The General Director of the General Directorate of National Defence Policy and International Relations, Dr. Konstantinos Balmenos, as High-Level National Representative to the NATO Resilience Committee, in response to an invitation by the Director of the NATO Resilience Committee Mr Hasit Thankey, participated in the meeting of that Committee, which was held on Friday 24 November 2023 at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
NATO’s Director for Resilience, Mr. Thankey, chaired the meeting, where the sole theme was the presentation to the Allies of the Greek Strategy and Methodology for Resilience.
In particular, the NATO official, at the opening of the meeting, thanked the Greek High-Level National Representative to the NATO Resilience Committee, Dr. Konstantinos Balomenos, for his contribution to the Allied effort to strengthen resilience in NATO, but also for the coordination of the competent bodies in Greece in order to shape and strengthen National Resilience.
Mr Thankey also made particular reference to the fact that Greece is the first NATO country to present a Resilience Strategy and called on the other partners to take similar initiatives.
The General Director of the GDNDPIR, Dr. Konstantinos Balomenos, after thanking Mr. Thankey for this invitation, honouring both him and Greece, presented the Greek Strategy for Resilience and the progress achieved so far in fulfilling Greece’s obligations at NATO level, but also in establishing National Resilience.
In particular, Dr. Konstantinos Balomenos presented the Greek Strategy for the analysis of the security environment (identification and assessment of national challenges, threats and vulnerabilities), Greece’s mission and vision for resilience and the methodology for the implementation of the Strategy.
Following the presentation of the Greek Resilience Strategy by the General Director of the DGNDPIR, a dialogue discussion followed. Konstantinos Balomenos answered numerous questions of the attendees pertaining to the elaboration and implementation of the Greek Strategy, presenting elements and examples from the Greek reality and the way to address national crises.
At the end of the meeting, numerous partners requested the assistance of Dr. Balomenos (further information and technocratic guidance) for the formulation of their national strategies for resilience.
In this context, the Director of the NATO Resilience Committee, Mr Thankey, asked Dr. Balomenos to maintain an open channel of communication with the National Representatives for Resilience of other countries and in case he will be asked to visit their capitals for further presentation of the Greek model for Resilience.
