Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes
| Founded | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Type of Organization | Non-profit Organization |
| Headquarters | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
| Governing Board Members | Austria, Canada, Germany, NATO International Staff, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, United States |
| Executive Director | Dr. Raphael Perl |
| Headquarters Staff | 8 |
| Network of Contributors | 100+ |
| Website | www.pfp-consortium.org |
The Partnership for Peace Consortium is a network of over 800 defense academies and security studies institutes across 60 countries. Founded in 1998 during the NATO Summit, the PfPC was chartered to promote defense institution building and foster regional stability through multinational education and research, which the PfPC accomplishes via a network of educators and researchers. It is based at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch, Germany. According to the PfPC Annual Report of 2012, in 2012 eight hundred defense academies and security studies institutes in 59 countries worked with the PfPC in 69 defense education/defense institution building and policy-relevant events. The Consortium publishes an academic quarterly journal CONNECTIONS in English and Russian. The journal is run by an international Editorial Board of experts and is distributed to over 1,000 institutions in 54 countries.
The PfPC was founded in 1998 in response to the speech by United States Secretary of Defense William Cohen, "Toward a Cooperative Security Network for the 21st Century". The speech was delivered during the 12 June 1998 meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) defense ministers and similar sentiments were echoed in the concluding documents of the NATO and EAPC Summits on 24 and 25 April 1999. The PfPC was originally co-sponsored by the United States and Germany to work in the spirit of the Partnership for Peace Program "to strengthen defense and military education through enhanced national and institutional cooperation." Since its founding, the PfPC’s sponsorship has expanded, with contributions from numerous partner states and organizations.
Upon its establishment, the PfPC was chartered with the following objectives:
The PfPC is governed by a Senior Advisory Council (SAC), with high level government representatives from Austria, Canada, Germany, NATO International Staff, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, United States. SAC members can be permanent or rotational depending on the interests of the contributing state or organization. The most recent SAC additions are Poland and Sweden. The SAC meets annually to review the PfPC's activities, providing guidance to ensure activities match the PfPC's founding principles.
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