Open AccessNATO Common Funding as a Tool for Cohesion Enhancement and Ability to Act
Author(s) -
Josef Procházka
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
vojenské rozhledy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2336-2995
pISSN - 1210-3292
DOI - 10.3849/2336-2995.21.2012.04.025-034
Subject(s) - resizing , cohesion (chemistry) , order (exchange) , process (computing) , control reconfiguration , business , economics , political science , economic policy , finance , engineering , computer science , european union , embedded system , operating system , chemistry , organic chemistry
In the past, the Common Funding played only marginal role in the NATO strategic decision-making. However, this situation changed significantly when the global economic crisis challenged the national public expenditures and NATO defence policy became a matter of serious reflections. NATO should balance its requirements with limited resources and adjust its future activities within shrinking budgets. NATO must make hard decisions and implement reforms in order to ensure its ability to fulfil its mission and priority tasks in the long run. The reconfiguration of Common Funding is an inherent part of this process. The aim of this article is to introduce Common Funding as a management-supporting tool of the international organisation under currently mounting resource constrains.