INTEGRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO NATO LESSONS LEARNED

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INTEGRATION OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO NATOLESSONS
LEARNED

• Stefan Füle
• Permanent Representative
• of the Czech Republic to NATO

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AREAS OF THE LESSONS LEARNED

• 1. Political
• 2. Institutional
• 3. Legislative
• 4. Defense
• 5. Resources (both economic and human)
• 6. Security of information
• 7. Public support

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POLITICAL

• NATO Enlargement Study from 1995 is still valid
• General political will and consensus across the
  political spectrum
• Commitments accepted during the accession talks
  and executed during the membership, must be
  granted by all future governments

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• LESSONS LEARNED NUMBER ONE
• General political consensus on the effort to
  join NATO is the basic criterion and prerequisite

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INSTITUTIONAL

• NATO membership is not military business only
• Effective institutional framework
• Decisive role of Intergovernmental Co-ordination
  Committee for the NATO Integration
• Definition of areas of civil service which will
  be impacted by the membership
• Definition of areas of in which the NATO
  standards are not achieved
• Harmonogram for solving shortfalls

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Areas defined by the Czech Republic in 1997

• Legislation
• Interoperability of Armed Forces
• CEP Civil Emergency Planning
• Host Nation Support Infrastructure (NSIP NATO
  Security and Investment Programme)
• Defense planning
• Planning of sources
• Defense industry
• Security of information
• Public support

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• THE LESSONS LEARNED NUMBER TWO
• Temporary institutional framework needs to be
  created for NATO integration

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LEGISLATIVE

• NATO legal acquis
• Overall revision of the whole legal system and
  international commitments
• Constitutional improvement enabling the full
  implementation of the Article 5

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• THE LESSONS LEARNED NUMBER THREE
• Ability to consume the benefits from NATO
  membership and implement the commitments needs
  the appropriate legal changes

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DEFENCE

• NATO enlargement can not be followed by its
  military weakening
• Quality of the armed forces of a new ally is
  important criterion
• Essential role of the NATO Defense Planning
  System

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• THE LESSONS LEARNED NUMBER FOUR
• The Alliance can not be weakened due to
  enlargement. Military preparedness of new ally is
  the important criterion

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ECONOMIC AND HUMAN RESOURCES

• Pessimistic prognosis of the huge amount of money
  to be paid for the enlargement have not been
  confirmed
• Structure of costs
• Contribution to the NATO budgets civil, military
  and infrastructure
• Defense planning (FGs implementation, including
  the acquisition programme)

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• personal (financing of Permanent delegation to
  NATO, NMR office, officers and NGOs within the
  Integrated Military Structure)
• operations (ISAF, KFOR, NTM-I, OAE etc.)
• security of information (the implementation of
  arrangements related to the personnel and
  physical security)
• Appropriate level of the defense budget as an
  integral part of the general political consensus

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Participation in NATO structures

• Czech Delegation to NATO
• Political Branch 30
• Defence Advisors Branch 25
• Military Branch 30
• NATO Integrated Military Structure 150

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Participation of the CZ AFin Operations

• 2007
• Iraq NTM-I 100
• Afghanistan ISAF 240
• Kosovo KFOR 430
• BH EUFOR 4
• Standby UNSAS 70
• NRF 400
• Standby arrangements are financed directly from
• the State Budget

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Future participation

• Iraq NTM-I 100
• Afghanistan ISAF 340
• Kosovo KFOR 550
• BH EUFOR 4
• Air Policing 1003 Gripens
• EU Battle Group 1500
• Standby UNSAS 70
• NRF 340

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• THE LESSONS LEARNED NUMBER FIVE
• NATO membership is based on the sufficient funds
  and qualified human resources

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SECURITY OF INFORMATION

• Security of information is one of the NATO pillar
• Every aspirant must implement the appropriate
  NATO standards in this area
• Urgent need to screen a sufficient number of MOD
  and MFA personnel and companies

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• THE LESSONS LEARNED NUMBER SIX
• Underestimation of the security information could
  be a temporary barrier for the membership

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PUBLIC SUPPORT

• Public support for NATO membership is an
  important indicator of political atmosphere and
  political consensus
• Public support phenomenon as one of the
  substantive and decisive condition of membership
• Public support is needed for the future
  acceptance of the changes and arrangements, which
  must be accepted as a follow-up of the membership

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• THE LESSONS LEARNED NUMBER SEVEN
• Public support for NATO membership is crucial
  important and indicates the quality of political
  climate in the country

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CONCLUSION

• Special NATOs environment makes Alliance very
  strong and cultivates its members
• Most important added value of NATO membership

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THE LESSONS LEARNED 1. General political
consensus on the effort to join NATO is the basic
criterion and prerequisite 2. Temporary
institutional framework needs to be created for
NATO integration 3. Ability to consume the
benefits from NATO membership and implement the
commitments needs the appropriate legal
changes 4. The Alliance can not be weakened due
to enlargement. Military preparedness of new ally
is the important criterion 5. NATO membership is
based on the sufficient funds and qualified human
resources6. Underestimation of the security
information could be a temporary barrier for the
membership 7. Public support for NATO membership
is crucial important and indicates the quality of
political climate in the country
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