Welcome Romania to CMDR COE

Date: (01-07-2021)
On 29 June 2021, was signed a Note of Joining for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Romania to participate in the Memorandum of Understanding among the Ministries of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Hellenic Republic and the Republic of Poland concerning the establishment, administration and operation of the Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Romania have decided to broaden its participation in NATO’s overall crisis management and disaster response transformation efforts. The Joining could have a determining role in the sharing of expertise in the fields of crisis management, disaster response, civil protection and resilience.
The Ministries of Bulgaria, Greece and Poland welcomed the expressed commitment and agreed with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Romania joining them as a Participant to the CMDR COE.
As of the 1st July 2021 CMDR COE greets its new member – Romania. Success in our common endeavor.
A flag-raising ceremony is announce to be held on the 2nd July.
News

- In 3-7 of February experts from the CMDR COE team will take part in the Final Planning Conference of the SABER GUARDIAN ′14 Exercise, organized by the US EUCOM and BGR LANDFORCE.
The purpose of the exercise is to train and educate civilian and military participants in planning and conducting an UN mandated Chapter VII Peace Operation/Crisis Response Operation, based on a Comprehensive Approach, and focusing on co-operation and co-ordination within an unstable environment, involving all stakeholders. The principal exercise focus is the civilian-military cooperation and coordination. The scenario supports exercising a wide range of peace operations functions (e.g. rule of law, humanitarian, etc.). The CMDR COE will contribute to achieving the exercise objectives by providing subject matter expert support in the CMDR area and by organizing distributed point for White cell.
- In 11-13 February 2014 the Civil-Military Interaction: Disaster Preparedness and Response Workshop will take place in Sofia. The workshop is sponsored by the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria and the CMDR COE. The workshop comprises lectures dedicated to NATO and EU Crisis Management, role of military in civil security, risk management, as well as discussions and tabletop exercise.

The CMDR COE organised an internal seminar which was held on 20.12.2013. The main focus of the seminar was the crisis in Syria. The CMDR COE experts discussed issued related to the chronology of the crisis; the increased influx of refugees to neighbouring countries and Bulgaria; the positions of NATO, the UN and EU; the involvement of international humanitarian organisations etc.
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On 11-12 December 2013, the Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence (CMDR COE) co-hosted together with US European Command (USEUCOM) and the US embassy in Bulgaria the workshop Visualizing Implications of Climate Change on Military Activities and Relationships. The opening remarks were given by the Deputy Minister of Defence of Bulgaria, Mr. Ivan Ivanov, who welcomed the participants and underlined the importance of the topics that the workshop focused on.
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