European Union (EU)

The Ministry of Defence coordinates the institutional work on aspects of EU integration, in close cooperation with the Ministry of European Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other central institutions and common structures. The respective department at the Ministry of Defence directly involved in the process has the following tasks:

   Coordination of the drafting and updating process of Defence Sector Strategy in the framework of the National Strategy for Development and Integration (NSDI).
   Coordination of the process for financial planning and priority policies of the Ministry of Defence, in cooperation with the Department of Finance and in accordance with the EU’s “acquis communitaire”.
   Monitoring of the National Plan for the Implementation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (NPISAA).
   Preparation of progress reports for the European Commission, through the Ministry of Integration.
   Monitoring of the process, in the framework of participation in military missions of Common Security of Defence Policy (CSDP), in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and General Staff of the Armed Forces.
   Coordination with the Ministry of Defence’s structures for priority funding by the community assistance, based on the priorities stemming from the Defence Sector Strategy.