October 2016 Plenary Meetings of the Forum for Security Co-operation

Security Dialogue: “Women in The Armed Forces – Increasing The Representation Of Women In Decision-Making And Operations:” – Colonel B. Kassymova, Associate Professor of Military and State Governance, General Staff Department, National Defense University, Kazakhstan; – Lieutenant Colonel D. Azevedo, Military Advisor to the President of the Portuguese Republic; – Ambassador M. Marinaki, EU/EEAS Principal Advisor on Gender and on the implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (Austria, also on behalf of Finland, Kazakhstan and Turkey, Annex 1; Croatia, Annex 2; United Kingdom, Annex 3). Situation in and around Ukraine (Russian Federation, Annex 4; France, Annex 5). Large-scale military exercise conducted by the Russian Federation in the Pskov, Ivanovo, Kostroma and Yaroslavl regions from 3 to 10 October 2016. Visit to an air base and military facility in Serbia conducted from 27 to 30 September 2016. Visit to an air base and military training facilities in Croatia conducted from 3 to 6 October 2016. Food-for-thought paper on options for follow-up to the OSCE High-Level Military Doctrine Seminar (Austria, Annex 6).