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Over 90 experts in anti-corruption and integrity building from governments, militaries and civil society and officials from over 30 allied and partner countries took part in the annual Building Integrity Discipline conference at the Norwegian Centre for the Integrity in the Defence Sector (CIDS) from 8 to 10 June. They reviewed 2015 requirements and agreed the programme of work to implement the BI Education and Training Plan.
Opening the conference, the Norwegian Defence Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide emphasised the risk which corruption poses to security. She also underlined that NATO’s cooperative approach to security was underpinned by shared values, noting that “NATO’s Building Integrity Programme promotes some crucial elements that are an integral part of those values.”
Reinforcing the minister’s point about the link between corruption and insecurity, Lt-Gen Leonardo di Di Marco, Chief of Staff at Joint Forces Command Naples, observed that “Corruption as an asymmetrical tactic in current and future operations will pose an increasingly significant threat to the stability of failing countries.” He added that “NATO must develop effective corruption-countering policies, concepts and doctrine. The resulting capability needs to reflect the potential risks and must further be able to predict and avoid hybrid warfare attacks.”
Vice-Admiral Javier Gonzalez-Huix, Deputy Chief of Staff – Joint Force Trainer at Allied Command Transformation, spoke about the need to develop a NATO Building Integrity policy and to define its place within NATO’s partnership programmes, and to further enhance activities taking into account the lessons identified and expertise built so far.
This was the second conference to be hosted by CIDS since it became Department Head for Building Integrity in September 2013.