Defence Education is a key agent of transformation and NATO is using it to support institutional reform in partner countries. Through the Defence Education Enhancement Programme (DEEP), the Alliance advises partners on how to build, develop and reform educational institutions in the defence and military domain in the form of a peer-to-peer conversation.
One of the pillars of DEEP assistance it to help interested partner institutions to develop their teaching curricula and to enable their faculties to teach new subjects. It also develops reference curricula and guidance, designed to conform to Alliance education standards, available to all interested nations.
Since 2008, together with the Partnership for Peace Consortium (PfPC) of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes, DEEP has developed a number of different curricula – designed for employment by defence education institutions. They are intended to provide partner and Allied countries with in-depth learning objectives and curriculum support for academic courses in professional military education (PME) schools.
NATO has noted that these reference curricula can serve as tools for partner and Allied countries in the planning and development of courses, modules and programmes for professional Officer and Non-Commissioned Officer and the enhancement of intellectual interoperability between NATO and partners.
The Fact Sheet for NATO Reference Curricula is located here.
