Internal CMDR COE Seminar on the Crisis in Syria

Date: (27-12-2013)
The CMDR COE organised an internal seminar which was held on 20.12.2013. The main focus of the seminar was the crisis in Syria. The CMDR COE experts discussed issued related to the chronology of the crisis; the increased influx of refugees to neighbouring countries and Bulgaria; the positions of NATO, the UN and EU; the involvement of international humanitarian organisations etc.
The CMDR COE experts also shared their experience from participation in courses, seminars and conferences abroad. Тhe Capabilities Branch Chief, LTC Orlin Nikolov, talked about key CMDR COE events in 2013 and presented in detail the CMDR COE Programme of Work for 2014. The seminar was closed by the Director of CMDR COE, Col. Prof. Mitko Stoykov, who concluded his speech by wishing everyone happy holidays and all the best throughout the new year.
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On 11-12 December 2013, the Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence (CMDR COE) co-hosted together with US European Command (USEUCOM) and the US embassy in Bulgaria the workshop Visualizing Implications of Climate Change on Military Activities and Relationships. The opening remarks were given by the Deputy Minister of Defence of Bulgaria, Mr. Ivan Ivanov, who welcomed the participants and underlined the importance of the topics that the workshop focused on.
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