Theresan Military Academy

European Initiative for the exchange of young officers inspired by Erasmus Implementation Group The Chairman Colonel Assoc. Prof. Harald GELL, PhD, MSc, MSD, MBA Theresan Military Academy – Burgplatz 1 – 2700 WIENER NEUSTADT – AUSTRIA Mobile Phone: +43 664 622 2161 Office: +43 50201 20 29139 Mail: [email protected] FAX: +43 50201 20 17250

Brussels & Wiener Neustadt, the 26th November 2018

Letter of Appreciation

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen! Recently, the CSDP Olympiad book 2018 was finalised by the Vasil Levski National Military University. Many thanks to the “working muscles”, Colonel Prof. Dr. Veselin MADANSKI, Colonel Assoc. Prof. Nevena ATANASOVA-KRASTEVA, PhD, and Senior Instructor Marina RAYKOVA. You may download the book from the EMILYO homepage: http://www.emilyo.eu/scientific_publications. The success of the CSDP Olympiad would not have been possible without the intensive and venerable contribution of the evaluators. We appreciated very much your contribution and on behalf of the Implementation Group let me express my highest esteem to the persons listed hereinafter: Mr. Dirk DUBOIS EU European Security and Defence College LtCol Symeon ZAMBAS Austria Theresan Military Academy Maj Mag. (FH) Alexander SPANNBAUER Major, PhD Krastyu KRASTEV Vasil Levski National Military University Bulgaria Dr. Sylvain PAILE Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy Assoc. Prof. Dr. Siyana LUTZKANOVA Capt Jan NOUWYNCK Belgium Royal Military Academy Maj Koen TROCH Cyprus Ministry of Defence LtCol Neophytos PACHOULIDES Estonian National Defence College Estonia Ass. Prof. René VÄRK Officer School University of the Armed Forces (Helmut 1st Lt Nicolas GEORGI Germany Schmidt University) 2nd Lt Robin JAKOBUS Hellenic Army Academy Maj Emmanouil MANOLIS Hellenic Naval Academy Dr. Ing. Stamatis KALLIGEROS Greece Maj Ilias MAKRIS Hellenic Air Force Academy Maj Nikolaos STRATIKIS Dr. Anna MOLNAR Hungary National University of Public Service 1st Lt Máté Ádám GAJDOS Italian Army LtCol Enrico SPINELLO Italy Italian Air Force Academy LtCol Mauro NAZZI Military University 2nd Lt Marcin GORNIKIEWICZ of Technology Poland The General Tadeusz Kosciuszko Military Maj, PhD Gustav MICHALEWSKI University of Land Forces

www.emilyo.eu Page 1 of 2 "Nicolae Balcescu" Land Forces Academy Assoc. Prof., PhD Anca DINICU LtCol Cristian ENE "Henri Coanda" Air Force Academy Romania Maj Daniel STEFANESCU "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Police Academy Assoc. Prof., PhD Georgică PANFIL Assoc. Prof. Dipl. Pavel BUČKA Slovak The Armed Forces Academy of General Eng. Republic M.R. Štefánik LtCol (ret.) Dipl. Vladimír ANDRASSY Eng. Maj José RISCO SALSO Academia General Militar ARGILES DE LA Spain Capt Jesús QUINTANA Escuela Naval Militar Lt Diego DE OLAZABAL

I hope, that your valuable contribution will continue when the Croatian Defence Academy will organise the 5th CSDP Olympiad from 04-05 June 2020.

yours sincerely, Colonel Assoc. Prof. Gell, PhD