Comments for Allied Command Operations Blog http://acositrep.com Situation Report on NATO Military Operations Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:41:58 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 Comment on Back from Afghanistan by Graham http://acositrep.com/2010/01/25/back-from-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-3490 Graham Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:41:58 +0000 http://acositrep.com/?p=1140#comment-3490 Great job Sir - looks like NATO support is helping to turn a corner http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/24/taliban-afghanistan-nato-opium-insurgency Great job Sir – looks like NATO support is helping to turn a corner

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/24/taliban-afghanistan-nato-opium-insurgency

]]> Comment on The Afghanistan Uplift by James Kevin Mac Goris http://acositrep.com/2009/12/15/the-afghanistan-uplift/comment-page-1/#comment-3478 James Kevin Mac Goris Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:43:44 +0000 http://acositrep.com/?p=1088#comment-3478 There is a big online brainstorming session with the EU and NATO on the 4th until the 9th of February, where people can log in and talk directly to senior figures. Register at www.securityjam.org Here are some more details: The online Security Jam – a chance to pitch some ideas to the top You may not be able to pick up the phone and call the head of NATO or the European Commission, but at the beginning of next month you’ll have your chance to do the next best thing – and pitch your ideas - when you log on to the online brainstorm session, the Security Jam that’s being held online from 4th to 9th February. Even better, the Security Jam will give you wider opportunity to make your voice heard – because not only will senior VIPs from NATO, the European Commission and host of major stakeholders be talking it up online, but you’ll also be able to share your ideas and security concerns with literally thousands of participants who, like you, will be contributing to a wide range of security-related discussions. Climate Change, Human Rights and Development will be key topics, as well as core security areas such as Crisis Management, Piracy, Afghanistan, Relations with Russia & China etc… Discussions will be moderated by key individuals, and there will be a guaranteed online presence of senior VIP figures such as: • Ambassador Kai Eide, United Nations Special Representative to Afghanistan • Carl Bildt, Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister • Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme • José Manuel Barroso*, European Commission President • General Håkan Syrén, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee • Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, Chairman of the Military Committee, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) • Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Former NATO Secretary General • Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) • Paul Collier, Professor at Oxford University, author of 'The Bottom Billion' • Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, Commander of the Joint Force Command Naples & US Naval Forces in Europe • Mark Pyman, Director of the International Defence and Security Programme at Transparency International • Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch • Miroslav Lajcák, Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister • Fernando Perpiñá-Robert Peyra, Secretary General of the Club of Madrid, member of the NATO Group of Experts on new Strategic Concept • Mark Laity, Chief for Strategic Communications, NATO (SHAPE) • General Henry Anyidoho*, Acting Joint African Union – United Nations Special Representative for Darfur • Wahu Kaara, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Kenyan Social Justice Activist and Former Ecumenical Coordinator for the Millennium Development Goals • Jacqueline McGlade, Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA) • Anders Fogh Rasmussen*, NATO Secretary General *to be confirmed And the results? The best and most practicable ideas for improving global security will be put forward as important contributions to the new strategic concepts being prepared by NATO and the EU, both of which are official supporters of this highly original event. How to get involved? Registration to the Jam is mandatory, see online at www.securityjam.org Just register online, and you’ll get your 5-day pass to log on and log off the jam at your convenience. The programme will be published before the event and updated during it, so all you need to do is check the website to see who’s on and at what time. There is a big online brainstorming session with the EU and NATO on the 4th until the 9th of February, where people can log in and talk directly to senior figures.

Register at http://www.securityjam.org

Here are some more details:

The online Security Jam – a chance to pitch some ideas to the top

You may not be able to pick up the phone and call the head of NATO or the European Commission, but at the beginning of next month you’ll have your chance to do the next best thing – and pitch your ideas – when you log on to the online brainstorm session, the Security Jam that’s being held online from 4th to 9th February.

Even better, the Security Jam will give you wider opportunity to make your voice heard – because not only will senior VIPs from NATO, the European Commission and host of major stakeholders be talking it up online, but you’ll also be able to share your ideas and security concerns with literally thousands of participants who, like you, will be contributing to a wide range of security-related discussions.

Climate Change, Human Rights and Development will be key topics, as well as core security areas such as Crisis Management, Piracy, Afghanistan, Relations with Russia & China etc…

Discussions will be moderated by key individuals, and there will be a guaranteed online presence of senior VIP figures such as:

• Ambassador Kai Eide, United Nations Special Representative to Afghanistan
• Carl Bildt, Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister
• Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme
• José Manuel Barroso*, European Commission President
• General Håkan Syrén, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee
• Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, Chairman of the Military Committee, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
• Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Former NATO Secretary General
• Ambassador Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
• Paul Collier, Professor at Oxford University, author of ‘The Bottom Billion’
• Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, Commander of the Joint Force Command Naples & US Naval Forces in Europe
• Mark Pyman, Director of the International Defence and Security Programme at Transparency International
• Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch
• Miroslav Lajcák, Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister
• Fernando Perpiñá-Robert Peyra, Secretary General of the Club of Madrid, member of the NATO Group of Experts on new Strategic Concept
• Mark Laity, Chief for Strategic Communications, NATO (SHAPE)
• General Henry Anyidoho*, Acting Joint African Union – United Nations Special Representative for Darfur
• Wahu Kaara, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Kenyan Social Justice Activist and Former Ecumenical Coordinator for the Millennium Development Goals
• Jacqueline McGlade, Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA)
• Anders Fogh Rasmussen*, NATO Secretary General
*to be confirmed

And the results? The best and most practicable ideas for improving global security will be put forward as important contributions to the new strategic concepts being prepared by NATO and the EU, both of which are official supporters of this highly original event.

How to get involved?

Registration to the Jam is mandatory, see online at http://www.securityjam.org

Just register online, and you’ll get your 5-day pass to log on and log off the jam at your convenience. The programme will be published before the event and updated during it, so all you need to do is check the website to see who’s on and at what time.

]]> Comment on Five Great Reads for the New Year by Andres Munoz http://acositrep.com/2010/01/03/five-great-reads-for-the-new-year/comment-page-1/#comment-3431 Andres Munoz Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:19:45 +0000 http://acositrep.com/?p=1104#comment-3431 Thanks, definitely they look good. I’ve liked “Flashman”. Let me recommend you “How the Mighty Fall” by Jim Collins. Firms oriented but you will see all similarities with NATO. Mistakes: - embarking on a programme of such radical change that underlying strengths are forgotten or abandoned; - destroying momentum by constant restructuring; - pinning hopes on unproven strategies; and - hiring a visionary from outside with little understanding or waht make the company great in the first place. Thanks, definitely they look good. I’ve liked “Flashman”.

Let me recommend you “How the Mighty Fall” by Jim Collins. Firms oriented but you will see all similarities with NATO.

Mistakes:
- embarking on a programme of such radical change that underlying strengths are forgotten or abandoned;
- destroying momentum by constant restructuring;
- pinning hopes on unproven strategies; and
- hiring a visionary from outside with little understanding or waht make the company great in the first place.

]]> Comment on The NATO Response Force – The Way Forward by Public Affairs Ops http://acositrep.com/2009/08/04/the-nato-response-force-the-way-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-3400 Public Affairs Ops Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:57:59 +0000 http://acositrep.com/?p=631#comment-3400 Thank you for your post. We have recently briefed visitors from the Ukraine MOD on the details you have asked for in your post. If you still need any further information we suggest that you contact your representatives at SHAPE who have access to the Deployable Forces Coordination Group who will provide any information you require. I R W Thank you for your post. We have recently briefed visitors from the Ukraine MOD on the details you have asked for in your post. If you still need any further information we suggest that you contact your representatives at SHAPE who have access to the Deployable Forces Coordination Group who will provide any information you require.
I R W

]]> Comment on COMARRC’s Land Component Conference – 08 DEC 09 by Admiral James Stavridis http://acositrep.com/2009/12/13/comarrc%e2%80%99s-land-component-conference-%e2%80%93-08-dec-09/comment-page-1/#comment-3399 Admiral James Stavridis Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:50:42 +0000 http://acositrep.com/?p=1073#comment-3399 Excellent post, and the conference sounds superb. It is all about the comprehensive approach, especially in Afghanistan, and events like this are an outstanding mechanism to produce coherent conversation about how we tackle this. Thanks for such good work, best, Jim Excellent post, and the conference sounds superb. It is all about the comprehensive approach, especially in Afghanistan, and events like this are an outstanding mechanism to produce coherent conversation about how we tackle this. Thanks for such good work, best, Jim

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