South-Eastern Europe Brigade (SEEBRIG) - formation established by seven participating nations in order to contribute to the regional security and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area

Interim Operational Capability

Evaluation Dates: 27 – 30 April 2004.

Type of Evaluation: Initial Operational Capability (IOC) Evaluation as a Brigade ready to participate in a NATO-led Peace Support Operation (PSO/PKO).

38 Agreed Criteria from seven functional areas have been evaluated : Policy, Intelligence, Operations, Logistics, Legal, Admin and CIS.

Focus of the evaluation

– HQs SEEBRIG.

– Signal Company.

– HQ Support Company.

– HQ’s peacetime location evaluation.

Results:

HQ SEEBRIG has attained IOC status with limitations to deploy to a NATO led PSO in Balkans.