Partnership for Peace Consortium

The Partnership for Peace Consortium (PfPC) is a multinational governmental program. Its mission is to “strengthen partner defense education and security sectors while fostering a trusted global network of defense educators, research professionals, and security sector practitioners.” The PfPC was established in 1999. Today, the PfPC network includes over 800 defense academies and security studies institutes, and it works actively in dozens of nations. The PfPC seeks to build intellectual interoperability, foster security sector cooperation, and support institutional capacity building. This work is carried out through various permanent and ad-hoc working groups, the Connections quarterly scholarly journal, and co-management of the Defense Education Enhancement Program (DEEP) in conjunction with NATO. Strategically, the PfPC is overseen by a Senior Advisory Council comprised of military representatives at the general/flag officer or executive level from the United States, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the NATO International Staff. Operationally, PfPC activities are managed by the Secretariat. It is situated within the George C. Marshall Center (Garmisch, Germany), a bilateral military facility sponsored by the US and Germany. Visit our website to stay informed on the latest developments of the PfPC: http://pfp-consortium.org/