Defense Planning and Monitoring Directorate (J-5/8)

The Directorate of Defense Planning and Monitoring is both the fifth and eighth directorate within the General Staff of the Armed Forces.

Its mission is to plan, design, integrate, and oversee defense development plans and programs aimed at the growth, modernization, and enhancement of the Armed Forces’ military capabilities to fulfill their mission and duties. The Directorate is also responsible for coordinating activities with NATO structures and ensuring the smooth implementation of bilateral and multilateral military cooperation with both NATO member states and partner countries.

J-5/8 provides recommendations on the use of defense resources to achieve operational capabilities and drafts budgetary requirements based on defense programs.

Within the framework of the Ministry of Defense, the directorate contributes to the preparation of key strategic documents of the Armed Forces, including the Military Strategy, the Long-Term Development Plan, the Defense Directive, and others such as the Strategic Defense Review. It manages the Defense Planning Process in alignment with NATO’s planning system and leads the drafting of periodic documents and progress reports submitted to NATO structures regarding the modernization and development of the Armed Forces.