NORFOLK,
Va. –
Alliance leaders, including
the Secretary General, North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the Chairman of NATOÂ’s
Military Committee (MC) meet in
Copenhagen, Oct. 15-16, 2008, for the
Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT)
Seminar. The Seminar will provide the NAC and the MC with
a platform for strategic debate about the long term security challenges,
risks and threats facing the European and North American populations. The basis for this discussion is
SACTÂ’s Multiple Futures Project (MFP).
The aim of the
MFP is to explore what the future could possibly look like 10-25 years
from now, and create a framework that allows military planners to consider
the implications of those possible futures. The MFP encourages strategic
dialogue as a vehicle for developing common, long-term strategic insight
across the Alliance. These
insights allow SACT to provide its best military advice to strategic
decision makers in the
Alliance and its nations.
The
Alliance has agreed processes
in place for defence planning and capability development. The MFP will not
replace these more technically focussed processes, but it can inform them.
The military advice generated through the MFP will support strategic
decision makers in their consideration of policy options and their
subsequent guidance to defense planning and capability development
processes.
NOTE TO MEDIA: There will be a media availability
conducted in English with the Danish Minister of Defense H.E. Søren Gade, NATO Chairman
of the Military Committee Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola and SACT Gen.
James Mattis, at 17:30 (CEST), Oct 15, at the conference
site in the Marriott Hotel, Copenhagen. Prior to the availability,
interested media may also attend a background briefing on the Multiple
Futures Project at 16:30 (CEST). Media wishing to cover these
events must register no later than 18:00 (CEST), 14 Oct, with SACT Public
Affairs, U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer
Priscilla Kirsh, at priscilla.kirsh@act.nato.int
There is more information on the MFP at:
http://transnet.act.nato.int/WISE/Multiplefu/FSE |