33rd European Session of Senior Armaments Officials (SERA33) - week 4
Today sees the start of the 4th and final week of the 33rd Session Européenne des Responsables d'Armement (SERA33), bringing together some 80 participants from various European countries and institutions. After a first week organised in Paris and successive trips to Germany and Finland, this second French week will start in Lille and end in Brussels.
Closing of 22e IHEDN Forum on the African continent (FICA)
The 22nd session of the IHEDN forum on the African continent (FICA) ended on Saturday 18 June 2022 with the traditional presentation of diplomas in the presence of Lieutenant General Benoît Durieux, Director of the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale and General Marchand, Director of the Directorate of Security Cooperation [...].
Regional sessions auditors' day
For the first time, on 13 June, the IHEDN brought together at the École Militaire the auditors of the regional sessions for the 2021-2022 academic year. More than 130 auditors from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (223rd), Ile-de-France (224th and 227th), Nouvelle-Aquitaine (225th) and Hauts-de-France (226th) attended the event. After a few introductory words [...]
Closing of 227e session in the Île-de-France region
The closing session of the 227th session in the Île-de-France region organised by the IHEDN took place on Friday 10 June in the Salons du Gouverneur militaire in Paris. At the end of a fourth week marked by visits to the Office national d'études et de recherches aérospatiales (ONERA), the Northern defence zone headquarters at Versailles-Satory, and the [...]
Launch of the 22e session of the IHEDN Forum on the African continent (FICA) at the Ecole Militaire
The 22nd session of the IHEDN Forum on the African Continent (FICA) opened on Monday 13 June 2022 with a keynote speech by General Durieux, Director of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale) and General Marchand, Director of the DCSD (Direction de la Coopération de Sécurité et de [...]
The 4e and last week of 227e session in the Île-de-France region
On Tuesday 7 May 2022, the fourth and final week of the 227th session of the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN) in the Île-de-France region began at the Bergerie nationale in Rambouillet. On the programme were four high-level conferences: the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, by Ambassador Christina [...], the French Presidency of the [...] and the French Presidency of the [...].
Visit from a Japanese delegation from NIDS
A delegation from the Japanese NIDS (The National Institute for Defense Studies), led by Captain Yamamoto, visited the École Militaire to meet their counterparts from the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale), from 2 to 3 June. After a working lunch with the IRSEM (Institut de la recherche [...]
Anti-corruption compliance, an instrument of national sovereignty
On 1 June, the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) organised a conference on "Anti-corruption compliance, an instrument of national sovereignty" with the support of the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN), on the basis of an agreement between the two institutions. The conference was opened at the École Militaire, in front of nearly 400 participants, [...]
The 3e 227 listeners' weeke session in the Île-de-France region
The 41 auditors attending the 227th session of the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale in the Ile-de-France region continued their programme this week, with high-level lectures, committee work and visits. Two visits were made on 1 June. The memorial sequence at the Mont-Valérien Memorial in the footsteps of those shot [...]
La 227e session in the Ile-de-France region in Lorient
The second of the four weeks of the 227th session of the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN) in the Ile-de-France region ended on Friday 20 May in Lorient. The 41 students took part in a wide-ranging conference on the fusiliers-commandos force and several operational visits: the Monge, the French Navy's test and measurement building, and the [...]
