Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/712
of 14 May 2018
amending Decision (CFSP) 2016/2382 establishing a European Security and Defence College (ESDC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 28(1), 42(4) and 43(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
On 13 November 2017, the Council adopted conclusions on security and defence in the context of the EU Global Strategy.
On 20 November 2017, the Council adopted conclusions on the Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council: Resilience, Deterrence and Defence: Building strong cybersecurity for the EU.
On 6 February 2018, the ESDC Steering Committee agreed that the ESDC should take the responsibility to form a Cyber Education, Training, Evaluation and Exercise (ETEE) platform, while noting the need to ensure complementarity with other Union efforts and initiatives.
While the staff of the ESDC consists mainly of secondees, it may be necessary to fill some of the posts of cyber security training managers by contracted staff in order to allow for the rapid build-up of the Cyber ETEE platform when no national expert has been identified.
A new financial reference amount for the period from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018 should therefore be established.
Decision (CFSP) 2016/2382 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: