Intelligence College in Europe
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Intelligence College in Europe (ICE)
The Intelligence College in Europe (ICE) is an intergovernmental entity, independent of the European Union institutions, which has been inaugurated on 5 March 2019 in Paris. It brings together the members of the
national intelligence communities of the states that participate to it. ICE aims to bring together all the intelligence communities (civilian, military, internal, external and technical services) of European countries, national and European decision-makers and the academic world in order to stimulate strategic thinking and thus develop a common intelligence
| Website | Https://www.intelligence-college-europe.org/?lang=fr |
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culture[1].
Historical
In his speech on the future of Europe delivered on 27 September 2017 at the Sorbonne, the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, proposed the creation of a "European Intelligence Academy", which would serve as a crucible for the emergence of a common strategic culture[2].
In particular, he states:
"What Europe lacks most today, this Europe of Defence, is a common strategic culture. [...] We do not have the same cultures, whether they be parliamentary, historical or political, nor do we have the same sensitivities. And we will not change that in a day. But I propose right now to try to build this culture together, by proposing a European initiative [...] aimed at developing this shared strategic culture. [...] I would therefore like to see the establishment of a European Intelligence Academy to strengthen the links between our countries through training and exchange activities[2].
Emmanuel Macron will rename this initiative "Intelligence College in Europe" on the occasion of the inaugural event in Paris on 5 March 2019[3]. This meeting braught together sixty-six intelligence services from thirty European countries, with a generally high level of representation: 30 service directors, 9 national coordinators and 13 representatives of European institutions[4]. The thirty countries were the 27 EU Member states as well as Norway, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
On 26 February 2020, twenty-three states met in Zagreb to sign the Letter of Intent, which formalises and perpetuates the existence of the Intelligence College in Europe, setting out a governance framework. These 23 states are: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom[5].
Out of the 30 countries initially meeting in Paris on 5 March 2019, seven of them choosed to have a partner status, which is less restrictive but still allows them to participate in certain activities.These countries may eventually become members of the College later[6].
Organization
The Intelligence College Europe operates on a two-tier organisation, comprising a decision-making body, representing the European member countries (the Steering Committee), and a body responsible for the implementation of decisions (the Permanent Secretariat).
The presidency of the Steering Committee is held by one country, in annual rotation. Croatia is to take over the presidency for the first year, to be followed by the United Kingdom and Italy[6].
Activities
The Intelligence College Europe has three missions:
- To promote the sharing of experience and professional cultures;
- To raise awareness of intelligence issues;
- To develop an academic network for strategic and intelligence thinking at the European level[7].
Notes and references
- ^ Lagneau, Laurent (2019-03-05). "Le Collège du renseignement en Europe est désormais sur les rails". Zone Militaire (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Initiative pour l'Europe - Discours d'Emmanuel Macron pour une Europe souveraine, unie, démocratique". elysee.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- ^ "L'Europe qui protège : "Cela ne se fera jamais." Vraiment ?". elysee.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ "« Renseignements. Emmanuel Macron plaide pour la « souveraineté européenne » face au terrorisme »". Ouest-France. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Juničić, Karla (2020-02-27). "Europe's spy network kicks off in Zagreb". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ a b "European spies dare to share". POLITICO. 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ à 18h05, Par Eric PelletierLe 4 mars 2019; À 18h24, Modifié Le 4 Mars 2019 (2019-03-04). "Macron réunit les services du renseignement européen à Paris". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-01.
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