Purpose:
Funds 16 developing countries to participate in the Partnership for Peace Program
Enhances partner capacity and advances democratic reform of defense establishments and military forces
Focuses on identified Defense Institution Building (DIB) efforts in Partner countries
Increases U.S./NATO-Partner interoperability to enhance Partner contributions to coalition operations
Supports further Partner integration with NATO
Continues to support aspirant accession to NATO of select countries
Who:
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Security Cooperation (SC) provides program policy guidance and DSCA provides program management and implementation
European Command, Central Command, the Joint Staff, the George C. Marshall Center for Strategic Studies, and the Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) provide coordinated programming of DIB events
Funding:
Annual appropriation