{"id":12736,"date":"2018-11-09T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/nato-regional-cooperation-course-nrcc-20-graduation-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:24:22","slug":"nato-regional-cooperation-course-nrcc-20-graduation-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/nato-regional-cooperation-course-nrcc-20-graduation-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO REGIONAL COOPERATION COURSE (NRCC-20) GRADUATION CEREMONY"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NRCC20-Graduation_9_1.jpg\" alt=\"NRCC-20 with Ambassadors and distinguished guests, the NDC Commandant, Dean, Faculty and staff\" \/><figcaption>NRCC-20 with Ambassadors and distinguished guests, the NDC Commandant, Dean, Faculty and staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">On 9 November 2018, the NATO Defense College celebrated the graduation of the 20th NATO Regional Cooperation Course (NRCC-20). The NRCC is the Alliance\u2019s major educational Outreach activity with partner countries in the Mediterranean Dialogue (MD), the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) and the broader Middle East. NRCC-20 was attended by 36 participants (24 military, 12 civilians), from15 different countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">NDC Commandant LtGen Chris Whitecross opened the ceremony in the Maynard-Thorn Auditorium, underscoring the importance of this 10-week course with a view to increasingly close cooperation and friendship with valued partners. She reminded the audience of highlights which have made NRCC-20 so memorable for Course Members \u2013 from the high-level lectures and seminars alongside the Senior Course,to the valuable briefings received in Brussels, Athens and Naples during an intensive Field Studies programme. LtGen Whitecross also emphasized the professional and personal fulfilment that Course Members will enjoy by continuing to cultivate the working relations and friendships established during the past 10 weeks. She then introduced  guest of honour Mr Fawaz AlOthman, Manager of the NATO-ICI Regional Centre in Kuwait. Himself an NRCC Ancien (NRCC-8), Mr AlOthman offered an impressive  overview of how the recently instituted academic exchanges between the NATO-ICI Regional Centre and the NDC will be moving forward in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The NRCC-20 Course President, Minister Plenipotentiary Mr Mohamed Safwat (EGY), thanked the NDC Commandant, the Faculty Advisers and the entire NDC staff for everything they have done to ensure so fulfilling an experience for Course Members. Mr AlOthman, LtGen Whitecross and NDC Dean BGen (ret) Franti&#x161;ek Mi&#x10D;&#xE1;nek (CZE) then presided over the conferment of Course diplomas, with Course Members honouring their national flags as they came forward to receive the congratulations of the College leadership.<\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<br \/>(Prepared by Ms Ilaria Latorre, ITA C)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NRCC-20 with Ambassadors and distinguished guests, the NDC Commandant, Dean, Faculty and staff On 9 November 2018, the<\/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-12736","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 8 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 9, 2018","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 9, 2018 20:30","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:24"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12736","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=12736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12736"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=12736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}