NATO COMMITTE ON GENDER PERSPECTIVES - INVITATION TO …GE… · 12:45 – 13:00 Back brief . 13:00 – 13:45 Presentations on Recruitment & Retention Q&A . 13:45 – 15:30 Syndicate

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23 April 2015 IMSTAM(GENAD)-0002-2015 SEE DISTRIBUTION NATO COMMITTE ON GENDER PERSPECTIVES - INVITATION TO THE 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN JUNE AT NATO HQ References: A. MC 249/3(Final), the NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives (NCGP), 3 Feb 14. B. IMSTAM(GENAD)-0020-2014, NATO Committee On Gender Perspective (NCGP) - 2015 Annual Conference - save the date, 11 Dec 14. C. AC/340-DS(2014)0001, SPS Award Recommendations, 18 Sep 15. D. MC 0458/3 (Final), NATO, Education, Training, Exercises, and Evaluations (ETEE) Policy, 03 Sep 14. 1. Invitation. Further to References A and B, on behalf of the Chair of the NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives (NCGP), Colonel Linda Sheimo (USAAR), I am pleased to invite all national Delegates and Observers to participate in the NCGP 2015 Annual Conference to be held at NATO HQ in Brussels from 1 to 5 Jun 15. The theme for this year's Conference is ' the 15th Anniversary of the UNSCR 1325 and its impact on Recruitment and Retention in the Armed Forces'. Due to the very specific topic, the invitation this year is also addressed to Human Resource experts. You would wish to be aware that participants from the Partnership for Peace, Mediterranean Dialogue, Istanbul Cooperation Initiative as well as Partners Across the Globe are also invited to attend. 2. Programme. The detailed Programme is at Annex A. The Syndicate work will focus on Recruitment, Retention, Military Culture and Gender Integration.

3. Welcome Reception. The NCGP Chair will open the event with a Welcome Reception on Mon 2 Jun from 1800 hrs onwards at the NATO HQ Staff Centre. 3. Conference Fee. You should be aware that the Conference Fee for all attendees is €25 and for the participants of the formal dinner €70 per person in total (cash only). The Fee will be collected on Mon 1 Jun 15 between 1730 and 1800 hrs before the Welcome Reception in the NATO HQ Staff Centre. 4. Accommodation. The IMS Office of the Gender Advisor recommends the MERCURE Airport Hotel very close to the NATO HQ. For booking, please use the Code SC375328226 to get the NATO rate. 5. Basic Language. The Conference will be conducted in English, with an interpretation service in French and English. All interpreters are security cleared.

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4. Administration. It would be appreciated if you could return a completed Registration Form (at Annex B) by E-Mail to the IMS Office of the Gender Advisor at your earliest convenience but certainly no later than 18 May 15. 5. NATO HQ Access Passes. The passes are to be requested by participants through their respective Delegations at NATO HQ. Only Non-NATO National Experts and NATO & Non-NATO Experts with no NATO Security Clearance will have to return a completed Pass Application Form (Annex C) by E-Mail to the IMS Office of the Gender Advisor no later than 18 May 15. In addition, every participant has to carry a national ID card whilst inside NATO HQ. 6. Participant Preparation: Annex D contains questions that each syndicate will use in preparation for the product that the NCGP will present to the Military Committee (in Permanent Session) on 4 Jun 15. Please ensure all participants have reviewed the questions for each syndicate and have prepared answers based on their experiences in their countries. This will enable the syndicates to begin discussion at their first session. Participants may request a specific syndicate when returning the Registration Form. 7. Other events at the NATO HQ Brussels. The presentation of the Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Project on “UNSCR 1325 Reload: Reviewing Allied Policies and Implementation” (Reference C) will take place in the morning of 1 Jun 15. In accordance with Reference C, the Annual Gender in Military Operations Discipline Conference will take place in the afternoon of 1 Jun 15. 8. Contact. Any questions and/or issues should be addressed to the IMS Office of the Gender Advisor on +32-2-707-5761 (Lt Col Jesus Ignacio Gil Ruiz), or on +32-2-707-5762 (OR-9 Simona Cardi). Their E-Mail address is: [email protected].

Sir Christopher Harper Air Marshal Director General International Military Staff

Annexes: A. Programme. B. Registration Form. C. Pass Application Form. D. NCGP Annual Conference 2015 Syndicate Questions

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Distribution: ALL NATO MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES ALL PARTNER MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES ALL MEDITERRANEAN DIALOGUE REPRESENTATIVES ALL ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES CHIEF OF STAFF, SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS EUROPE CHIEF OF STAFF, HEADQUARTERS SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER TRANSFORMATION CHIEF OF STAFF, JOINT FORCE COMMAND BRUNSSUM CHIEF OF STAFF, JOINT FORCE COMMAND NAPLES CHIEF OF STAFF, ALLIED LAND COMMAND IZMIR CHIEF OF STAFF, ALLIED MARITIME COMMAND NORTHWOOD CHIEF OF STAFF, ALLIED AIR COMMAND RAMSTEIN CHIEF OF STAFF, JOINT WARFARE CENTRE CHIEF OF STAFF RESOLUTE SUPPORT MISSION CHIEF OF STAFF KFOR CIMIC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE, PO BOX 5013,750 GA ENSCHEDE, NETHERLAND SWEDINT NORDIC CENTRE FOR GENDER IN MILITARY OPERATIONS, SWEDEN MILITARY REPRESENTATION OF AFGHANISTAN TO NATO MILITARY REPRESENTATION OF AUSTRALIA TO NATO MILITARY REPRESENTATION OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO NATO MILITARY REPRESENTATION OF JAPAN TO NATO MILITARY REPRESENTATION OF MONGOLIA TO NATO MILITARY REPRESENTATION OF NEW ZEALAND TO NATO MILITARY REPRESENTATION OF PAKISTAN TO NATO MILITARY REPRESENTATION OF IRAQ TO NATO Copy to: IMS SDL T (Less MilReps); SRSG ON WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY, IS/OPS, IS/PASP, IS/EM, IMS Office of the Gender Advisor Action Officer: Lt Col Gil Ruiz, GENAD (5761)



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ANNEX A TO IMSTAM(GENAD)-0002-2015

NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives (NCGP)

Programme MONDAY 1 JUNE 2015 Smart casual

STAFF CENTER - NATO HQ

1730 – 1800 MEETING REGISTRATION - COLLECTION OF THE FEE

1800 – 1930 WELCOME RECEPTION

TUESDAY 2 JUNE 2015 Service dress OPEN CONFERENCE – (Belgian Royal Military Academy, Rue Hobbema 8, Brussels)

"15th Anniversary of the UNSCR 1325 and its impact in Recruitment and Retention in the

Armed Forces"

07:30 - 07:45 Delegates get into the buses. Main entrance NATO HQ Brussels.

08:00 - 08:30 Buses from NATO HQ to the Belgian Royal Military Academy

08:30 – 09:00 Official Picture and Coffee

09:00 – 09:20 Access to the Conference Room

09:30 – 10:00 Introduction of the Conference

• Welcome Remarks – Col Linda K. SHEIMO, US Armed Forces, Chair NCGP

• Opening Remarks – Ambassador Stephen EVANS, NATO ASG OPS

• Opening Remarks – HRH Princess Astrid of Belgium

10:05 – 11:05 PANEL: How has Recruitment and Retention changed in your country’s military over the last 15 years

Moderator: Ms Elizabeth BRODERICK, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission

• Lieutenant General David MORRISON, Australian Armed Forces

• Major General Jeffrey SNOW, US Armed Forces

• Major General Franco MARSIGLIA, Italian Armed Forces

• Brigadier General Margaret BURCHAM, US Armed Forces

Annual Conference 2 – 5 June 2015 NATO HQ BRUSSELS





11:05 – 11:35 Open Debate

11:45 - 12:10 Buses from the Belgian Royal Military Academy to the NATO HQ

12:15 – 12:30 Official picture

END OF OPEN CONFERENCE

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break (LOCATION: ROOM 3-4 for the rest of the week) 14:00 – 14:05 Official opening of the Conference

14:05 – 14:30 Presentation of the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) project results “UNSCR

1325 Reload”

14:30 – 14:40 Introduction to the Syndicate work

14:40 – 15:30 Presentations on Recruitment & Retention Q&A

15:30 – 17:00 Syndicate work

17:00 – 17:30 Presentations of the Syndicate work - Back briefs WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE 2015 working dress

09:00 – 09:10 Opening remarks – Col Linda K. SHEIMO



11:45 – 12:45 Lunch break

12:45 – 13:00 Back brief



15:45 – 17:45 Presentation Syndicate work – Back brief, Draft Slides, Syndicate Presentations

18:00 Presentation to EXCO – Syndicate work

THURSDAY 4 JUNE 2015 Working dress

09:45 NATO Delegates in Room 1

10:00 – 10:45 MC/PS

10:45 – 11:15 Presentation of the NATO SPS project “Improving the handling of gender-related complaints in Armed Forces Complain mechanisms”

11:15 – 11:45 Brigadier General Gordana GARASIC. Experiences as first one star General GENAD in a NATO Operation

11:45 – 13:00 Lunch break

13:00 – 13:30 Iceland ‘’Barbershop Conference”

13:30 – 14:30 UNSCR 1325, 15th Anniversary

14:30 –14:45 Break

14:45 – 15:15 Guidelines to Prevent and Respond to Conflict-Related SGBV – (GENAD IMS)





15:15 – 15:30 Presentation of Executive Committee candidates

15:30 – 16:00 IMS Office of the Gender Advisor

19: 00 – 22.30 Formal Dinner – Staff Centre, NATO HQ Civilian casual

FRIDAY 5 JUNE 2015 Working dress

08:30 – 08:45 Opening remarks and Election

08:45 – 09:00 Ambassador Marriet SCHUURMAN, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative on Women, Peace and Security

09:00 – 09:15 ACO GENAD

09:15 – 09:30 ACT GENAD

09:30 – 09:45 ACT Gender training Package for Nations

09:45 - 11:15 National Presentations

11:15 – 11:45 Final comments and closing the conference

11:45 – 12:00 Break

12:00 – 12:30 NEW EC NCGP Meeting

SYNDICATES:

• Mitigation strategies to Recruitment barriers

• Retention – Causes for early separation from service

• Impact of military culture on Recruitment & Retention

• Actions to increase operational effectiveness through Gender Integration



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ANNEX B TO IMSTAM(GENAD)-0002-2015

REGISTRATION FORM

CONFERENCE OF THE NATO COMMITTEE ON GENDER PERSPECTIVES

1 – 5 JUNE 2015 BRUSSELS, NATO HQ

‘The 15th Anniversary of the UNSCR 1325 and its impact on Recruitment and

Retention in the Armed Forces''

REGISTRATION FORM

Please complete as soon as possible and return by e-mail

no later than 18 May 2015 to the IMS Office of the Gender Advisor

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ANNEX C TO IMSTAM(GENAD)-0002-2015

PASS APPLICATION FORM (For use by Non-NATO National Experts Attending Meetings at NATO HQ and by both NATO & Non-NATO Experts with NO NATO Security Clearance)

To : HQ Security Coordinator From: Security Officer

Attn : Pass Office(Ob.125) ___________________________________

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT :

Family Name :

First Name(s) :

Patronymic Name(if applicable) :

Title/Military Rank : Nationality :

Date of birth : Place of Birth:

Employed by :

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Issued at :

Date of issue :

HAS BEEN DESIGNATED TO ATTEND :

Purpose of Visit (committee title/name or reference) :

Duration of visit : from until

(dd-mmm-yy) (dd-mmm-yy)

AND HAS A SECURITY CLEARANCE LEVEL :

(Check appropriate box)

(*)- EAPC/PFP SECRET, valid until :

(dd-mmm-yy)

(*)- EAPC/PFP CONFIDENTIAL, valid until :

(dd-mmm-yy)

- No Security Clearance. This national expert will be attending an UNCLASSIFIED meeting that

has been agreed by the committee chairman/secretary of the meeting.

(*) Enclose copy of Experts Personal Security clearance Certificate

JANSEN, R.G.M. – SGT NLDNA

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ANNEX D TO IMSTAM(GENAD)-0002-2015

NCGP Annual Conference 2015 Syndicate Questions 1. Are there disqualifiers for recruitment into military services?

a. What are the national strategies to enhancing public perception of the Armed Forces and ensuring quality men and women join?

b. What are the national strategies to allow the Armed Forces to improve the quality of the forces that can support internal change (for example, allow the Armed Forces to only accept individuals with minimum physical capabilities that include vision, hearing, manual dexterity)

2. Retention – Causes for early separation from service.

a. What are the main reasons why military are separated from service at an early stage? Please provide figures if possible in a percentage basis. b. Are any of the following a consideration for direct cause of separation or negative impact on a career, regardless of the criminal charges:

(1) A sentence because of sexual assault. (2) A sentence because of sexual harassment.

(3) A sentence because of gender-based violence.

(4) If the answer is yes to any of the above, is it regulated by law?

3. Impact of military culture on recruitment & retention

a. What are the positive and negative aspects of military culture from a gender perspective? b. What military values (and standards) support recruitment and retention?

4. Actions to increase operational effectiveness through gender integration

a. Why are gender perspectives important for NATO-led missions and operations?

b. What gender perspectives actions (national and NATO) could be taken to increase operational effectiveness?

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NATO COMMITTE ON GENDER PERSPECTIVES - INVITATION TO …GE… · 12:45 – 13:00 Back brief . 13:00 – 13:45 Presentations on Recruitment & Retention Q&A . 13:45 – 15:30 Syndicate