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NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Centre
Also known asJATEC
FounderNorth Atlantic Council
Founding leaderACT (with HQ SACT)
Leader(first) GAA Philippe Lavigne
Admiral Pierre Vandier (since September 23, 2024)
Military leaderSACT
Political leaderNAC, with DPPC [uk][a]
JATEC CommanderBRG Wojciech Ozga
Founding
directives		Knowledge repository (ongoing, other wars)
Organization typeSui generis jointly-run
FoundationJuly 11, 2024[b]
Dates of operationDecember 16, 2024–present
CountryPoland
Allegiance
Motives
  • Ukraine to prevail
  • Russia to be deterred
HeadquartersBydgoszcz, PL (OpCenter)
Major actionsWar learning (military education and training)
StatusMultinational, active
Size~70 personnel
Part ofJALLC-UKR Initiative[c]
Allies
Contributing countries:[d]
Mission • HQs • OpCenter:
Opponents(to be deterred):
WebsiteOfficial website
Notes
    1. ^ Defence Policy and Planning Committee of NATO.
    2. ^ at the 2024 Washington NATO summit, after the February 15, 2024, approval of the NATO-Ukraine Council (NUC)[1]
    3. ^ The JALLC-UKR Initiative launched in 2024 is connected to the Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (JALLC, of NATO SACT), which is based in Monsanto, Lisbon, Portugal. It is a dedicated effort within JALLC focused on the Russo-Ukrainian War. JALLC-UKR Initiative Information Centre on the NATO Lessons Learned Portal, in September 2024, published a report Two Years of NATO Lessons Relating to Russia's War Against Ukraine, presenting findings from analyses between March 2022 and March 2024. The report covers command and control, joint effects, and cooperation with organizations, and it highlights the dual nature of lessons learned, including new technologies and conventional warfare aspects. It emphasizes the need for NATO to develop new technologies while maintaining traditional methods.
    4. ^ [to be determined]:As of September 2025, abstainers list includes non-participants in NSATU operations.
    5. ^ Since 2022, when Belarus allowed Russia to use its territory to launch the invasion and to launch missiles into Ukraine. See: Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
JATEC
Outline
  • NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Centre
    OTAN-Ukraine centre commun d'analyse, d'entraînement et d'éducation (CCAEE, French)
    Об'єднаний центр аналізу, підготовки та освіти «НАТО–Україна» (Ukrainian)
    Center platz
    FoundedDecember 16, 2024 (2024-12-16) (activated)[a]
    February 17, 2025 (2025-02-17) (IOC)
    (expected) JAN 2026 (FOC)
    Allegiance
    TypeNATO-Ukraine jointly run "sui generis" civil-military working level organization
    Role
    • Application of lessons from Russo-Ukrainian War for strategy, policy, doctrine, tactics and operations
    • Support to successful achievement of interoperability objectives
    • Joint tactical level training of NATO and partner forces
    Size74 personnel (incl. 20 Ukrainians)[b]
    Part of Allied Command Transformation
    Ops. CenterPoniatowski Barracks [pl], 1 Potockiego Str. 85–309, Bydgoszcz, PL-04, Poland
    Commanders
    Commander
    1-star rank    		(first holder) BRG Wojciech Ozga
     Polish Land Forces[c]
    DIR Program Implementation(first holder) Colonel Serhii Melnyk  Ukrainian Ground Forces[5]
    Chair
    Senior Advisory Board    		(first holder) Tom Goffus, retired colonel, A-SG of NATO Ops.  United States Air Force
Senior
Advisory
Board
Footnotes
    1. ^ by order of the North Atlantic Council[2]
    2. ^ Expected to be staffed by 2026 in OpCenter.[3] With 33 personnel (IOC), JATEC is collocated with NATO's Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC), Force Integration Unit, 3rd Signal Battalion, Military Police Centre of Excellence, Communications and Information Support Centre.[4]
    3. ^ Ex officio JATEC SAB member.[2]
    4. ^ chairman of the board. Chaired the April 25, 2025, SAB Kyiv meeting with agenda (below):
      • Integration of Ukrainian and NATO efforts at JATEC
      • Building resilience in defense digital infrastructure and critical systems
      • Strengthening military education and interoperability programs
      • Fast-tracking innovation against current battlefield threats (notably fiber-optic drones and precision-guided munitions).[6]
    5. ^ NATO Representation to Ukraine. Senior NATO Representative in Ukraine since September 2024.[7]

The Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre (JATEC; Polish: Centrum Analiz, Szkolenia i Edukacji NATO-Ukraina[10]) is a joint NATO–Ukraine civil-military organization located in Bydgoszcz, Poland. It was officially inaugurated on February 17, 2025, and represents the first collaborative center of its kind between NATO and Ukraine.[11]

Organization and role

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JATEC is part of the NATO Command Structure and is directly subordinate to the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT). The center is led by a Polish Brigadier General (Wojciech Ozga)[12] and is designed to analyze civil-military experiences from the Russo-Ukrainian War. Lessons learned are integrated into the strategies, policies, doctrines, and operations of both NATO and Ukraine to enhance interoperability and strengthen collective security.[13][14]

JATEC aims to improve NATO–Ukraine interoperability, support transformation in deterrence, defense, crisis prevention, crisis management, and cooperative security, apply lessons from ongoing conflicts to operational planning and strengthen NATO–Ukraine relations and provide long-term benefits for both parties.[15]

Location

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Bydgoszcz is a strategic NATO site hosting several other facilities, including the Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC). The address of JATEC is ul. Szubińska 2, 85–312 Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Subordination and cooperation

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JATEC is one of several institutions directly reporting to Allied Command Transformation (ACT), alongside the Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) in Stavanger, Norway, the Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC) in Bydgoszcz, and the Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre (JALLC) in Lisbon, Portugal.[16]

These centers support ACT's efforts to transform NATO and collaborate with various national and multinational Centres of Excellence[17].

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Joint NATO-Ukraine training center opens in Poland". The New Voice of Ukraine. February 17, 2025. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Centre opens!". gov.pl. Ministry of Defence of Poland. February 17, 2025. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
  3. ^ "Ukraine, NATO to jointly build up experience at JATEC – Stefanishyna: Exclusive". Ukrinform. February 18, 2025. Retrieved August 25, 2025.
  4. ^ "Bydgoszcz – the NATO Capital of Poland". The Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC). Retrieved July 28, 2025.
  5. ^ "The NATO-Ukraine Joint analysis training and education centre JATEC has opened in Poland". Ministry of Defense of Ukraine News. February 18, 2025. Retrieved September 21, 2025 – via mod.gov.ua.
  6. ^ "Senior NATO advisors meet in Kyiv to discuss priorities for joint NATO-Ukraine lessons learned centre". NATO Press Office. April 25, 2025. Retrieved August 25, 2025 – via NATO.int.
  7. ^ "Patrick Turner, 2024". April 17, 2025. Retrieved August 25, 2025 – via NATO.int.
  8. ^ "Ukraine and NATO outline JATEC priorities for 2026". July 9, 2025. Retrieved August 25, 2025 – via MOD.gov.ua.
  9. ^ "Strengthening cooperation with NATO to Advance Ukraine's Membership in the Alliance: Rustem Umerov". November 5, 2024. Retrieved August 25, 2025 – via MOD.gov.ua.
  10. ^ portal-mundurowy.pl: Gen. bryg. Wojciech Ozga – szefem Centrum Analiz, Szkolenia i Edukacji NATO-Ukraina (JATEC)
  11. ^ "NATO and Ukraine Open the Joint Analysis Training and Education Centre". NATO. February 17, 2025. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  12. ^ mod.gov.ua: JATEC seeks to expand the “Captains' Training” professional military education course
  13. ^ Польская, Ксения (February 18, 2025). "Как Украина стала "мозгом" НАТО в противостоянии России" (in Russian). DW.
  14. ^ "NATO-Infrastruktur bereits vorhanden". Tagesschau. February 17, 2025.
  15. ^ "Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre (JATEC)". NATO Allied Command Transformation. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  16. ^ "Joint Centres". NATO. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  17. ^ cf. Centres of Excellence

Further reading

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  • Stavrou, Oksana (2025). Russlands Krieg gegen die Ukraine. p. 49.
  • Dr. Li, Jin Wei (2024). War and the World: "Peace Security and the World" series. p. 239
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