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Environmental Protection

within NATO

Working toward integration of EP in daily military activities

Sustainability in Defence Initiative 10 – 11 June 2014 - Athens, Greece

Mr. Jeroen ROTTINK M.Sc. (NLD Civ)

Chairman EP WG

NATO / MC-JSB

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Briefing outline

• Introduction & outline

• NATO EP organization

• NATO EP documents & hierarchy

• NATO EP equipment

• EXCL15 and other opportunities

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NATO EP Organization Structure

STEEEP Specialist Team –

Energy Efficiency and

Environmental

Protection

CNAD

Conference of

National Armaments

Directors

NNAG

NATO Naval

Armaments Group

LC

Logistics

Committee

PC

Petroleum

Committee

PHEWG

Petroleum

Handling

Equipment

Working

Group

EPWG Environmental Protection

Working Group

MC

Military Committee

NAC

North Atlantic Council

MCJSB Military Committee Joint

Standardization Board

(staff support by NATO

Standardization Agency)

MCLSB Military Committee Land

Standardization Board

(staff support by NATO

Standardization Agency)

MILENG WG Military Engineering

Working Group

ESCD / SPS

Emerging Security

Challenges Division

Science for Peace

and Security

Programme

PPC

Political and

Partnerships Committee

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NATO EPWG organization

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NATO EP technical authority

NATO operations technical authority for EP:

SHAPE – EM Officer – EP primary duty

Joint Force Commands – EP secondary duty

Missions – ISAF primary duty, KFOR secondary

duty

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NATO EP training organization

NATO EP training opportunities:

• NATO School Oberammergau ( 2 courses )

• MILENG COE

• SPS-sponsored training events

• Exercises

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NATO EP documents & hierarchy - 1

MC469/1 (14 Oct. ‘11) - NATO Military Principles and

Policies for Environmental Protection (EP)

STANAG 7141 (Ed. 6 of 15 May. ’14 / AJEPP-4) - Joint

NATO EP Doctrine during NATO-led Military Activities

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NATO EP documents & hierarchy - 2

Allied Joint Environmental Protection Publications (*)

(*) There are also Maritime EP documents: AMEPP

AJEPP STANAG / Topic

4 STANAG 7141 Joint NATO EP Doctrine during NATO-led Military Activities

5 STANAG 2510 Joint NATO Waste Management

6 STANAG 6500 NATO Compound Environmental File

1 STANAG 2581 EP Standards and Norms for Military Camps

2 STANAG 2582 Best EP Practices for Military Camps

3 STANAG 2583 EMS in NATO Operations

7 STANAG 2594 Best EP Practices for Military Training Areas

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EP digital infrastructures

Websites supporting EP work / awareness

• NSA site

• ESCD site

• SPS site

• MILENG CoE site

• ENSEC CoE site

• NATO school site

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EP Equipment

NSPA containerized equipment examples

(*)MMR sometimes limit possibilities

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(Future) Opportunities -1

Exercise Capable Logistician 2015

• In Hungary (Varapalota MTA, Papa Air base)

• Field testing of STANAGs

• Sequel to EXCL13

• EP integration in planning, exercise play,

execution of exercise

• High level of interest in NATO

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(Future) opportunities - 2

• Relations and synergies with SMART energy,

Force Health Protection, …

• Relations and synergies with UN, EU …

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To conclude

• Thank you for your attention!

• Any questions?

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