U.S Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters at a news conference on December 2, 2015, following a two-day NATO Ministerial meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

April 1, 2005

Defense Institution Building: 2005 Parntership Action Plan on DIB Regional Conference

A summary of the presentations and papers presented as this key event co-hosted by the Swiss and Georgian governments. The venue was instrumental in establishing much of the early DIB framework and for highlighting DIB as a key element of Security Sector Reform.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry and his fellow Foreign Ministers watch as North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski unveil the logo of next year's NATO Summit Meeting in Warsaw, Poland, during a break at a NATO Ministerial meeting on December 1, 2015, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

June 7, 2004

NATO Partnership Action Plan on Defense Institution Building

NATO Partnership Action Plan on Defense Institution Building

A Slovenian soldier radios situational information to leaders during Saber Junction 2014 at the Hohenfels Training Area in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 2, 2014. Saber Junction is a U.S. Army Europe-led exercise designed to prepare U.S., NATO and international partner forces for unified land operations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christina M. Dion/Released)

June 7, 2004

NATO Partnership Action Plan on Defense Institution Building

As a key participant in the development of Defense Institution Building as a specific field within SSR, NATO has long been at the forefront of defining DIB. This plan from 2004 represents one of the first comprehensive efforts to identify and define DIB activities.

June 7, 2004

NATO Partnership Action Plan on Defense Institution Building (PAP-DIB)

June, 2004 — The Partnership Action Plan on Defense Institution Building (PAP-DIB) aims to reinforce efforts by EAPC Partners to initiate and carry forward reform and restructuring of defense institutions to meet their needs and the commitments undertaken in the context of the Partnership for Peace Framework Document and EAPC Basic Document, as well as the relevant OSCE documents including the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security.

U.S. Army Capt. Geoffrey Lynch, right, the headquarters commander with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, discusses operations and tactics with Montenegrin army Lt. Ratko Cosovic after a field training exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 training event in Slunj, Croatia, June 5, 2012. Immediate Response is a U.S. Army Europe-led combined joint tactical field training exercise designed to build interoperability between NATO, Croatia and its regional partner nations. (DoD photo by Spc. Lorenzo Ware, U.S. Army/Released)

March 1, 2004

Defence and Security Sector Governance and Reform in South East Europe

An assessment of security sector reform efforts in Eastern Europe that includes both country-specific reviews along with thematic analyses.