NMS

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PFP PLANNING SYMPOSIUM 2001 DEFENCE REFORM A
COMMON CHALLENGE WITHIN THE PARTNERSHIP Oberammerg
au, Germany, 18 - 19 January 2001 Implementating
Defence ReformBalancing National Goals and
International Commitments.Case Study of Estonia
by Lt. Col. German Kesa,Head of PP Division,
General Staff, Estonia
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IMPLEMENTATING DEFENCE REFORM.BALANCING NATIONAL
GOALS AND INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS. CASE
STUDY OF ESTONIA

• LTC German Kesa
• J5

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AGENDA

• DEFENCE POLICY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
• CHALLENGES
• LESSONS LEARNED
• CONCLUSION

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St. Petersburg
HELSINKI
How the EDF will be able to respond to challenges
and threats to the security of the State , to
prepare for prospective NATO membership and
contribute to international peace.
TALLINN
ESTONIA
RIGA
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
VILNIUS
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DEFENCE POLICY GOALS

• The development and maintenance of an indigenous
  and credible national defence capability to
  defend the nations vital interests
• The development of the EDF in a way that ensures
  their interoperability with the armed forces of
  NATOs and EUs member states and their
  capability to participate in PSO

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DEFENCE POLICY OBJECTIVES

• CREDIBLE NATIONAL DEFENCE CAPABILITY
• INTEROPERABILITY WITH NATO ( FOR PROSPECTIVE
  ALLIANCE DEFENCE)
• CONTRIBUTION TO PSOs
• PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT
• ASSISTANCE IN CASE OF NATURAL AND HUMANITARIAN
  DISASTERS.

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CHALLENGES

• Concept
• Capability approach
• Force tailoring
• Force structures
• Command and control

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IDENTIFIED SHORTCOMINGS

• Legislation
• Lack of supporting documents (military doctrines,
  concepts)
• Difficulties in finding compromise between
  military defence requirements, policy
  requirements and resource constraints in a
  relatively short time period.

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LESSONS LEARNED I

• Implementation was hindered by
• establishing too general goals
• shortcomings in the conceptual basis
• the lack of necessary expertise and personnel

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LESSONS LEARNED II

• To define the objectives clearly
• Development of the concept and transfer to
  required capabilities
• To guarantee the availability of expertise
• To balance ambitions and capabilities

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NATO INTEGRATION AS A PRIORITY

• accession to NATO remains Estonias main foreign
  and security policy priority
• Estonias commitment to increase defence
  expenditure up to 2 of the GDP by 2002
• sustaining public support for NATO membership