{"id":11578,"date":"2013-06-28T13:52:31","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T12:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/closing-ceremony-of-the-second-senior-executive-regional-conference-serc-2-at-the-nato-defense-college\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:04:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:04:55","slug":"closing-ceremony-of-the-second-senior-executive-regional-conference-serc-2-at-the-nato-defense-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/closing-ceremony-of-the-second-senior-executive-regional-conference-serc-2-at-the-nato-defense-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing Ceremony of the Second Senior Executive Regional Conference (SERC 2) at the NATO Defense College"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Senior
Senior Executive Regional Conference participants at the NATO Defense College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

On 28th June 2013, the NATO Defense College (NDC) hosted the closing ceremony to mark the conclusion of the second Senior Executive Regional Conference (SERC 2). The Course was attended by a high-profile group of diplomats, senior officials, policy planners and researchers, from NATO members states and from the Alliance\u2019s partner countries in the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf region. <\/p>\n

Participants successfully engaged in an intensive week of study and lectures on strategic issues of great contemporary relevance to the security of the countries represented. This ambitious programme offered a forum of outstanding quality for discussion of major strategic concerns, focusing on shifting trends at both the regional and the global level. <\/p>\n

During the week, participants were addressed by a number of eminent and authoritative speakers. They are listed here, in chronological order: General Knud Bartels (DNK A), Chairman of the NATO Military Committee; General Eric Bonnemaison, Deputy Director at the Directorate for Strategic Affairs of the French Ministry of Defence; General Mohamed el Hassan Ould Abdel Haye, Chief Of Defence of Mauritania; Lt Gen Simon Vincent Mayall, Middle East Adviser at the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence; HE Dr Sameh Aboul Enein, formerly Head of the Political Section and Counselor for Disarmament at the Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the UN; Dr Jaroslaw Skonieczka, Director of the Euro-Atlantic Integration, Partnerships and Cooperation Directorate, NATO Headquarters; HE Sheikh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah<\/a>, Vice President of the National Security Bureau of Kuwait; and General (ret.) John Allen (USA A), former Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A). <\/p>\n

On the last morning of the Course, a keynote speech entitled \u201cItalian Defence Posture in Future Strategic Scenarios\u201d was given by guest of honour Admiral Luigi Binelli Mantelli<\/a>, Chief of the Italian Defence General Staff. This was followed by a challenging discussion session with the speaker.<\/p>\n

In his closing remarks, NDC Commandant LtGen Arne Bård Dalhaug (NOR A) dwelt on the importance of this Course as a major contribution to the College\u2019s cooperation with the Alliance\u2019s partner countries in the Mediterranean and Gulf region.<\/p>\n

More about the SERC:
Inauguration of the Senior Executive Regional Conference 2<\/a><\/p>\n

NDC Public Affairs Office
(Prepared by Ms Francesca Blasi, ITA C)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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