JATEC

NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Centre
Also known asJATEC
FounderNorth Atlantic Council
Founding leaderACT (with HQ SACT)
Leader(first) GAA Philippe Lavigne
Admiral Pierre Vandier (since September 23, 2024)
Military leaderSACT
Political leaderNAC, with DPPC
JATEC CommanderBRG Wojciech Ozga
Founding
directives
Knowledge repository (ongoing, other wars)
Organization typeSui generis jointly-run
FoundationJuly 11, 2024
Dates of operationDecember 16, 2024–present
CountryPoland
Allegiance
Motives
  • Ukraine to prevail
  • Russia to be deterred
HeadquartersBydgoszczPL (OpCenter)
Major actionsWar learning (military education and training)
StatusMultinational, active
Size~70 personnel
Part ofJALLC-UKR Initiative
Allies
Contributing countries:

Mission • HQs • OpCenter:
Opponents(to be deterred):
WebsiteOfficial website
Notes
JATEC
Outline
  • NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Centre
    OTAN-Ukraine centre commun d'analyse, d'entraînement et d'éducation (CCAEE, French)
    Об'єднаний центр аналізу, підготовки та освіти «НАТО–Україна» (Ukrainian)
    Center platz
    FoundedDecember 16, 2024 (2024-12-16) (activated)
    February 17, 2025 (2025-02-17) (IOC)
    (expected) JAN 2026 (FOC)
    Allegiance
    TypeNATO-Ukraine jointly run "sui generis" civil-military working level organization
    Role
    • Application of lessons from Russo-Ukrainian War for strategy, policy, doctrine, tactics and operations
    • Support to successful achievement of interoperability objectives
    • Joint tactical level training of NATO and partner forces
    Size74 personnel (incl. 20 Ukrainians)
    Part of Allied Command Transformation
    Ops. CenterPoniatowski Barracks, 1 Potockiego Str. 85–309, Bydgoszcz, PL-04, Poland
    Commanders
    Commander
    1-star rank
    (first holder) BRG Wojciech Ozga
     Polish Land Forces
    DIR Program Implementation(first holder) Colonel Serhii Melnyk  Ukrainian Ground Forces
    Chair
    Senior Advisory Board
    (first holder) Tom Goffus, retired colonel, A-SG of NATO Ops.  United States Air Force
Senior
Advisory
Board
Footnotes

The Joint Analysis, Training and Education Centre (JATEC; Polish: Centrum Analiz, Szkolenia i Edukacji NATO-Ukraina) is a joint NATOUkraine civil-military organization located in Bydgoszcz, Poland. It was officially inaugurated on February 17, 2025, and represents the first collaborative center of its kind between NATO and Ukraine.