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The Autumn session of the Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) took place at NATO HQ on 24 and 25 October. The two-day meeting was opened by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, who stressed the importance of defence restructuring in NATO as well as Partner countries.
The first day of the meeting brought together participants from NATO countries around the issues of equipment programmes and the Alliance's Defence Capabilities Initiative (DCI). No major equipment decisions were taken, but work in course was reviewed (i.e., alliance ground surveillance and theatre missile defence).
Regarding DCI, progress made in several areas was assessed, but discussions focused on acquisition policies since the relentless growth in equipment costs, combined with the ever-pressing need for greater equipment interoperability, is forcing countries to look at different ways of procuring defence equipment. NATO members are aiming to: develop greater cooperation at all levels, including the purchasing level where new forms of ownership are being considered (leasing, pooling etc); to increase interoperability; and reduce the technological gap between the United States and European members of the Alliance by addressing the difference in Research and Development spending in the US and Europe and highlighting the United States' Defence Trade and Security Initiative, which puts forward proposals to ease US export control regulations.
On the second day, NATO members met with 20 partner countries, including Russia, to pursue discussions on defence capabilities and the challenges of meeting NATO standards and greater interoperability.
The CNAD, which deals with armaments cooperation and acquisition between NATO members, is placed under the authority of the North Atlantic Council -NATO's top decision making body- and meets in plenary session twice a year.