Source: NATO
For the first time, Allied personnel policy directors met in Brussels (4 – 5 November 2024) to share best practices, lessons learned, and ideas for a larger NATO role in addressing challenges in recruiting and retaining military personnel. The discussions were co-chaired by NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning Angus Lapsley and Deputy Chair of the NATO Military Committee Lt. Gen Andrew M. Rohling.
At the Washington Summit, leaders reiterated the importance of providing the necessary forces, capabilities, resources, and infrastructure for NATO’s collective defence plans. Such discussions are crucial to improve our ability to generate, train, and sustain troops across domains at higher readiness, to be able to defend every Ally.
Allies discussed the increasing demand for personnel in the new era of collective defence, shared national best practices, and discussed the way ahead. They will continue these discussions and elevate personnel and military workforce issues, as part of NATO’s political agenda, alongside financial and defence industry topics.