{"id":11119,"date":"2011-10-14T10:19:06","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T09:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/58th-annual-anciens-conference-seminar-2011\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:57:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:57:44","slug":"58th-annual-anciens-conference-seminar-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/58th-annual-anciens-conference-seminar-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"58th Annual Anciens\u2019 Conference &#038; Seminar 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/58th_AnciensSeminar2011_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"Introductory remarks by the NDC Commandant, Lieutenant General Arne B&aring;rd DALHAUG \" \/><figcaption>Introductory remarks by the NDC Commandant, Lieutenant General Arne B&aring;rd DALHAUG <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">From 13th to 15th October former NATO Defense College (NDC) Course Members gathered in Rome for the Anciens\u2019 Conference and Seminar, which has been held annually since its inception in 1954. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The traditional three-day event opened with a <a class='photo' href='\/images\/58th_AnciensSeminar2011_3_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"Evening  reception held at the Italian Army Officers\u2019 Club \">reception<\/a> held at the Italian Army Officers\u2019 Club on Thursday evening, hosting 133 \u201cAnciens\u201d from 20 different countries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The Seminar took place on Friday, in the Main Auditorium of the College. Proceedings were opened by Lieutenant General Arne Bard DALHAUG, NDC Commandant and President of the Anciens\u2019 Association. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><a class='photo' href='\/images\/58th_AnciensSeminar2011_6_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\" NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Claudio BISOGNIERO\">Ambassador Claudio BISOGNIERO<\/a>, NATO Deputy Secretary General, then took the floor. His timely and particularly well informed perspective on the topic \u201cNATO and the Lisbon Agenda &#8211; Where Do We Stand?\u201d introduced the first plenary discussion of the morning \u2013 a stimulating and wide-ranging exchange moderated by Dr Brooke SMITH-WINDSOR, Deputy Director of the NDC Research Division. This was followed by a <a class='photo' href='\/images\/58th_AnciensSeminar2011_4_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"First row: NATO Deputy Secretary General (center) and the panelists\">panel forum<\/a> focusing on \u201cThe Future of NATO Partnerships\u201d, with a distinguished panel made up of: Dr Jaroslaw SKONIECZKA, Director of the Euro-Atlantic Integration, Partnerships and Cooperation Directorate, NATO Headquarters; Major General Brian DAWSON, Military Representative of Australia to the EU and NATO; His Excellency Hassan ABOUYOUB, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to Italy; and His Excellency Dr Mahmoud KAREM, former Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Belgium and former Permanent Representative to NATO. The impressively broad and comprehensive discussion was again moderated by Dr SMITH-WINDSOR. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The last day of the Anciens\u2019 Seminar, Saturday, is devoted to the Annual General Meeting. Just before the AGM, the agenda for the annual meeting of Secretaries of National Associations prioritizes the definition of common policies to support the College in its educational mission. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The Anciens\u2019 Seminar provides an excellent opportunity for former NDC Course Members to meet regularly and share their different perspectives on the time they spent at the College, as well as for promotion of camaraderie amongst all Course Members present and past.<\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<br \/>\n(Prepared by Ms Kyla Cham, CAN C)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introductory remarks by the NDC Commandant, Lieutenant General Arne B&aring;rd DALHAUG From 13th to 15th October former NATO<\/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-11119","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 15 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le octobre 14, 2011","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le octobre 14, 2011 10:19","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 08:57"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11119","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=11119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11119\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11119"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=11119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}