The Project Plan presented by Nikolay Pavlov Center for National Security and Defence Research

1. The Project Plan presented by Nikolay Pavlov Center for National Security and Defence Research Sofia, Bulgaria PPD Karl A. Neubecker ABAKUS, Germany NPD

2. Involved Institutes-Principal Participants • Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia, Bulgaria • - Center for National Security and Defense Research (CNSDR) • - Institute for Parallel Processing of Information (IPP) • Academy of the Ministry of the Interior • Sofia, Bulgaria • European University • Skopje, Macedonia • Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies • Tbilisi, Georgia • Institute for Analysis, Consulting & Training for Crisis Management • and Security (ABAKUS) • Feldkirchen, Germany

3. End-users • MGen (Ret) Dr. Nikola NIKOLOV • Chairman, State Agency “Civil Protection” • Republic of Bulgaria • Mr. Kire Atanasov • Director, Directorate for Protection and Rescue • Republic of Macedonia

4. Geographic Distribution of Project Partners

5. Current status Civil Security and Crisis Management in Bulgaria • First transformation steps towards civil security • Study supports a new comprehensive process • Since August 2005: Ministry of Emergencies • Strong need for scientific support

6. Current status Civil security and crisis management abroad • Growing fast after 9/11 • NATO, EU: attempt to establish common procedures, watch and warning improvement, exchange of information, improved cooperation and mutual support • Protection of the Eastern flank still insufficient • Need of research-based cooperative security architectures for transnational (regional) crisis prevention, crisis management and civil security

7. Novelty of the Project • Need of research-based cooperative security architectures for • transnational (regional) crisis prevention, crisis management and civil • security in the Black- & Caspian Sea Region • Research based approach • Awareness raising through scenario based CAXes • Development and Implementation of common crisis management • Architecture and Development of Code of Cooperation • Dissemination & Training by advanced CAX methodology

8. Project Objectives • State of the Art of Civil Security in Bulgaria, Georgia and Macedonia • Comparative analysis and integration of modern security concepts • Development of a Civil Security Sector Model (CSSM) • Elaboration of a Code for cooperation in the sphere of civil security • in the Black and Caspian Sea region (COCOCIS) • Capacity-building by means of CAXes to enhance academic, • interagency and international co-operation

9. Organisation ABAKUS-Germany Contacts with NATO/IABG Advisors CNSDR – BAS Planning & coordination Development of CSSM Economic Analysis team Academy of Ministry of Interior Training workshops Developers GFSIS Implementation of CSSM in Georgia IPP– BAS CAX on Crisis management European University, Skopje Directorate for Protection and Rescue Macedonia Civil Protection Agency End Users Ministry of Interior

10. Milestones Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 • Analysis of the civil security • Systems of the three • participating countries. • Investigation of available • CSSM type models. • Architecture of a CSSM Model • CAX based upon terrorist • scenario to raise common • awareness. • To refine CSSM on the basis • of results and lessons • learned • Training to apply CSSM and • common security • approaches • Stocktaking on existing • agreements and organizations • in the sphere of crisis • management & civil security • Development dissemination & • implementation of COCOCIS

11. Management of the Project Project Management Planning, Coordination & Control Karl A. Neubecker NPD Nikolay Pavlov PPD Project Meetings Progress Reports Budget Control K.Neubecker N.Pavlov Links with NATO, advise and know-how transfer: ABAKUS (Neubecker) Assisting development and imple- mentation of CSSM and COCOCIS in Bulgaria Academy of MoI (Simeonov) Integration management of Crisis Management approaches into CSSM and COCOCIS development CNSDR (N.Pavlov) Integration management Assisting development and imple- mentation of CSSM and COCOCIS in Georgia GFSIS (Yakobashvili) CAX preparation , network modeling and SW adaptation: IPP (Semerdjiev) Assisting development and imple- mentation of CSSM and COCOCIS in Macedonia European University Skopje(Ivanovski) End user coordination CNSDR (Pavlov)

12. Criteria for Success • Acceptance of case studies of • Bulgaria, Georgia and Macedonia 10 % • Acceptance of CSSM Architecture and Implementation • by end users as a common approach. 15 % 10 % • CAX Development and execution, acceptance of results. • Transfer and implementation of CAX Methodology in • partner countries. 5 % 30 % • Implementation of Code of Co-operation • Implementation of a comprehensive training program 30 %

13. Activities Visits of Advisors / Experts - 5 visits Training sessions in Bulgaria – 2 per year, integrated with expert visits Key personnel travel for meetings / conference 5per year) Training abroad – integrated with available slots in NATO countries (9) and NATO institutions (6) – 5 slots per year Two international crisis management conferences in Bulgaria: 1st – CSSM 2nd – COCOCIS

14. NATO funding distribution