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The Euro-Atlantic Resilience Centre (E-ARC, Romanian: Centrul Euro-Atlantic pentru Reziliență) is an inter-agency hub and research body, promoting and pursuing NATO and European Union resilience targets. It is based in Bucharest, Romania. The Centre was established on 19 May 2021, by Government Decree no. 565/2021 and was inaugurated on the 31st of May 2021.

Function
The Centre promotes the objectives of NATO and EU in the field of resilience and facilitate a comprehensive response at governmental level (whole-of-government) and society level (whole-of-society).

The Centre is an expertise hub in the field of resilience, to be used in support of NATO and EU Member States, as well as partner states of the two organizations. The Centre also engages with the private sector, academia, international research institutions, and civil society, to foster a societal resilience approach.

The Centre serves as a platform for strategic discussions and development of concepts, training, exercises, as well as to collect and provide lessons learned. The Centre develops different programmes and initiatives in the field of resilience underpinned by the following three pillars:


 * 1) Risk mitigation through anticipation and adaptation;
 * 2) Development of analytical tools and best practices;
 * 3) Practical cooperation on education, training and joint exercises.

Romania’s initiative of founding the Centre was equally commended in the Joint Declaration of the Heads of State of Bucharest 9 Meeting (B9), adopted on the occasion of the Bucharest 9 Summit, hosted by the President of Romania, Mr. Klaus Iohannis, on May 10, 2021.

The Centre has a strong component of international cooperation, and to this end it has the legal capacity to conclude memoranda of understanding and technical agreements on the participation of NATO, EU and partner states in the Centre's activities.

The Centre supports and participates directly in the development of concepts, doctrines, methodologies, standards and working tools in the field of resilience. E-ARC is constantly carrying out research activities, in order to provide specialized advice and expertise in the field of resilience to decision-makers and institutions in Romania as well as in the NATO and EU partner states.

The Centre offers a platform for strategic discussions, for the development of concepts and facilitates the transfer of expertise between the business community, civil society and the academic community in Romania and those in NATO, EU and partner countries.

More information about the Centre’s activities and research outputs (analyses, resilience alerts, conferences, seminars, training sessions etc.) may be found on its web page, e-arc.ro, and on its social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn).