Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07PODGORICA190
2007-06-07 07:30:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Podgorica
Cable title:
REDUCING THE SIZE OF MONTENEGRO'S SECURITY FORCES
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UNCLAS PODGORICA 000190
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV EAID MASS MCAP ELAB MW
SUBJECT: REDUCING THE SIZE OF MONTENEGRO'S SECURITY FORCES
REF: JUNE 6 PODGORICA-EUR/SCE (CARLSON-POLETES) E-MAIL
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLAS PODGORICA 000190
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV EAID MASS MCAP ELAB MW
SUBJECT: REDUCING THE SIZE OF MONTENEGRO'S SECURITY FORCES
REF: JUNE 6 PODGORICA-EUR/SCE (CARLSON-POLETES) E-MAIL
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED
1. (SBU) Reducing the size of Montenegro's security
establishment (police and soldiers) is needed to achieve more
professional, more deployable forces, and is a goal set out in
Podgorica's FY 2009 Mission Strategic Plan (MSP). The
International Organization for Migration (IOM) has developed a
proposal to assist the reintegration of excess police and
soldiers into the civilian economy (ref). The proposal,
approved by the GoM, envisions a 27-month-long program, budgeted
at Euros 2.8 million, to prepare 800 excess personnel to
re-enter the labor market (Euros 3,500 per person).
2. (SBU) IOM has extensive experience in this field, including
a number of projects in the Balkans. As was the case in Serbia,
and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, IOM is recommending that the GoM
approach NATO to seek NATO Trust Fund financing for the project.
Post expects that other donors, primarily the EU, will also
provide assistance.
3. (SBU) Should the GoM approach NATO to request approval of the
reintegration project as part of the NATO Trust Fund, post
strongly recommends USG support for its inclusion. The project,
under the NATO aegis, would create a transparent, multi-lateral
mechanism for Euro-Atlantic funding for the proposal,
demonstrate that NATO is a political and not just military
actor, and advance progress toward central USG goals in
Montenegro. As NATO Trust Fund projects are funded on a
voluntary basis, the USG can separate its decision to support
IOM's project as a NATO Trust Fund Project from a decision to
provide it with USG donations, either bilaterally or through the
Trust Fund.
FERRILL
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV EAID MASS MCAP ELAB MW
SUBJECT: REDUCING THE SIZE OF MONTENEGRO'S SECURITY FORCES
REF: JUNE 6 PODGORICA-EUR/SCE (CARLSON-POLETES) E-MAIL
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED
1. (SBU) Reducing the size of Montenegro's security
establishment (police and soldiers) is needed to achieve more
professional, more deployable forces, and is a goal set out in
Podgorica's FY 2009 Mission Strategic Plan (MSP). The
International Organization for Migration (IOM) has developed a
proposal to assist the reintegration of excess police and
soldiers into the civilian economy (ref). The proposal,
approved by the GoM, envisions a 27-month-long program, budgeted
at Euros 2.8 million, to prepare 800 excess personnel to
re-enter the labor market (Euros 3,500 per person).
2. (SBU) IOM has extensive experience in this field, including
a number of projects in the Balkans. As was the case in Serbia,
and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, IOM is recommending that the GoM
approach NATO to seek NATO Trust Fund financing for the project.
Post expects that other donors, primarily the EU, will also
provide assistance.
3. (SBU) Should the GoM approach NATO to request approval of the
reintegration project as part of the NATO Trust Fund, post
strongly recommends USG support for its inclusion. The project,
under the NATO aegis, would create a transparent, multi-lateral
mechanism for Euro-Atlantic funding for the proposal,
demonstrate that NATO is a political and not just military
actor, and advance progress toward central USG goals in
Montenegro. As NATO Trust Fund projects are funded on a
voluntary basis, the USG can separate its decision to support
IOM's project as a NATO Trust Fund Project from a decision to
provide it with USG donations, either bilaterally or through the
Trust Fund.
FERRILL