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The increasing range of new risks and emerging security challenges are common concerns for NATO Allies and partners alike. As part of its efforts to foster cooperative activities in direct response to these challenges, the NATO Science for Peace & Security (SPS) Programme hosted an ‘Information Day’ in Skopje on 3 June. The objective was to increase the visibility of the SPS Programme and to reach out to national government officials, scientists and experts in order to identify and develop topics for future cooperation through the SPS programme, particularly in the area of emerging security challenges.
The Information Day opened with speeches by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Zoran Petrov and Deputy Minister of Defence Mr Emil Dimitriev. In his speech, Deputy Minister Petrov highlighted areas of mutual interest, in particular counter-terrorism, cyber security, energy & environmental security, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defence, disaster response and crisis management.
Deputy Minister Dimitriev focused on the multiple reforms being undertaken and spoke about collective defence, capability development, scientific collaboration and lessons learned. His speech also explained the necessity for greater engagement in the area of emerging security challenges as a means to achieve interoperability with NATO in the future.
In her keynote address, Dr. Deniz Beten, Senior SPS and Partnership Cooperation Advisor, outlined the growing range of non-traditional risks and emerging security challenges faced by Allies and partners today. She noted the important role of science in providing solutions for these problems and explained how the SPS Programme helps to foster cooperative activities between Allies and partners in direct response to these challenges. She encouraged national scientific and expert communities to use the SPS Programme to develop projects jointly with Allies and partners to address emerging security challenges and contribute to national and regional security.
Around 50 scientists, experts and government officials, including representatives from the NATO Liaison Office and the NATO Contact Point Embassy in Skopje attended the Information Day. The event was conducted in two main sessions. In the first session, SPS Advisor Eyup Turmus provided an overview of the SPS Programme and highlighted the programme’s grant mechanisms, application process and priority areas. The session then focused on SPS events –advanced research workshops and training courses− organised by scientists and experts from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ¹.
The second session looked at multi-year research projects led by national scientists, mostly in the fields of environmental security, information technology and advanced technology. Importantly, all the SPS projects presented in this session fostered regional cooperation in the Balkans. The former chair of the environmental security panel, Professor Francesco Mulargia from Italy, also presented on the scientific evaluation process of potential SPS proposals and gave examples of best practices.
In her closing remarks, Dr Beten summarised the achievements of SPS activities conducted by scientists and experts from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia¹. She stressed that the Information Day provided an important opportunity for relevant national communities to better understand the types of activities funded by the SPS Programme so that concrete opportunities for cooperation could be developed in the future. The delegation from NATO discussed concrete ideas for new SPS projects during a series of bilateral meetings and visits to academic institutions.