Morocco hosts NATO’s Regional Endeavor 2025 to foster regional peace & stability

Morocco hosted NATO’s Regional Endeavor 2025 to strengthen further regional cooperation,dialogue and interoperability between NATO partners for peace and stability.

Organized by Allied Joint Force Command Naples (JFC Naples) and hosted by the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces from 28 April to 2 May,the event was opened by Brigadier Aziz Idrissi Yazani,head of the Moroccan 2nd Bureau,and Rear Admiral Thorsten Marx,Assistant Chief of Staff J9 at JFC Naples,said a press release issued by JFC Naples.

The opening ceremony was also attended by the Defense Attachés from France,Greece,Italy,Portugal,Tunisia,Türkiye,the United Kingdom,and the United States.

Regional Endeavor 2025 marks a transition from JFCNP’s Regional Exercise which ran from 2014 until 2024,and focused upon NATO’s Exercise Planning Process.

The new Regional Endeavor capacity building initiative is designed to enhance cooperation between NATO and regional partners whilst providing a broader syllabus,said the statement of JFC which serves the NATO Alliance through preparation,planning & conducting of military operations.

The four annual workshops are organized in one of JFCNP’s three partner regions starting this year in North Africa. This rotational format enables the host nation and regional partners to better focus the workshop content to meet their regional needs and challenges.

Regional Endeavor 2026 will move to the Gulf Region and then rotate to South-eastern Europe during 2027. With participants from Jordan,Malta,Moldova,Morocco,Tunisia and the African Union and including instructional support from Bosnia and Herzegovina,the first workshop focused on Interoperability.

The week-long workshop combined interactive sessions and discussions tailored to meet the interests of the course participants in relation to NATO’s Operational Capability Concept Education and Feedback concept.

The upcoming three workshops during 2025 will focus upon Civil-Military Cooperation (June),Strategic Communications (September),and Crisis Management and Disaster Response (November).