Fortifying resilience and capacities

CMDR COE in close coordination with the Institute for Security Governance (ISG), U.S. EUCOM, Bulgarian Senior Resilience Official and the Security Council Secretariat, successfully executed a Scoping Workshop in Sofia from 9 to 13 October 2023. This event convened more than fifteen institutions and agencies, facilitating an in-depth exploration of the Republic of Bulgaria's resilience capacity in direct support of NATO's collective defense mission. The discussions included plenary sessions and working groups focused on addressing NATO's Baseline Requirements for Resilience and the augmentation of national crisis management and Host Nation Support capabilities.

The five-day workshop aimed at fortifying resilience and capacities for crisis management in support of NATO's collective defense. It has centered on strategic planning and the implementation of institutional capacity-building measures of security cooperation and efforts. Besides it marked the commencement of a multi-year institutional capacity-building initiative in alignment with the NATO Resilience security cooperation initiative.