Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council

EAPC members exchange views on current political and security-related issues, including the evolving security situation in Kosovo, where peacekeepers from Allied and partner countries are deployed together. Longer-term consultation and cooperation also take place in a variety of areas, for example arms control and non-proliferation, counter-terrorism, and civil preparedness and civil emergency response.

Established in 1997, the EAPC succeeded the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC), which was set up in 1991 just after the end of the Cold War. This decision reflected NATO’s desire to build a security forum better suited for a more enhanced and operational partnership, matching the increasingly sophisticated relationships being developed with partner countries.

The EAPC brings together the 32 Allies and 18 PfP partners.¹