Visit by NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges

BALTDEFCOL was honoured by the visit of NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges H.E. Mr Sorin Ducaru on 28 November 2013.

H.E. Mr Ducaru paid a visit to BALTDEFCOL during which the high level guest was welcomed by BALTDEFCOL Commandant MG Vitalijus Vaikšnoras and part of College Management Group. 

During the meeting College Management gave the NATO official a thorough overview of BALTDEFCOL and its courses. Among other issues BALTDEFCOL´s defence programme within Cyber Studies was discussed. The meeting was followed by Ambassador Ducaru´s lecture to the Joint Command and General Staff Course 2013/2014 during which he shared his knowledge and insight about the developing and new security challenges.

Ambassador Ducaru visited BALTDEFCOL in the framework of his visit to Estonia to open the cyber defence exercise “Cyber Coalition 2013”, largest exercise of its kind in terms of participating countries (around 100 participants in Tartu, Estonia and over 300 in national capitals from 32 nations).

Ambassador Ducaru took over the post of Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges in September 2013. He is responsible for providing support for the North-Atlantic Council and for advising Secretary General on the evolutions of emerging security challenges and their potential impact on NATO’s security.