NATO and Sweden test improved
civil-military crisis cooperation
On 24 and 25 September 2008 in Enköping, Sweden, NATO
Allies and Swedish civilian and military forces will demonstrate new ways of
effectively sharing critical information in emergency situations.
The ‘live experiment’ will link up Swedish civil emergency ‘first
respondersÂ’, police and military, with NATO forces to counter a simulated
terrorist attack against a mass public event.
It paves the way for improved international civil and military cooperation in
the face of natural or man-made disasters, and test new information-sharing
concepts and technologies.
Breaking new ground
The special event will be opened by the NATO Assistant Secretary General for
Defence Investment, Peter Flory, and the head of the Swedish Armed Forces,
General Michael Moore, on 24 September. It will be attended by some 400
senior NATO and Swedish officials.
In order to attend the press opportunity, please contact Rick
Forsling from the Swedish Ministry of Defence no later than 19 September;
e-mail: rick.forsling@mil.se , office
tel.: 0046 171 157 032, mobile: 0046 733 686 533
“Efficient and timely sharing of information is a critical element of
effective crisis response,” said NATO Assistant Secretary General for
Defence Investment, Peter Flory, “Sweden is very advanced in this area. This
experiment will test unprecedented levels of cooperation between civil and
military forces, and between a Partner country and NATO.”
“The event is an important event both for NATO and for
Sweden. NATO and many member states are engaged in developing
and fielding Networked Enabled Capabilities, while Sweden has since the
year of 2000 been working hard with a similar approach called Networked Based
Defence,” said General Moore, “The results of the experiment can
contribute to more rapid implementation of new capabilities and services. For
Sweden we can capitalise on our work and at the same time
secure interoperability with NATO and other nations.”
Sweden is one of NATOÂ’s first Partner Countries (member of the Partnership of
Peace since 1994) and contributes forces to NATOÂ’s operations in Kosovo and
Afghanistan.
For more details and background on the event, please contact: Michal
Olejarnik, NC3A Communications Manager, e-mail: michal.olejarnik@nc3a.nato.int;
cell phone: +32 475 90 70
40.