Ukraine to implement new defense planning system by 2025 for NATO interoperability

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has developed a new model for the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, & Execution (PPBE) process, which will be implemented in the armed forces. Its purpose is to support informed decision-making in the defense sector. The ministry reported that the new approach includes planning for the development and maintenance of the capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and, in the future, other components of the Defense Forces over the medium-term (five years) and long-term (ten years). Key aspects of this model involve transparent expenditure allocation across critical areas based on a multi-criteria analysis of defense capability development. This analysis will be used to calculate each capability's cost, considering real resource needs. It also determines the life cycles and efficiency of weapons and military equipment for each type and branch of the AFU. The new model will be implemented within a specific type or branch of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by the end of 2025. Following the adoption of the necessary legislative amendments, it is planned to be expanded to all components of the Defense Forces.

"In improving the defense management system, our task is to adopt effective new methods, synchronize, and achieve interoperability with our international partners by applying advanced planning processes. Using new analytical tools, we can create a clear vision for the future capabilities of the Ukrainian military at the next stages of development," said First Deputy Defense Minister Lieutenant General Ivan Havryliuk.

Deputy Minister of Ukraine Stanislav Haider, who oversees the project, emphasized the importance of implementing the PPBE process to achieve NATO interoperability.

"This institutional capability allows us to realize strategic goals and achieve interoperability with NATO in line with the Roadmap. The project has been included in the Ukraine-NATO Adapted Annual Plan and identified in the recommendations of the Strategic Procurement Review," Stanislav Haider noted.

The model for transforming the defense management system and the Roadmap for implementing the PPBE process will be sent to the relevant executive bodies and parliamentary committees of the Ukrainian parliament for review by the end of this year.

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