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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">cndcgs</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Challenges to national defence in contemporary geopolitical situation</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2538-8959</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2669-2023</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>LKA</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">130_TURAJ</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47459/cndcgs.2026.130</article-id>
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          <subject>Article</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>The Importance of Accreditation of Training Programmes for the Interoperability of Member States within NATO</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>TURAJ</surname>
            <given-names>Milan</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:milan.turaj@aos.sk">milan.turaj@aos.sk</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_000"/>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">∗</xref>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_000">Department of Military Tactic and Operational Art, Armed Forces Academy of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovakia</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>VARECHA</surname>
            <given-names>Jaroslav</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_001">Department of Military Tactic and Operational Art, Armed Forces Academy of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovakia</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>HRNČIAR</surname>
            <given-names>Michal</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_002"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_002">Department of Military Tactic and Operational Art, Armed Forces Academy of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovakia</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>KOMPAN</surname>
            <given-names>Jaroslav</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_003"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_003">Vice Rector for Military Affairs, Armed Forces Academy of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovakia</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>KARABIN</surname>
            <given-names>Miroslav</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_004"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_004">Department of Military Tactic and Operational Art, Armed Forces Academy of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovakia</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <author-notes>
        <corresp id="cor1"><label>∗</label>Corresponding author.</corresp>
      </author-notes>
      <volume>2026</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>1112</fpage>
      <lpage>1124</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>13</day>
        <month>07</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <permissions>
        <license license-type="open-access">
          <license-p>Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY)</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>This paper examines the role of training programme accreditation in enhancing interoperability within NATO. A case study of the Slovak JTAC programme supported by SWOT analysis and document review was applied. In this paper we have found that accreditation improves procedural standardisation, technological compatibility and operational performance, while revealing resource and organisational challenges. The study expands understanding of interoperability through a multi-layered framework as a research implication. Recommendations support optimisation of training, resource use and capability development which is a clear practical implication. Originality and value have been achieved by providing a unique empirical view of accreditation as a key tool for strengthening NATO's interoperability.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>accreditation</kwd>
        <kwd>interoperability</kwd>
        <kwd>NATO</kwd>
        <kwd>training programmes</kwd>
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