Defence Visegrad

 

The effective common defence planning cooperation and military vision of Visegrad countries are defined by the effectiveness and integrity of logistic processes supplying the national defence of the individual countries and the common force to be established by the V4. The common logistics system must be synchronized with the existing civilian solutions of the participating countries and NATO, requiring the application of international operations, regulations and standards. The GS1 system of standards is the most widely used supply chain standards system in the world. Its usefulness has already been recognised and adopted into practice by NATO. Several countries and National Nato Codification System already use it in their procurement, stockpiling and supply processes, recognising the opportunity of a more cost-effective operation and the speed and reliability of data collection and electronic data traffic. The practices of V4 countries may differ in the civilian global supply chain standards used in the field of information technology and in the practical application. The National University of Public Service and GS1 Hungary Nonprofit Zrt in cooperation with their partner organisations from V4 countries have come to a conclusion to provide an entry free international scientific conference presenting the existing practices in the V4 countries and the best practices existent in the major national organisations of NATO, throwing light on harmonisation issues regarding the cooperation of the V4 countries and draw up a professional study summarizing the topics of the conference in order to facilitate the information share and dissemination. Thus military solutions can reach civil society areas and activities in the Visegrad countries.