The first 10 months staff course has students from eight different countries. The first Senior Staff Course is now getting close to the graduation. It has been a very positive experience. The initial international programme of support has been established to assist the Baltic States in the development of the project for a five-year period. The Baltic States are taking steps towards achieving a phased turnover of responsibilities for the management, funding and staffing of the college.
International support consists of foreign lecturers, technical and material assistance, etc.
The key part of the support is the allocation of experts to the international staff. Sweden chairs the Board as the supporting lead nation. The three Baltic States have developed a uniquely close and comprehensive co-operation in the Security and Defence field. This has taken place within a very short span of years, and it has been accomplished in spite of heavy handicaps in nearly all fields. The combined result is that in a couple of years time the armed forces of the Baltic States will have a higher average level of NATO interoperability than any other forces in Central and Eastern Europe.