NATO Regional Cooperation Course (NRCC) عربي
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ABOUT THE NRCC
The NATO Regional Cooperation Course (NRCC) is the Alliance’s major educational outreach to Mediterranean Dialogue (MD) and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) countries and partners from the broader region of the Middle East. This 10-week strategic level course is offered twice each year, once in spring and again in the fall, and has been developed in direct response to the decision by Alliance Heads of State and Government at the Riga Summit in November 2006 to promote a closer dialogue and intensified cooperation in the field of education. It makes use of lecturers in the Senior Course (40% of the time), has its own separate facilities, its own lecturers, mostly from the Middle East region, and has dedicated Faculty Advisors with PhDs who have studied and worked in the Maghreb, the Mashreq and the Gulf.
AIM
The broader aim of the course is to link issues of concern both to MD and ICI nations and to NATO, and to develop mutual understanding and networking among participants.
WHAT THE NRCC DOES
The NATO Regional Cooperation Course is distinctly different from other NATO Defense College courses. Specifically, it aims to link questions of importance to the broader Middle East region with the wider international community through study and analysis at the strategic political-military level of security issues affecting both the region and NATO; moreover, it examines these issues from the perspective of MD, ICI and NATO member countries.
WHO CAN ATTEND
The course is open to officers of the rank of Brigadier General, Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel, and to civilian officials and diplomats of equivalent rank from relevant ministries such as the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other ministries or administrations concerned with strategic security issues.
19 students from 12 nations graduated on 15 May 2009 from the first full ten-week NRCC. On 4 December 2009, 15 students from 10 different nations graduated from the second full NRCC. On 14 May 2010, 24 students from 15 different nations graduated from our third course. On 26 November 2010, 27 students from 16 different nations graduated from the fourth and largest course. On 13 May 2011, 26 participants from 16 different nations graduated from NRCC 5, our latest course. To date, 113 participants from 26 nations have graduated in our five NRCC's.
During the most recent course the students attended lectures alongside the NATO Defense College Senior Course and took part in separate studies of security issues affecting both NATO and the broader Middle East, including the Maghreb, the Mashreq and the Gulf region. Some of the challenges examined included the new NATO Strategic Concept, State Building and Security, Development, Migration and Climate Change, Economic Security and Terrorism. At the end of the course, students participated in a demanding Crisis Management Exercise that required a comprehensive approach to resolving crises.
Building on the success of the first eight NRCCs, NRCC 9 will be launched on 4 March 2013 and will run until 10 May 2013.
NRCC Director:
- ITA Army Colonel Giuseppe Morabito
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- email: g.morabito@ndc.nato.int
Click here to access the NRCC portal.
Click here to download NRCC 9 Academic Curriculum.
