
As part of NATO's Lessons Learned Engagement Plan for 2019 and following a request by the NATO – Istanbul Cooperation Initiative Centre (ICI), the JALLC Advisory and Training Team (JATT) conducted a four-day Lessons Learned (LL) training course in Kuwait, from 08 to 11 April. In addition to the course’s main objectives of raising awareness and providing an overview of the NATO LL Capability, this year’s course was modified in accordance to ICI Centre’s needs to provide more analysis training. The course was attended by 26 students from the Military, Fire Departments, and government. The majority of the students were from the State of Kuwait. There were also some students from the State of Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
On 23 January 2017, the NATO-ICI Regional Centre was inaugurated by NATO Permanent Representatives and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg together with His Highness the Prime Minister of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. The NATO-ICI Regional Centre’s objective is to improve the common understanding of security challenges by creating a level of interoperability and standardization that enables closer cooperation between NATO and its partners in the region.