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NATO and Ukraine Initial Team Meeting
in Kyiv on November 26, 2002.
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The Group inspects the vast amount of
ammunition in the open air at Rozsishky
and in varying states of corrosion.
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FfP Vice President Anne C. Bader and Marketing
Director Krista Hendry visited Kyiv the last week
of November 2002 and toured various sites as part
of a NATO Ad Hoc Steering Committee of the Partnership
for Peace Trust Fund. The trip launched a feasibility study
on the first phase of a 10-15 year project described
by a NATO expert as "the largest weapons destruction
project ever anticipated". Greece is the feasibility
study's leading donor country with Turkey and
Germany also contributing.
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Susan Pond, Leader of the Delegation,
at the Rozsishky depot.
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This is the first time NATO has ever invited an
NGO to join a NATO team of experts in a field mission.
The team was convened to assess the feasibility of destroying
1.5 million small arms and light weapons and 133,000
tons of munitions in Ukraine. The NATO Delegation is
led by Susan Pond of the Defence Partnership & Cooperation
Directorate in the Defence Planning & Operations Division
International Secretariat of NATO, pictured here.
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Anne Bader inspects ammunition,
some pieces left from WWII, which is
left in the open air at the Rozsishky depot.
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The Fund for Peace will collaborate with a Ukrainian
NGO, the Ukrainian Centre for Economic and Political
Studies (The Razumkov Centre), in a 6-month feasibility
study to create a communications strategy and action plan.
FfP will travel to various sites, like the one pictured
here, to gain an understanding of the scope of the project
and formulate a strategy on how to communicate its benefits
and create transparency to help ensure success.
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NATO Team and Hosts on arrival
at Balakliya in Eastern Ukraine.
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The team of experts, which includes representatives
from NATO HQ, technical experts from NAMSA and
representatives from the two NGOs, were greeted
with hospitality, openness and professionalism throughout
their one-week initial visit to Kyiv. The Ukrainian
Ministry of Defense has been collaborating with NATO
in the Partnership for Peace program, under which
this project also falls, for several years.
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If you would like to learn more about the
details of the project, please visit the following links:
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