In Service for Norway

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The Government’s plan of action to care for personnel before, during and after serving abroad

4th meeting of NORDEFCO WG Veteran Issues 24th November 2011Colonel Bente Sleppen, MOD (FD I)

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Background

In Service for Norway; The Government’s plan of action to care for personnel before, during and after serving abroad

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In Service for Norway; General

• Primary objective; recognition and care

• Armed Forces veterans, personnel from Foreign Service and Justice sector

• All phases of deployment; before, during, after

• 126 tangible initiatives

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Intersectoral collaboration before and during operations

• Interministerial WG; six ministries

• Armed forces and police; PMT (Afghanistan)& UNMIK Police/KOFOR (Kosovo)

• Mod & MFA: Agreement increased cooperation training etc.

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Intersectoral collaboration after deployment

• Follow-up injured personnel; society’s ordinary health and care service and social functions

• Families and next of kin

• Better coordinated support system

• Research and surveys

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The Armed Forces’veterans

• 80 + initiatives; our new veteran policy

• Unique service; seeking out danger and defeating an adversary

• Society’s recognition and aknowledgement; special days, seremonies, medals

• Bæreia

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Before deployment

• Aiming at getting the personnel as well prepared as possible

• Several initiatives

• A more reasonable and even division of service – conduct an international comparative study

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During deployment

• Meaningful service

• Minimising the risk of injuries

• Introducing a commander support network

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Returning home

• «One year programme»

• Shielded stop over on neutral ground; a time to adjust

• «One door in» The Armed Forces Veterans Affairs

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Introducing annual Veteran conferences

• First to take place next week; 29th – 30th November

• Concentrating on the primary objectives of the Action plan

• Two parts/two days: Acknowledgement and care

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International cooperation

• NORDEFCO

• Follow-up Danish initiative in NATO

• Bilateral cooperation

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Evaluation and implementation

• All initiatives implemented by 2013

• Constant evaluation and improvement

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