The 13th Annual conference of CMDR COE
Date: (04-06-2025)
Since its official accreditation in 2015, the CMDR Centre of Excellence acts as a focal point of crisis management and disaster response analysis, expertise building, information and best-practices sharing. This year, the annual conference was built around a timely and thought-provoking theme: “Ensuring continuity management in a new security environment".
Placing the focus on the arising security challenges, the CMDR COE seeks to draw attention to adequate preparedness and contribute to timely adaption within the crisis management and disaster response domain to NATO’s continuous transformation.
In such context CMDR COE carried out its 13th Annual Conference on 4 June 2025. This year event encompassed three panels - Comprehensive Strategies for Modern Crisis Preparedness; CMDR COE in support of NATO Transformation; Building a Realistic Environment for Complex Crisis/Disaster Exercise Scenario.
The main purpose is to reveal beneficial practices that have been found and might be useful. Naturally, this idea reflected on the composition of the conference. Different organisations and entities have formulated their own approaches, all of which refer in general to improving capabilities in the fields of their own assets and assessments. Most national crisis response strategies emphasize the synergies of cooperation in the efficient use of limited resources, thus it is very important the roles and responsibilities to be distinct in order to be mutually complementary. The objective remains as the interagency interaction is to develop coherence and effectiveness with due regard for each actor’s area of expertise.
The Conference opening address was delivered by the Deputy Minister of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria, Mr. Radostin Iliev, who noted that combined expertise and innovative thinking are of utmost importance in developing capacities to meet the challenges to the global security. He emphasized CMDR COE’s strong position among NATO’s Centres of Excellence and highlighted the critical need to maintain comprehensive approach in response to present crises worldwide.
News
6th CMDR COE AnniversaryOn the 31st March 2015 CMDR COE received the official accreditation from the North Atlantic Council and was activated as a NATO military body with international status.
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Crisis Management and Disaster Response Course accomplished its goalsA challenging and constructive 2021 online iteration
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Awarded by the Bulgarian Chief of DefenceIn recognition of the exceptional contribution to Balkan Bridges′2019 Exercise, ADM Emil EFTIMOV awarded COL Orlin NIKOLOV and LTC Valeri TONEV.
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First NATO-certified GFP course for 2021Continuing the enlargement of the Gender Focal Point Community
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Continuous Cooperation with Local AuthoritiesAn initial planning conference for exercise in the town of Belene
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Centre′s Participation in ACT Online ConferenceLooking at ways to improve logistics management, pandemic analysis and Information Environment Assessment capabilities
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Deserved Recognition – Firefighter of Year 2020A distinguished contribution of CMDR COE team
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Co-organising and Hosting North Macedonia 2021 Online WebinarEADRCC together with CMDR COE in a Webinar, January 27
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Co-organising and Hosting Module4 of The 15 High level Course in CSDPThe European Security and Defence College (ESDC), the Bulgarian Diplomatic Institute, the CMDR COE and the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) joined forces in enabling a collaborative training experience for senior leaders.
CMDR COE Assists Iraqi National Defence CollegeA Crisis Management Exercise Methodology Webinar in support of NATO Deep Iraq Programme – NATO Mission Iraq
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The MSG-187 Has Commenced MSG-187 ′Space Weather Environmental Modelling′ (SWEM) is led by CMDR COE
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A Monthly Stipend for Prospective Young Professionals The CMDR COE′s Internship Programme introduces a stipend for its successful internship candidates.
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Geographic Information Systems DayAn online conference was held in Bulgaria on November 18 on the occasion of the World Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day.
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Coordination Efforts for Crisis Management Exercise in 2021Development to assist municipalities’ efforts in crisis management and disaster response
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Distinguished visit in CMDR COEWelcoming H. E. Mr. Jeong Jin-Kyu, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the Republic of Bulgaria.
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Continuing the enlargement of the GFP CommunityFirst group of certified gender focal points at NATO Allied Command Operations.
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Beneficial Cooperation with Local CommunityCMDR COE in support to Krasno Selo and Sixth District of Fire Safety and Civil Protection Service (FSCPS), Sofia Municipality
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Towards On-Demand Personalized Training and Decision SupportA virtual symposium of NATO Modelling & Simulation Group
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Eighth CMDR COE Steering Committee MeetingThe Steering Committee is the main body for guidance, oversight and decisions on all matters concerning the administration, policies and operation of the CMDR COE.
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Visit from NATO Stability Policing COEWelcome to Colonel De Magistris, Director of NATO Stability Policing COE
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Announcement: 1st International Conference on Environmental Protection and Disaster Risks The CMDR COE is pleased to announce the first international on-line conference on environmental protection and disaster risks “ENVIRORISKS” scheduled for 29 and 30 September 2020.
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GFP journey continues, virtually!The CMDR COE with its first NATO-certified Gender Focal Point course online
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