News: Allies set new priorities for NATO's Science for Peace and Security programme, 11 April 2024
NATO's Science for Peace and Security (SPS) program promotes dialogue and practical cooperation between NATO members and partner nations through activities focused on research, technological innovation and scientific knowledge exchange. The Allies have recently agreed on revised thematic priorities for the implementation of SPS measures, which will be more closely aligned with NATO's strategic vision and partnership priorities. These new priorities take into account the fact that scientific and technological progress has a greater impact than ever on our daily lives, whether in times of peace or conflict.
The previous SPS priorities were approved in 2012. They reflected the objectives set by the Alliance in the 2010 Strategic Concept and in the Partnership Policy approved by NATO Foreign Ministers in Berlin in 2011. These priorities have guided SPS activities to date.
However, since 2012, much has changed for NATO, for its partners, and for the world in general. In 2021, the Allies agreed to NATO's 2030 Agenda, a forward-looking agenda that aims to strengthen the Alliance so that it can meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. In addition, a new strategic concept was adopted in 2022, which takes into account significant changes in the security environment. In addition to important topics related to NATO's core tasks, such as counter-terrorism and cyber defence, new topics were highlighted, including innovation, emerging technologies and disruptive technologies (TE/TR), and the impacts of climate change on security, resilience and resistance. Critical underwater infrastructure and hybrid threats.
The updated SPS priorities take into account changes in our security environment as well as those changes underway. “The Alliance celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. It was important for the Allies to consider how the SPS program can remain a vector of technological innovation and thus contribute to the search for an effective and rapid response to emerging security challenges. The new priorities will allow the SPS program to remain relevant while restoring NATO is focusing its activities and reviewing its strategic vision. said Mr. Claudio Palestini, who heads the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Programme.
The new version of the SPS Priorities will serve as the basis for the calls for proposals that the SPS will launch from April 2024. These priorities are detailed on the SPS website.
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