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The European initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus, often referred to as "military Erasmus" in the media, is an initiative undertaken by the European Union Member States aimed at developing the exchanges between armed forces of future military officers as well as their teachers and instructors during their initial education〔((en) Sylvain Paile, Europe for the Future Officers, Officers for the Future Europe – Compendium of the European Military Officers Basic Education, Department of Science and Military Education – Ministry of Defence of Poland, 2011, 226 p., DWS SG WP. Zam. 1168. 2011 )〕 and training. Due to the fact that the initiative is implemented by the Member States on a purely voluntary basis, their autonomy with regard to military training is not compromised. ==Origins== The number of European crisis management operations and multinational military operations launched by European Union Member States in the framework of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) have increased, demonstrating a fast-growing need for a stronger interoperability of military forces, not only with regard to the pure technical and procedural aspects but also to the ability for the European military officers to work closely and effectively together. One way to foster this ability is to integrate the education and training of the servicemen and their officers. The European military officers’ educational institutes, and the Member States at a more diplomatic level, have had a long experience and tradition of exchanges, to this end. The experience of mobility they acquired nevertheless revealed that, due to the particular nature of the education and training they provide, the military institutes could not make full use of all the possibilities offered by the mobility instruments available〔(“Stocktaking of existing exchanges and exchange programmes of national military officers during their basic/initial education and training”, European Security and Defence College, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union (doc. 12843/08), 9 September 2008 )〕 which were primarily designed for civilian higher education, such as the Erasmus programme. A need was identified, therefore, for addressing together these structural obstacles at the European level. In the second half of 2008, the French EU Presidency then in office launched a programme of reflection on ways to allow greater integration of the initial academic and professional training of young European officers through mobility.〔( “A Seminar to advance the “Military Erasmus” project”, French Presidency of the European Union, 13 November 2008 )〕〔(“Military Erasmus to commence in 2009”, Nicolas Gros-Verheyde, Europolitics, 28 October 2008 )〕 The initiative for the exchange of young officers, inspired by Erasmus, was launched in November 2008 with the declaration by the European Ministers of Defence, meeting within the Council of the European Union, on the European Security and Defence Policy (2903rd External Relations Council meeting, Brussels 10 and 11 November 2008).〔(“Council Conclusions on the ESDP”, 2903rd External relations Council meeting, Brussels, 10 and 11 November 2008 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「European initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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