Accordo NATO-Israele

[rossana at comodinoposta.org]

The NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency's (NAMSA) main task is to assist 
NATO nations by organizing common procurement and supply of spare parts 
and arranging maintenance and repair services necessary for the support 
of various weapon systems, with the purpose of achieving maximum 
effectiveness in logistics support at minimum cost.

NAMSA operates on the no profit, no loss principle. It is overseen by 
the NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization (NAMSO), formed by 26 NATO 
nations (Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, 
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, 
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, 
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States).

On Nov 21/07, NAMSA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 
Logistic Support Cooperation with Israel….
MIL NATO-NAMSA

NATO nations across the alliance currently operate Israeli equipment, 
and the MoU allows group buys from Israeli industry. Currently, NAMSA 
has to go through a lengthy authorization process to acquire spares and 
services, and it is expected that the MOU will greatly simplify this 
process. In addition, the MOU offers an opportunity for Israel to 
cooperate in the domain of Trust Fund demilitarization projects where 
NAMSA is the Executing Agent. NAMSA release.

NAMSA assistance is available whenever two or more nations operate the 
same system, and have made a conscious decision to use NAMSA. Most of 
these logistics services are outsourced to industry; the Agency's main 
role is in consolidating nations' requirements, centralizing logistics 
management activities, conducting international competitive bidding 
processes and controlling the cost and quality of the services rendered 
to customers.

Israel is the second Mediterranean Dialogue (MD) nation to sign an MOU 
with NAMSA. Jordan signed an MoU focused on unexploded munitions 
demilitarization on April 25/07, following lengthy delays ramping up 
NAMSA cooperation with "Mediterranean Dialogue" countries.