Concept

Building upon the experience of the previous 2 NATO Academies in Lviv, the organizers propose:
•  to provide students dealing with new security and stability issues with a top rate educative experience;
•  to bring students from the faculties of international relations and journalism, whose studies focus on global security issues and to stimulate the exchange of knowledge and ideas;
•  to discuss the 21 st century concept of security and the way that NATO relates to it (generally and with Ukraine in particular);
•  to make use of modern communication technologies with one video-conference per day + debate with NATO HQ representatives;
•  to publish the materials resulting from the Academy on a CD.

21 February 2006
Opening Reception

22 February 2006
New Global Security Issues
Terrorism and Asymmetrical Threats
Water: Ecologic Security and the Environment
Political and Economic Threats to Security
Energy security and Dependence on Strategic Resources
Information security: Challenge for Ukraine
NATO-Ukraine Intensified Dialogue
NATO–Ukraine Cooperation and Euro-Atlantic Security
Perspectives for NATO-Ukraine Co-operation
Implementation of NATO-Ukraine Action Plan
Reform in the Defence and Security Sector

23 February 2006
NATO-Russia Cooperation and Relations with other Partners
NATO–Russia Cooperation and Euro-Atlantic Security
New and Old Neighbours in Solving the Transnistrian Conflict. New Opportunities and Challenges for NATO, the EU and Ukraine
NATO and other Security International Organizations in Europe : Cooperation vs. Competition
NATO Cooperation in the Framework of the Mediterranean Dialogue
NATO Transformed: Current Operations and Challenges
NATO Security Priorities for 2006 and Beyond
NATO Peace-Keeping Operations in Afghanistan and Training Missions in Iraq
Peace and Stability in the Balkans
New Challenges to Atlantic Relations: Alteration of the Concept  - Search for Common Ground
NATO and the Future Euro-Atlantic Integrations

24 February 2006
Importance of Public Diplomacy and Civil Society
Strengthening of Civil Society and the Rule of Law
Integration Experience of the Newest Allies: View from Lithuania
Integration Experience of the Newest Allies: View from Latvia
Public Diplomacy, Civil Society and Propaganda: the Triangle of Choice
The Media and its Effectiveness in Covering Topics Significant to Society Society

A more detailed information may be obtained from: ir_academy@franko.lviv.ua