EVENTS ARCHIVE

First meeting of the CEDC Defence Policy Directors during the Czech Presidency of CEDC 2023. On 5 and 6 April 2023, Mr Martin Riegl, Czech Defence Policy Director, welcomed his counterparts from CEDC countries in Prague. The meeting was attended by delegations from...

Annual Meeting of the CEDC Ministers, together with the Ministers of the Western Balkans On 1 and 2 December 2022, Defence Minister Klaudia Tanner welcomed the ministers of the "Central European Defence Cooperation" (CEDC) and the Western Balkan states in Krems....

From 08 to 09 of November the Defence Policy Directors of the CEDC and the Western Balkan countries met in the Chateau Rothschild in Reichenau an der Rax. The meeting was organised on behalf of Director General Arnold Kammel and the head of the defence policy...

The 24th workshop of the study group "Regional Stability in the South Caucasus" (RSSC SG) took place at the Seminar Center Reichenau from 03 to 06 November. The meeting was organised and held by the National Defence Academy in cooperation with the Directorate General...

From 18 to 20 October 2022, a terminology workshop was held at the Armed Forces Language Institute within the framework of the Austrian CEDC Presidency including experts from Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary and Austria. The CEDC Terminology Workshop is a major event organised annually by the CEDC Language Platform.

From Tuesday to Thursday, October 04 - 06, the third working-level "Defence Policy Workshop" of the CEDC Austrian chairmanship 2022 took place. On behalf of the Director General Dr. Arnold Kammel and the head of the defence policy directorate Dr. Peter Vorhofer, the...

The study group “Regional Stability in South East Europe” met for the 43rd time in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Representatives and experts from ministries, defence academies, security institutions, universities, non-governmental organizations and the Central European Defence Cooperation met and discussed the stabilization process in the countries of Southeast Europe.

From 11th to the 22st of September, the “Junior Staff Officers Course” took place in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria. The course itself is designed to enable an officer to carry out his duty as (Senior) Staff Officer of a multinational staff on battalion level and...

The annual training exercise of the Austrian Theresian Military Academy took place from 11th to the 21th of July. Among the more than 1000 Austrian army soldiers, seven international participants from CEDC countries practiced the state of emergency.The training...

From Tuesday to Thursday, June 28-30, the second working-level defence policy workshop of the Austrian chairmanship 2022 took place. The Austrian Ministry of Defence conducted the workshop in the military owned seminar centre in Seebenstein, Lower Austria.Velina...

In the period from 07 to 09 June 2022, the annual meeting of the heads of the language institutes as well as the language responsible bodies in the ministries of defense of the member states of the Central European Defense Cooperation took place at the National...

Over 40 experts on siteFrom May 5 to 8, the study group "Regional Stability in South East Europe" met for the 42nd time in Reichenau, Austria. Together with CEDC representatives, they discussed the stabilization process in South East Europe. More than 40 experts from...

From Wednesday to Thursday, April 20-21, the first working-level defence policy workshop of the Austrian chairmanship of the Central European Defence Cooperation (CEDC) 2022 took place. The workshop was held at the historic premises of the Austrian Military Academy...

From 07 to 08 April 2022, the first defence policy workshop was held in Vienna as part of the Austrian presidency of the Central European Defence Cooperation (CEDC) 2022. Representatives of all CEDC countries were present. Goals of the Austrian PresidencyThe CEDC is...

The first event of the Austrian CEDC Presidency 2022 took place from the 21.03 - 25.03 in the small town of Seebenstein in Lower Austria. In addition to participants from the CEDC member states, representatives from the Western Balkan countries also took the...

On 15 December 2021, the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Croatia Mr Mario Banožić hosted the annual CEDC Defence Ministerial Meeting, marking the end of the Croatian Chairmanship.

On 7 and 8 December 2021, the Croatian CEDC presidency organised a table-top exercise COOPSEC 21, focusing on dual-crises environment and CEDC’s response to it.

The Croatian CEDC Presidency hosted the second meeting of the CEDC Defence Policy Directors, who were joined by their Western Balkans counterparts during the first working session.

Following the first CEDC Experts StratCom Workshop in June 2021, the second worskhop followed in October 2021, joined by the Western Balkan experts.

During the past few decades, especially since commercialization brought the Internet to the wider audience, we have been witnessing a revolution in the way people interconnect and exchange information. Social networks, various media online platforms and services are...

On 19 April 2021, the Croatian CEDC Presidency hosted this year’s first meeting of the CEDC Defence Policy Directors, who were joined by the Western Balkans Defence Policy Directors during the first working session.

On 16 December 2020, the Slovenian CEDC presidency hosted the yearly meeting of CEDC ministers of defence.

In today’s unpredictable security environment, enabling a smooth, efficient and effective movement of military personnel and assets in peacetime or in a state of crisis is paramount

Conference on Civil-Military Cooperation in Case of Natural and Other Man-Made Disasters was held on 9 December 2020.

An online conference addressing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda was held on 26 November 2020,