Baku hosts NATO meeting

Training Center of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan hosted a meeting with an expert group of the International NATO Headquarters on evaluation of the NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP), Planning and Review Process. The meeting will run until April 13.

Individual Partnership Action Plans, or IPAPs, are plans developed between NATO and different countries that state the objectives and the communication framework for dialogue and cooperation between both parties. NATO launched the IPAPs initiative at the 2002 Prague Summit. IPAPs are in implementation with the following countries: Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Georgia Moldova, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.

An IPAP should clearly set out the cooperation objectives and priorities of the individual partner country, and ensure that the various mechanisms in use correspond directly to these priorities. NATO promises to provide focused, country-specific advice on reform objectives. Intensified political dialogue on relevant issues may be an integral part of an IPAP process.

IPAPs will also make it easier to coordinate bilateral assistance provided by individual Allies and partner countries, as well as to coordinate efforts with other relevant international institutions.
Objectives covered fall into the general categories of political and security issues; defence, security and military issues; public information; science and environment; civil emergency planning; and administrative, protective security and resource issues.


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