The NATO Training Group Task Group for Individual Training and Education Developments is meeting at the National Defence University of Ukraine named after Ivan Cherniakhovskyi

From 23th to 26th September the NATO Training Group Task Group for Individual Training and Education Developments is holding its twice-annual meeting at the National Defence University of Ukraine named after Ivan Cherniakhovskyi.

The Chair of the Group is the Head of the Education and Training Technologies Section of NATO Allied Command Transformation, Mr. Paul THURKETTLE, and the National Co-Chair is the Director of U.S. ADL Initiative, Dr. Sae SCHATZ.

The aim of the Group is to enhance professionalism, interoperability and standardization among Alliance and partner forces through improved coordination of Education, Training, Exercise, & Evaluation (ETEE). 

The purposes of the Group are:

support the development and implementation of ETEE policies, directives, and standards;

recommend solutions to emerging education and training requirements in support of NATO operations;

facilitate sharing of experiences and best practices among nations and the NATO Command Structure (NCS).

There are representatives from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands, Northern Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, USA are taking part in the meeting.

Ukraine is represented by the Deputy Commandant of the University Col. Valerii Dobrogurskyi and the Chief of the University's ADL Center Lt. Col. Maksym Tyshchenko.

At the beginning of the international meeting, the Deputy Commandant of the University in Academic Affairs, Major-General Serhii Salkutsan, welcomed the participants and introduced the participants to the features of the military education system of Ukraine.

The Chief of the University’s Simulation Center, Col. Oleksandr Lavrinchuk, highlighted the Center's ability to use combat modeling tools in the university's educational activities, taking into account the experience and analysis of combat lessons learned.

The Chair of the Group, Mr. Paul THURKETTLE, summarized the previous activities and outlined directions for further work. Delegates are working on the mandated tasks and planning their performance for the next meeting.