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JATEC

The Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre is a joint NATO–Ukraine civil-military organization located in Bydgoszcz, Poland. It was officially inaugurated on February 17, 2025, and represents the first collaborative center of its kind between NATO and Ukraine.

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NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Centre
Other nameJATEC
FounderNorth Atlantic Council
Founding leaderACT (with HQ SACT)
Leaders
(first) GAA Philippe Lavigne
Admiral Pierre Vandier (since September 23, 2024)
Military leader
SACT
Political leader
NAC, with DPPCa
JATEC Commander
BRG Wojciech Ozga
Founding
directives
Knowledge repository (ongoing, other wars)
Organization type
Sui generis jointly-run
FoundedJuly 11, 2024b
Dates activeDecember 16, 2024–present
CountryPoland
Allegiance
HeadquartersBydgoszcz, PL (OpCenter)
StatusMultinational, active
Size~70 personnel
Part ofJALLC-UKR Initiativec
WebsiteOfficial website
Notes
    1. Defence Policy and Planning Committee of NATO.
    2. at the 2024 Washington NATO summit, after the February 15, 2024, approval of the NATO-Ukraine Council (NUC)1
    3. The JALLC-UKR Initiative launched in 2024 is connected to the Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (JALLC, of NATO SACT), which is based in Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal. It is a dedicated effort within JALLC focused on the Russo-Ukrainian War. JALLC-UKR Initiative Information Centre on the NATO Lessons Learned Portal, in September 2024, published a report Two Years of NATO Lessons Relating to Russia's War Against Ukraine, presenting findings from analyses between March 2022 and March 2024. The report covers command and control, joint effects, and cooperation with organizations, and it highlights the dual nature of lessons learned, including new technologies and conventional warfare aspects. It emphasizes the need for NATO to develop new technologies while maintaining traditional methods.

The Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre (JATEC; Polish: Centrum Analiz, Szkolenia i Edukacji NATO-Ukraina)10 is a joint NATO–Ukraine civil-military organization located in Bydgoszcz, Poland. It was officially inaugurated on February 17, 2025, and represents the first collaborative center of its kind between NATO and Ukraine.11

Organization and role

JATEC is part of the NATO Military Command Structure and is directly subordinate to the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT). The center is led by a Polish Brigadier General (Wojciech Ozga)12 and is designed to analyze civil-military experiences from the Russo-Ukrainian War. Lessons learned are integrated into the strategies, policies, doctrines, and operations of both NATO and Ukraine to enhance interoperability and strengthen collective security.1314

JATEC aims to improve NATO–Ukraine interoperability, support transformation in deterrence, defense, crisis prevention, crisis management, and cooperative security, apply lessons from ongoing conflicts to operational planning and strengthen NATO–Ukraine relations and provide long-term benefits for both parties.15

Location

Bydgoszcz is a strategic NATO site hosting several other facilities, including the Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC). The address of JATEC is ul. Szubińska 2, 85–312 Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Subordination and cooperation

JATEC is one of several institutions directly reporting to Allied Command Transformation (ACT), alongside the Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) in Stavanger, Norway, the Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC) in Bydgoszcz, and the Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (JALLC) in Lisbon, Portugal.16

These centers support ACT's efforts to transform NATO and collaborate with various national and multinational Centres of Excellence.17

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Joint NATO-Ukraine training center opens in Poland". The New Voice of Ukraine. February 17, 2025. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  2. "NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Centre opens!". gov.pl. Ministry of Defence of Poland. February 17, 2025. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  3. "Ukraine, NATO to jointly build up experience at JATEC – Stefanishyna: Exclusive". Ukrinform. February 18, 2025. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  4. "Bydgoszcz – the NATO Capital of Poland". The Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC). Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  5. "The NATO-Ukraine Joint analysis training and education centre JATEC has opened in Poland". Ministry of Defense of Ukraine News. February 18, 2025. Retrieved September 21, 2025 – via mod.gov.ua.
  6. "Senior NATO advisors meet in Kyiv to discuss priorities for joint NATO-Ukraine lessons learned centre". NATO Press Office. April 25, 2025. Retrieved August 25, 2025 – via NATO.int.
  7. "Patrick Turner, 2024". April 17, 2025. Retrieved August 25, 2025 – via NATO.int.
  8. "Ukraine and NATO outline JATEC priorities for 2026". July 9, 2025. Retrieved August 25, 2025 – via MOD.gov.ua.
  9. "Strengthening cooperation with NATO to Advance Ukraine's Membership in the Alliance: Rustem Umerov". November 5, 2024. Retrieved August 25, 2025 – via MOD.gov.ua.
  10. portal-mundurowy.pl: Gen. bryg. Wojciech Ozga – szefem Centrum Analiz, Szkolenia i Edukacji NATO-Ukraina (JATEC)
  11. "NATO and Ukraine Open the Joint Analysis Training and Education Centre". NATO. February 17, 2025. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  12. mod.gov.ua: JATEC seeks to expand the “Captains' Training” professional military education course
  13. Польская, Ксения (February 18, 2025). "Как Украина стала "мозгом" НАТО в противостоянии России" (in Russian). DW.
  14. "NATO-Infrastruktur bereits vorhanden". Tagesschau. February 17, 2025.
  15. "Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre (JATEC)". NATO Allied Command Transformation. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  16. "Joint Centres". NATO. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  17. cf. Centres of Excellence
Further reading

Further reading

  • Stavrou, Oksana (2025). Russlands Krieg gegen die Ukraine. p. 49.
  • Dr. Li, Jin Wei (2024). War and the World: "Peace Security and the World" series. p. 239
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