9th International Kyiv Week – “NATO Adapting to the Changing Security Environment”

General Vitaliy Hryhorovych RADETSKIY, Commandant of the Ukrainian National Defence Academy, Ambassador Urban RUSNAK, the representative of the Slovak Republic, whose embassy acted as the contact point, and Lieutenant General Wolf-Dieter LOESER, Commandant of the NATO Defense College, inaugurated the 9th International Week in Kyiv.

The Opening Ceremony was followed by a Press Conference in which journalists from different media – written, electronic and radio – participated.

The barrage of questions highlighted the Ukrainian public’s hunger for information, and also the importance of the NATO Kyiv Week as a tool for correct information, provided through the explicit and clear answers from participants. In the context of the increasingly important NATO partnership with Ukraine, the purpose of the International Week is to promote better acquaintance with NATO, discuss the challenges facing the Atlantic Alliance and its partners in today’s security environment, address a number of current key issues in the field of international security, and stress the value of strong ties between Ukraine and NATO.

The title of this year’s event is “NATO – Adapting to the Changing Security Environment”. The event is designed to meet the requirements of the Ukrainian National Defence Academy Curriculum, and at the same time to be a means of enhancing mutual understanding and achieving more fruitful cooperation.

During the Week eminent speakers from NATO, the NATO Defense College and other international institutions, among them the Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee Lt.Gen Karl EIKENBERRY, will lecture on the NATO organization and working methods, and also on international security issues.

The Seminar will be conducted with the same educational methodology applied in Rome, where the NATO Defense College has been located since 1966. As well as the traditional lecture in the morning, followed by a Q&A session, participants will have a unique opportunity for free exchanges of opinion with visiting NDC faculty advisors during the Committee work in the afternoon, in classes of no more than 15/20 students.

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