1. In Service for Norway Norwegian Ministry of Defence The Government’s plan of action to care for personnel before, during and after serving abroad 4th meeting of NORDEFCO WG Veteran Issues 24 th November 2011 Colonel Bente Sleppen, MOD (FD I)

2. Norwegian Ministry of Defence Background In Service for Norway; The Government’s plan of action to care for personnel before, during and after serving abroad

3. Norwegian Ministry of Defence In Service for Norway; General Primary objective; recognition and care Armed Forces veterans, personnel from Foreign Service and Justice sector All phases of deployment; before, during, after 126 tangible initiatives

4. Norwegian Ministry of Defence Intersectoral collaboration before and during operations Interministerial WG; six ministries Armed forces and police; PMT (Afghanistan)& UNMIK Police/KOFOR (Kosovo) Mod & MFA: Agreement increased cooperation training etc.

5. Norwegian Ministry of Defence Intersectoral collaboration after deployment Follow-up injured personnel; society’s ordinary health and care service and social functions Families and next of kin Better coordinated support system Research and surveys

6. Norwegian Ministry of Defence The Armed Forces’veterans 80 + initiatives; our new veteran policy Unique service; seeking out danger and defeating an adversary Society’s recognition and aknowledgement; special days, seremonies, medals Bæreia

7. Norwegian Ministry of Defence Before deployment Aiming at getting the personnel as well prepared as possible Several initiatives A more reasonable and even division of service – conduct an international comparative study

8. Norwegian Ministry of Defence During deployment Meaningful service Minimising the risk of injuries Introducing a commander support network

9. Norwegian Ministry of Defence Returning home «One year programme» Shielded stop over on neutral ground; a time to adjust «One door in» The Armed Forces Veterans Affairs

10. Norwegian Ministry of Defence Introducing annual Veteran conferences First to take place next week; 29th – 30th November Concentrating on the primary objectives of the Action plan Two parts/two days: Acknowledgement and care

11. Norwegian Ministry of Defence International cooperation NORDEFCO Follow-up Danish initiative in NATO Bilateral cooperation

12. Norwegian Ministry of Defence Evaluation and implementation All initiatives implemented by 2013 Constant evaluation and improvement

13. Norwegian Ministry of Defence Questions or comments?