{"id":58661,"date":"2026-03-05T16:07:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihedn.fr\/?p=58661"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:15:15","slug":"ouverture-de-la-37e-session-europeenne-des-responsables-darmement-sera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihedn.fr\/en\/notre-actualite\/ouverture-de-la-37e-session-europeenne-des-responsables-darmement-sera\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening of the 37<sup>e<\/sup> European Session of Senior Armament Officials (SERA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"58661\" class=\"elementor elementor-58661\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca7fafb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ca7fafb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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de l'Industrie de D\u00e9fense et de l'Espace), the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAr) and the European Defence Agency (EDA).<\/p>\n<p>Organised over four weeks in several European countries, the session aims to :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>deepen understanding of current European defence issues ;<\/li>\n<li>encourage the sharing of experience between civilian and military managers ;<\/li>\n<li>develop a shared vision of the continent's industrial and capability challenges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br><\/p><p>Theme of this 37<sup>e<\/sup> edition :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\" <em>Innovate, finance, scale up: building urgently Europe's defence of tomorrow<\/em> \"<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Innovate, finance, develop: building tomorrow's European defence as a matter of urgency<\/p>\n<p>Against a backdrop marked by the return of high-intensity warfare to Europe, technological acceleration and the rise of hybrid threats, the session will examine Europe's ability to innovate faster, finance its capability priorities and change industrial scale.<\/p>\n<h5>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000091;\">WEEK 1: OPENING IN FRANCE AND TRIP TO BRUSSELS<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>The first week of the SERA37 opened with a speech by Engineer General Alexandre Lahousse, Deputy Director General of the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA), who presented the major capability and industrial challenges facing European defence.<\/p>\n<p>The programme also included a number of conferences and discussions between listeners on the challenges of innovation, financing and industrial cooperation in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The last two days of this inaugural week took place in Brussels, where the auditors were welcomed by the European Defence Agency (EDA) for a presentation of its missions and its role in European capability cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>The week ended with a high-level panel featuring :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baudouin Heuninckx, Director for Industry and Facilitators at the EDA<\/li>\n<li>Camille Grand, Secretary General of the Association of European Defence, Security and Aerospace Industries (ASD)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Tomasz Husak, Director of Defence Policy at DG DEFIS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br><\/p><p>The auditors were also able to visit the European Council, at the heart of the Union's decision-making process on security and defence.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000091;\"><br><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000091;\">NEXT APPOINTMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SERA37 will continue over the coming months with two new weeks organised by the session's partner countries.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spain: from 20 to 24 April 2026<\/li>\n<li>United Kingdom: from 18 to 22 May 2026<\/li>\n<li>France: closing week from 22 to 26 June 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br><\/p><p>These different stages will enable listeners to continue their collective reflection on the construction of tomorrow's European 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