. SECURITY OFINFORMATION • Security of information is one of NATO pillars, • Every aspirant for NATO structures must implement the appropriate NATO standards in this area, • Urgent need to screen a sufficient number of MOD and MFA personnel and companies.

  21. THE LESSONS LEARNED NUMBER SIX Underestimation of security information could be a temporary barrier for the membership

  22. PUBLIC SUPPORT • Public support for NATO membership is an important indicator of political atmosphere and political consensus, • Public support phenomenon as one of the substantive and decisive conditions of membership, • Public support is needed for the future acceptance of the changes and arrangements, which must be accepted as a follow-up of the membership.

  23. THE LESSONS LEARNED NUMBER SEVEN Public support for NATO membership is crucially important and indicates the quality of political climate in the country

  24. CONCLUSION Most important added value of NATO membership • Special NATO´s environment makes Alliance very strong and cultivates its members

  25. THE LESSONS LEARNED 1.General political consensus on the effort to join NATO is the basic criterion and prerequisite 2.Temporary institutional framework needs to be created forNATO integration 3.Ability to consume the benefits from NATO membership and implement the commitments needsthe appropriate legal changes 4. The Alliance can not be weakened due to enlargement. Military preparedness of new ally is the important criterion 5. NATO membership is based on the sufficient funds and qualified human resources6. Underestimation of the security information could be a temporary barrier for the membership 7. Public support for NATO membership is cruciallyimportant and indicates the quality of political climate in the country

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