{"id":10688,"date":"2009-11-27T10:08:46","date_gmt":"2009-11-27T09:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/visit-of-the-european-security-and-defence-college-to-ndc\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:51:03","slug":"visit-of-the-european-security-and-defence-college-to-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/visit-of-the-european-security-and-defence-college-to-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit of the European Security and Defence College to NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ESDC_nov09_1.jpg\" alt=\"The Commandant and senior NDC staff with the ESDC delegation led by Brigadier General Jacques WALCH\" \/><figcaption>The Commandant and senior NDC staff with the ESDC delegation led by Brigadier General Jacques WALCH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">On Thursday 26 November 2009, the NATO Defense   College hosted a visit  from the participants in the High Level Course of the European Security and  Defence College (ESDC). During this week the ESDC course is in Rome following a module on \u201cESDP Crisis  Management Capabilities\u201d, organized by the Italian Centre for High Defence  Studies, together with the Armed Forces Academy of Slovakia. The ESDC party was  headed by the Course Director, Brigadier General Jacques WALCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The objective of the visit was to  provide ESDC Course Members, together with their counterparts on the NDC Senior  Course, the opportunity for an exchange of views, in an academic forum, on the  topic \u201cEU-NATO cooperation on capabilities development\u201d.  Participants in the two courses also had the opportunity to mix together during  a welcoming \u201cvin d\u2019honneur\u201d, during which the ESDC party was officially  welcomed by NDC Commandant, Lieutenant General Wolf-Dieter LOESER. The ESDC  visitors also received a brief introduction of the College by the Public  Affairs Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Mario MASDEA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">For the  academic core of the visit, which took place in the Maynard-Thorn Auditorium, participants  heard from two well qualified guest speakers. Professor Fabrizio LUCIOLLI,  Secretary General of the Italian Atlantic Committee, spoke on the topic \u201cEU-NATO  practical cooperation: present challenges and future perspectives\u201d. This was  followed by a presentation by Mrs  Sigurbjorg JONSDOTTIR, of NATO Defence Staff Team,  covering \u201cHarmonization of EU and NATO defense  planning\u201d. The session, which included a lively discussion period, was  introduced and moderated by Mr Gavin KITCHINGHAM, Chief of NDC\u2019s Curriculum  Planning Branch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">This event proved to be a very successful first joint  venture between the two Colleges, and will, it is hoped, prove the precursor to  further cooperation in the future.<\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commandant and senior NDC staff with the ESDC delegation led by Brigadier General Jacques WALCH On Thursday<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-10688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 17 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 27, 2009","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 27, 2009 10:08","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 08:51"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10688"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=10688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}