Overview of the Hellenic Presidency of the EU Council

1. Overview of the Hellenic Presidency of the EU Council on Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) at Military level

2. Overview of the Hellenic Presidency of the EU Council on Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) at Military level • European Council on Defence, December 2013 • Lisbon Treaty • Common Security and Defence Policy • Hellenic Presidency Priorities on Defence

3. Priorities • European Union Maritime Security Strategy • Cyber Security • Sustainability in Defence • Capabilities Development • The European Industrial Base • The Military Erasmus

4. Events • 5 informal meetings in Greece and Brussels • 4 large scale conferences in Greece • 8 visits of different political & military groups at Greek • entities • 2 CSDP orientation courses in Brussels • 8 working lunches in Brussels • A strategy on maritime security to be agreed by the Council • next week • A Military Erasmus Greek initiative in progress • The preparation and the assignment to the EU of the OHQ • in Larissa for the EUFOR-CAR • Many other small or large scale events organized both in • Athens & Brussels

5. Meetings • Defence Policy Directors’ (DPD’s) • Ministers’ of Defence (MoD’s) • Informal European Union Military Committees (EUMC) • Brussels 13 February • Thessaloniki 2-4 April • Chania 5-7 June • RELEX Visit • PSC Visit

6. ATHENA Special Committee • ATHENA informal meeting at Thessaloniki, 13-14 March • Review of the ATHENA Council Decision • It is the first time that Greece has the responsibility of the chair of this Committee

7. Cyber Security • Conference on Cyber Space in Athens, 6-7 March • Topics: 1. Cyber Space and Temporary Threats • 2. Legal Aspects in Cyber Domain • 3. Trust and Security • 4. Cyber security • 5. Capabilities development in Cyber Environment • 6. Network Information Security • Conclusion: • "Cyber security and cyber defence • is a collective responsibility" • Cyber Exercise 7-11 April

8. Capabilities Development • High level Conference of Capabilities Development, • Athens 7-11 April • Topics: 1. The Role of Small and Medium Enterprises’ in • CSDP • 2. The Present and Future of Remote Piloted • Airborne Systems • 3. The use of SPACE in the Framework of CSDP

9. EU Maritime Security Strategy • Greece has the longest coastline and maritime borders in the EU • Seminar on Maritime Security and Surveillance at Chania, 20-21 March

10. Sustainability in Defence • Conference in Athens, 10-11 June • Incorporation of Climate Change and Sustainable Development Principles in Armed Forces and the Defence Industry: • A Route from Adaptation to Reform - A Better Future “Bet”

11. Exchange of young officers and cadets • TheEuropean Month Initiative, inspired by Erasmus • 2nd CSDP Olympiad of the Military Institutions in Athens, 7-9 May

12. Crisis in the Central African Republic • Insecurity and instability in the Central African Republic • The Council established on 10 February 2014 an EU military operation • United Nations Security Council resolution 2134/2014 • Operational Headquarter (OHQ) of Larissa

13. “Europe is our common quest and united we sail further”