01.03.2017.
The Second Regional “PELT” Conference
The Second Regional “PELT” Conference, organised by the British Council, is going to be held today and tomorrow in Belgrade hotel “Metropol Palas”.
Opening the Conference, the Acting Assistant Minister of Defence for Human Resources, Miloš Janković thanked the partners and donators for the cooperation and their support rendered so far. Additionally, he reminded that the knowledge and ability to speak English language had become necessary for an active participation of Serbia in the Partnership for Peace Programme and peace support operations through the United Nations and European Union operations.
- This is precisely why the skill of our professional staff to communicate in English language represents one of the priorities of the Ministry of Defence and very important goal of the Serbian Armed Forces - Janković said and added that the activities of the Ministry management that were carried out in last several years resulted in constant increase in the level of investment in education and advancement of human resources in order to implement the Partnership Goal “G 1200 – Language Requirements”.
He reminded that the PELT Programme and STANAG test team are actively supported by the Agency for international language coordination and NATO body for language training.
-Although it has been planned for the Ministry of Defence to autonomously continue developing the programme for training and testing in the field of English language, in accordance with “STANAG”, we believe that the results of the PELT programme make a good foundation for the continuation of the partner cooperation, and for the beginning of new regional cooperation among Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, through a joint project supported by the PELT donor countries – underlined the Assistant Minister Janković at the opening of the Conference.
A representative of donors, Defence Attaché of the Kingdom of Norway, Colonel Tore Andersson reminded that the project had been lasting since 2006, aimed at providing support to the professionals in the field of language learning, so that they could network and exchange experiences while considering the future activities.
Apart from the representatives of the Ministry of Defence and Serbian Armed Forces, diplomatic and military representatives of the PELT donor countries, namely the United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway and Netherlands and the United States of America are also taking part in this two day conference, as well as the representatives of the ministries of defence of Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia and the representatives of the British Council.
The organisational unit responsible for the programme is PELT Directorate, of Personnel Department in Human Resources Sector of the Ministry of Defence, which participates in the Project as a partner providing infrastructure and personnel.
