UPDATE FOR CONTACT POINT EMBASSIES

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UPDATE FOR CONTACT POINT EMBASSIES Newsletter April 2015

Useful materials

Take a look at the: updated CPE contact chart accessible on the NATO website Take a look at the: NATO Wales Summit Guide (materials related to NATO readiness; The Transatlantic Bond; The crisis in Ukraine and relations with Russia; Relations with partners and NATO’s Open Door policy; Afghanistan – NATO’s longest combat mission; Women, peace and security) Take a look at the: Secretary General’s Annual Report 2014 Take a look at the: NATO Review magazine Take a look at the: NATO-Russia: Setting the record straight; Russian military presence in Eastern Ukraine: selected evidence FACT SHEETS: NATO’s Readiness Action Plan; NATO’s practical support to Ukraine; 10 Things you need to know about NATO NATO STATEMENTS: Statement by NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu on misleading and incorrect Russian statements made by senior Russian officials

Recent NATO news NATO web-doc Nominated for “Oscar of the Internet” – NATO’s Afghan web-documentary ReturnToHope.com has been nominated for a Webby Award. NATO Secretary General’s participation in POLITICO debate (23 April): “The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg will participate in a debate entitled “European divides: A make or break year for the Union”, at the event marking the launch of POLITICO magazine in Europe.” Read more: http://www.politico.eu/event/european-divides-a-make-or-break-year-for-the-union/ NATO’s new spearhead force conducts first exercise (9 April): “NATO completed the first military drills for its new rapid reaction force. From 7–9 April 2015, more than 1,500 troops took part in exercise Noble Jump”. Read more: NATO’s new spearhead force conducts first exercise ACT hosted NATO Transformation Seminar (24–26 March), Read more: http://www.act.nato.int/nato-act-hosts-2015-natotransformation-seminar and NATO SG’s keynote speech

Selected upcoming events NCIA and AFCEA Madrid conference on business opportunities (5-7 May) - Possibility to register Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers/Foreign Affairs Editors on the margins (13-14 May), Antalya, TU NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NPA) Spring Session (15-18 May), Budapest, HUN

NATO in social media Twitter and Facebook (13 April –19 April) The @NATOPress tweet on misleading & incorrect statements about NATO by Russian officials was the most impactful tweet (according to Brandwatch) The @NATO tweet on the new spearhead force had the highest number of impressions the week before (6-12 April) For Facebook the video of the ‘Baltic Batallion’ had the highest number of impressions(16 April)

CPE’s Regional meeting – Western Balkans (4 June), will take place in Skopje. Organized by NATO PDD Engagements Section and the Turkish CPE. NATO - Public Diplomacy Division Engagements Section Boulevard Leopold III, B-1110 Brussels

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