From 7th to 11th of October 2024, the NMIOTC Resident Course 25000, “Drafting Production and Maintenance of NATO Standards,” with support from the NATO Standardization Office, Allied Command Transformation, Hellenic National Defence General Staff, and the Greek company Defense Standardization Advice (DSA), was conducted at the Centre’s premises.

According to a relevant announcement, the aim of the course is to provide comprehensive knowledge to facilitate understanding of the procedures for development, production, and maintenance of NATO standardisation documents, including doctrines. 

In this context, a live demonstration on a case study of standardisation procedures was carried out at the 340 Squadron of the 115 Combat Wing (HAF) in Souda Air Base

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In total, twenty-seven (27) trainees and five (5) instructors from twelve (12) NATO Members and Partners (Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the USA) attended the Course.

DSA is a private company focused on building skills in Defence Standardisation Management and aims to provide solutions to emerging defence standardization challenges and promote defence standardisation best practices worldwide.

Thus far, DSA, a DIANA-Mentor-awarded company and a trusted partner in EDF- and HE-related projects, has successfully delivered training courses and advanced studies in Greece, Cyprus, Norway and Poland, while its next destination shall be the newest NATO member, Sweden, while Georgia has been scheduled for 2025. 

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