Vision and Mission
The vision of BALTDEFCOL is to be a high quality and widely respected international military educational institution.
The Mandate of the College is to educate:
1. General Staff Officers - Joint Command and General Staff Course (JCGSC);
2. Leaders of Transformation - Higher Command Studies Course (HCSC);
3. Senior Civil Servants - Civil Servants Course (CSC);
4. Short-term tailored courses according to the request from the Baltic states.
News and Events
NTGTG IT&ED in Warsaw
2012-05-16
Col PhD. Zdzislaw Sliwa, Operations Department, represented the Baltic Defence College during the Spring 2012 meeting of the NATO Training Group Task Group on Individual Training and Education Developments (NTGTG IT&ED) in Warsaw, Poland from 23 to 26 April 2012. The meeting was hosted by the Akademia Obrony Narodowej / The National Defence University in cooperation with the Departament Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wojskowego MON – The Department of Science and Military Education (MoND).
Baltic Defence College commandant visits the US
2012-05-08
General Meelis Kiili, BALTDEFCOL commandant, accompanied by the College Dean, Dr. James Corum and military assistant Sergeant Major Viljar Hallik, visited several military commands and institutions in the United States from 11-21 April. The purpose of the trip was to further develop the already strong cooperation the BALTDEFCOL enjoys with the US military and with several leading American military staff colleges.
Combined Joint Staff Exercise 2012
2012-05-08
On 16-26 April students of the JCGSC 2011/2012 together with CSC 2012 and College faculty members participated in the Combined Joint Staff Exercise (CJSE) 2012. The exercise was conducted by the Swedish Armed Forces and the Folke Bernadotte Academy, and supprted by BALTDEFCOL, Finnish National Defence University, Norwegian Defence Command and Staff College, Swiss Armed Forces and Headquarters Norwegian Operational Headquarters in Bodö. The aim of CJSE 12 was to prepare the individual participants for work in an international staff within a multifunctional/multinational Crisis Response Operations (CRO), based on a Comprehensive Approach and focusing on co-operation and co-ordination within an unstable environment, involving all stakeholders. It took place in three locations simultaneously: Enköping, Uppsala and Karlskrona in the Kingdom of Sweden.
U.S. Ambassador, Mr Michael C. Polt, visits BALTDEFCOL
2012-04-05
On 3 April 2012, the Baltic Defence College (BALTDEFCOL) hosted the visit of the U.S. Ambassador, Michael C. Polt.