FBR_OC1_094 - North Atlantic Security and Defense Strategy (NASDS)

Bilateral initiative facts

Promoter:
Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento do Instituto Universitário Militar (CIDIUM)(PT)
Bilateral initiative number:
PT-BI043
Status:
Completed
Initial cost:
€15,000
Actual cost:
€4,742
Initiative Types:
Data collection
Publication
Workshop or seminar
Partners:
Centre for Security Policy of the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS) of the Norwegian Defence University College(NO)
Estado-Maior-General das Forças Armadas (EMFGA)(PT)
Institute of International and European Law (IIEL) of the Reykjavík University(IS)
Programme:
Programme areas:

Description

The initiative aims to investigate the issues related to the security and defense of maritime space and sea routes from the Arctic Ocean to the North Atlantic, including the control of search and rescue (SAR) areas through unmanned autonomous systems.
The objective of the initiative is to increase knowledge and to raise awareness about the relevance of the topic on the security strategy of and to strenghten the bilateral cooperation in this area of mutual interest.
Together the partners will collect data, reports, studies and publications to draft a paper on the North Atlantic Security and

Summary of the results

The initiative strengthened the relations between the entities involved in the initiative – public bodies from Portugal and Norway and a private organization from Iceland.
The operationalisation of this initiative provided the opportunity to boost research in Military Sciences through the exchange of knowledge, both in the course of the working meetings, and in the sharing of experience and promotion of the debate of ideas and consequent analysis that the holding of the ‘International Conference North Atlantic Security and Defence Strategy (NASDS 2022)’ allowed, thus promoting critical reflection on the bases of study that the initiative proposed.

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