Transition

The most important goal of CENAA´s “Transition” programme is the experience-sharing from Euro-Atlantic integration, security sector reform, institution building and creation of strategic documents. The main long-term objective is to participate on transition period of states and regions in neighbourhood of the European Union and NATO, as well as in states apart from Europe. The target states are situated in the Balkans, Eastern Europe (with focus on Ukraine), as well as in other regions out-of-Europe.

At the time being CENAA is participating on common project with our Serbian partner, the Centre for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR). The project is focusing on experiences of the Slovak Republic from transition period with focus on security sector reform and security policy creation.

As a part of the project CENAA and CCMR organized a two-day international conference in Belgrade, 15.-16. December 2008. High-level representatives of Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defence, as well as academics and experts from Serbia, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic participated on the event.

Besides the above mentioned common conference and several seminars the CENAA and CCMR issued a publication which is mapping the Slovakian and Serbian experiences and potential in th field of integration and security sector reform:

Ondrejcsák, R. – Ejdus, F. (eds.): Slovakia and Serbia – Experiences from Transatlantic Integration and Security Sector Reform, Centre for European and North Atlantic Affairs (CENAA) – Centre for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR), Bratislava – Beograd, 2008, 143 pages.

The next project of CENAA´s “Transition” programme is realized together with our partners from Slovakia (SFPA and IVO). The project is focusing on discussion clubs and debates about NATO, foreign policy and security policy in Russian-speaking regions of Ukraine.

As a part of our “Transition” programme, CENAA issued English and Ukrainian version of a publication which is analyzing Slovakian experiences from these fields. The publication is used as a manual and working material in projects which are focusing on experience sharing.

Ondrejcsák, R. – Tarasovič, V. – Nečej, E. (Eds.): Experiences from Transatlantic Integration and Security Sector Reform and implications for partner countries. Centre for European and North Atlantic Affairs (CENAA), Bratislava 2008, 116 pages.

Ondrejcsák, R. – Tarasovič, V. – Nečej, E. (Eds.): Досвід Словаччини з реформи безпекового сектору та його застосування  в державах-партнерах НАТО. Centre for European and North Atlantic Affairs (CENAA), Bratislava 2008, 120 pages. in Ukrainian language.