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Adaptive Force The ‘From Defensive to Adaptive’ Conference Final Report Reports, presentations and more 15 juni 2017 A musical welcome by the Band of the National Reserve Corps Contents Blz. Introduction 5 Summary of the day 6 From Defensive to Adaptive Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Minister of Defence 10 Questions for the Minister 12 Why should the business community get involved with Defence? The armed forces as ‘School of the Nation’ and instrument of industrial politics Hans de Boer, Chair, Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW) 14 Questions for Hans de Boer 16 We have already crossed the starting line Vice Admiral Rob Bauer, Chief of Defence (designate) 18 Questions for Chief of Defence (designate) Bauer 20 The UK perspective on the Adaptive Armed Forces General Sir Nicholas Carter, Chief of the General Staff, British Army 22 What does an Adaptive Organisation require? Marjolein ten Hoonte, Director Labour Market and Corporate Social Responsibility, Randstad Group NL 24 Questions for Marjolein ten Hoonte 26 Presentation of the results of the breakout sessions 28 Young Professionals and the Adaptive Armed Forces Marian van de Venn and Nissrin Dkhissi, Chair and Board Member, Young Defence 32 Questions for Young Defence 34 Adaptive capability, entrepreneurship and the reservist Denis Maesen, Chair, Platform for Independent Entrepreneurs 36 Questions for Denis Maesen 38 Public support for Adaptive Armed Forces Raymond Knops, Member of Parliament and Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Defence 40 Questions for Raymond Knops 42 Conclusion Vice Admiral Rob Bauer, Chief of Defence (designate) 44 Overview of suggestions from the breakout sessions 46 Background information 15 June 50 Concluding remarks by the Vice Chief of Defence 52 Further Information about Adaptive Armed Forces 54 3 4 Introduction Ladies and Gentlemen, The conference on the Adaptive Armed Forces held on 15 June 2017 was a resounding success, with more than six hundred enthusiastic participants expressing their eagerness to contribute to the transition to a more agile and adaptive armed forces. I was extremely pleased by the large show of interest, enthusiasm and dedication by the participants, both in the presentations and in the breakout sessions. It was the participants’ pro-active attitude that made 15 June a success. I would like to take the opportunity to send a few words of thanks to the people who organised the conference. In a short period of time, they put together an outstanding conference programme, formulating many new ideas and plans for the Adaptive Armed Forces. Thank you! The process for achieving the Adaptive Armed Forces is fully under way. In the coming years, we will be requesting your further involvement and informing you on the progress made. Your continued support is of inestimable value to our armed forces. For those who took part in the conference, this report will call pleasant memories to mind, and for those who were unable to attend, it will give a good impression of the day’s discussions. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert Netherlands Minister of Defence Introduction Time Activity 08:00 - 09:00 Reception 09:00 Welcome by the Conference Chair Colonel Dick Scherjon, Head of the Bureau Reservisten en Samenleving [Reservists and Society Office] & Secretary of the External Sounding Board of the Adaptive Armed Forces 09:15 Information about the interactive working method for the day 09:30 ‘From Defensive to Adaptive: a strategic choice’ Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Minister of Defence 10:00 ‘Why the business world should get involved with Defence’ Hans de Boer, Chair, VNO-NCW & Chair of the Defence Business Platform 10:20 We have already crossed the starting line Vice Admiral Rob Bauer, Chief of Defence (designate) 10:40 The UK perspective on the Adaptive Armed Forces General Sir Nicholas Carter, Chief of the General Staff, British Army What does an adaptive organisation require? 10:50 Marjolein ten Hoonte, Director of Labour Market and Corporate Social Responsibility, Randstad Group 11:10 Introduction of the day’s work assignment 11:20 Start of breakout sessions, plus coffee break and open lunch 15:00 Individual brainstorming (plenary auditorium) 15:20 Presentation of the results of a number of breakout sessions to the Chief of Defence (designate) 15:40 Labour market and the Adaptive Armed Forces for starters Marian van de Venn, Chair, Young Defence 16:00 Adaptive capability, entrepreneurship and the reservist Dennis Maesen Chair of the Board, Defence Business Platform 16:20 Public support for the Adaptive Armed Forces Rayond Knops, Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Defence 16:40 Conclusion by the Chief of Defence (designate) 17:00 - 18:00 Refreshments and informal discussion 18:00 End of conference 6 Summary of the day From Defensive to Adaptive In her remarks, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Minister of Defence, emphasised On 15 June 2017, the ‘From Defensive to Adaptive’ the fact that uncertainty has become the only certainty Conference was held in the Cimic Centre of Excellence in the world. The armed forces must be more adaptive on the Brasserskade in The Hague. The event was a in order to respond to changing circumstances. stimulating and fully attended working conference Collaboration with others is the key word. Within the dedicated to the Adaptive Armed Forces. Adaptive Armed Forces, this explicitly means sharing manpower and materiel. For this to work, Defence does The six hundred participants included Members of not need to own materiel, the Minister stressed, as long Parliament, top government officials, prominent as the organisation has access to what it needs. members of the business community and trade unions, as well we many flag officers and senior officers from all Why should the business community get invol- Services of the armed forces. ved with the armed forces? The armed forces as ‘School of the Nation’ and ‘instrument of For those who were unable to attend due to lack of industrial politics’. In his talk, Hans de Boer, Chair of space, a brief description of the day’s proceedings is set the employers’ association Confederation of Nether- out below. lands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW) and Vice Chair of the Defence Business Platform, spoke about Day’s proceedings The day began with a short film of the importance of the Defence organisation for the employers talking about their experiences in dealing Netherlands as a trading nation. According to De Boer, with the Netherlands Defence organisation in general Defence can play an important role in Dutch society as and with reservists in particular. This was followed by a ‘School of the Nation’ by providing young people with short clip explaining the essential concept of sharing extra training, after which they can move on to jobs in manpower and materiel, as well as collaboration. the commercial sector. De Boer also advocated developing specialisation in the maritime, cyber security Object of the Day In his introduction, Conference and logistics fields. Chair Colonel Dick Scherjon emphasised that adaptivity depends on building a structural capability for change We have already crossed the starting line into the organisation. According to Scherjon, the goal of In his contribution, Vice Admiral Rob Bauer, Chief of the conference was to develop the concept of the Defence (designate), said that collaboration with the Adaptive Armed Forces. The most important activity on outside world is crucial on the way to achieving the the programme was the breakout sessions, during Adaptive Armed Forces. It will, however, require a which experience and know-how could be exchanged different approach. One example is that the armed forces and plans formulated. will have to start thinking in terms of ‘making available’, with regard to both materiel and personnel. During the Interactive By using Buzzmaster, the audience had the brainstorm session, Bauer encouraged people not to be opportunity to ask the speakers questions and to share afraid of putting forward unorthodox ideas. ‘I am not their ideas and suggestions. quick to reject an idea as unfeasible’, the Admiral said. Colonel Scherjon at the opening session The Minister and Chief of Defence (designate) looking at questions on Buzzmaster 7 The UK perspective on the Adaptive Armed What does an adaptive organisation require? Forces General Sir Nicholas Carter, Chief of the British In her contribution, Marjolein ten Hoonte, Director of Army General Staff, had sent in a video of him speaking Labour Market and Corporate Social Responsibility at about his experiences with the ‘Whole Force’ concept. Randstad Group, said that being able to respond quickly The concept has a lot of common ground with the and anticipate the external environment is of vital Adaptive Armed Forces. ‘Whole Force’ revolves around importance to organisations in the global playing field. a number of different types of deployment, as well as In order to organise adaptively, it is important to be the integration of the capabilities contracted from the able to take stock of changes on the labour market, business community. It is a pragmatic solution for opportunities for collaboration between the business reducing the costs of military capabilities. community and the Defence organisation, as well as the culture that has yet to be created. Adaptivity begins with ourselves, Ten Hoonte asserted. The breakout sessions After the presentations, the Conference Chair introduced the day’s work assignment. The participants were divided into 28 breakout
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