It is our great pleasure to present the “SFA Operators Course” and the “Institutional Adviser Course” that will be hosted, in presence, by the NATO SFA COE, respectively from 11^th to 15^th and from 18^th to 22^nd October 2021.

From 3-6 October 2021, NATO SFA COE Director participated in the Centre for Excellence (CoE) Directors’ Conference chaired by the NATO Stability Policing (NSP) CoE Director in Vicenza, ITA. 

From the 14th to the 16th of September, the NATO SFA COE joined the NATO Training Technology Conference (NTTC), organised in hybrid mode, by the Supreme Allied Command Transformation (HQ SACT) and arrived to the third annual iteration. 

On the 30th of September 2021, NATO SFA COE will present its first publication on promoting the Rule of Law and Good Governance and how the main International Organisations are involved in supporting this initiative.

The NATO Security Force Assistance (SFA) Centre of Excellence’s Director, Col. Massimo DI PIETRO, is pleased to announce that “The SFA Advisors' Enhancement Seminar” will take place from the 27th to 30th of September 2021  at the Italian Army Infantry School garrison. 

On the 12th of July, after almost 3 years, Ltc. Defrim HAXHIJA handed over his duties to his successor.

NATO SFA COE joined the second annual meeting of the Intelligence and Security related Centres of Excellence (COEs) organized by the Joint Intelligence and Security Division of the NATO International Staff with the NATO Intelligence Enterprise (NIE).

On the 19th of June 2021 the NATO SFA COE participated in the event on “Implementing International Humanitarian Law (IHL): Innovative Programming and Best Practices in the age of COVID-19”.

On the 16th of June, the NATO SFA COE joined the Seminar on EU-NATO training and education lessons identified and best practices during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, organised by the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) and the Allied Command Transformation (ACT).

On the 18th of May, the NATO Security Force Assistance Centre of Excellence (NATO SFA COE) had the opportunity to participate in the warfare development talk (webinar) on resilience, hosted by SACT.

On the 22nd of April, the founding chairman of the Religion & Security Council, Mr Emiliano STORNELLI, visited the NATO SFA COE.

From the 12th to 21st of April, the NATO Security Force Assistance Centre of Excellence (NATO SFA COE) interviewed personnel belonging to the US Security Force Assistance Command and to the five SFA Brigades.

On the 15th and 16th of April the NATO SFA COE took part in the “Strategic changes in Security and International Relations" within the International "Strategic Conference STRATEGIES XXI" organised by the Romanian National Defence University.

On the period 13th-15th of April, the NATO Security Force Assistance Centre of Excellence (NATO SFA COE) had the opportunity to participate in a Research Wargame in the framework of a wider initiative - approved by the Military Committee – aimed at developing a NATO Intermediate Force Capability (IFC) Concept. 

According to the annual Bi-Strategic Command (BiSC) Programme of Work, the HQ SACT and the JALLC organized the virtual NATO Lessons Learned Conference 2021 from 16 to 18 March 2021:

From the 1st to the 9th of March 2021 the NATO SFA COE will hold the virtual “SFA Operators Course 2021-1”.

On the 16th and 17th of February, the NATO Security Force Assistance Centre of Excellence (NATO SFA COE) interviewed personnel belonging to the Albanian Armed Forces.

On the 15th of February the NATO SFA COE participated as observer in the MARSEC 21 Exercise Specification Conference, held virtually by the Maritime Security Centre of Excellence in Istanbul. 

On the 3rd February 2021 NATO SFA COE gave an online lecture on the Concept and Security Force Assistance activities to the Tunisian Joint War School in favour of Tunisian Officers and attendees from different countries of Africa.

On the 20th of January 2021, the NATO SFA COE Subject Matter Expert participated in the Resolute Support (RS) Training Event (TE) 21-1 by giving a virtual lesson introducing the Training Audience to key elements, concepts and thinking in relation to Functionally Based Security Force Assistance (FBSFA).