Learning Objectives

Comprehend NATO Security Investment Programme (NSIP): Given references, students will be able to understand the processes and tools to secure NATO Resources, identify NSIP common funding issues, and describe NSIP procedures and policies for current operations.

Understand Military Budget (MB) funding: Students will be familiar with NATO procurement/contracting practices and procedures, be familiar with funding for NATO operations, describe the resource management process for obtaining funding, and describe funding procedures and policies for current operations.

Explain NATO Workforce: Students will be able to explain the types of workforce available to perform duties in NATO, explain the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing, describe Peacetime Establishments (PEs) and Crisis Establishments (CEs), describe the procedures for managing NATO workforce, and key constraints such as ceilings and national limitation on flexibility.

Comprehend NATO political and military resource structures: Students will be able to describe NATO committee structure and boards directing NATO resource matters, identify key NATO resource directives, be familiar with the relationship between NATO defence planning and NATO resource planning, and understand the relationships between the three resource pillars: NSIP, MB and Workforce.

Understand the Common Funded Capability Delivery (CFCD) Governance Model (GM): Students will get familiar with the stages and gates described in the CFCD GM, understand the roles and responsibilities of the different actors and stakeholders and identify how and when the different resource mechanisms take place in the process