On June 17-18 in Vilnius, the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence (ENSEC COE) organized main planning conference of the Tabletop Exercise “Coherent Resilience 2025 – Arctic” (CORE 25-A). ENSEC COE together with European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), US Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Energy Academic Group (EAG), and Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Studies (TSC), intends to organize exercises on November 3-7 this year in Sweden.
The annual CORE series exercise this time will address critical challenges associated with hybrid threats in the Arctic region and Allied Arctic States (United States of America, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland). The target audience for the exercise includes national institutions (ministries, agencies, departments) responsible for the security of maritime and offshore energy installations, energy systems operators, representatives of industrial sectors or public institutions, civil emergency planners, representatives of Armed Forces and the Coast Guards, representatives of NATO and European Commission institutions, and the Joint Expeditionary Force.
During the planning conference, the exercise scenario, design, timeline, venue, participation details and other matters were discussed. Conference was held with participation in-person and online.
