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European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats
Abbreviation	Hybrid CoE
Formation	11 April 2017; 7 years ago
Type	Hybrid threats think tank
Headquarters	Helsinki, Finland
Director	Teija Tiilikainen
Budget (2023)	€4.23 million
Staff (2023)	40
Website	Official website

The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE; Finnish: Euroopan hybridiuhkien torjunnan osaamiskeskus) is a network-based international and independent hub for practitioners and experts based in Helsinki, Finland. The Hybrid CoE focuses on responses to hybrid threats under the auspices of the European Union (EU) and NATO.

Function edit

Hybrid CoE is described as a 'do tank' that conducts training courses and exercises, hosts workshops for policymakers and practitioners, and produces white papers on hybrid threats, such as vulnerabilities in an electrical grid or possible exploitation of vaguely written legislation.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

History edit

The Centre was formally established in April 2017 under Finnish law, with a memorandum of understanding between eight European states and the United States and in alignment with EU and NATO decisions. As of March 2022, it had 22 member states. The Centre was inaugurated in October 2017 and allotted a budget of 1.5 million euros. It was first located in the Sörnäinen neighbourhood of Helsinki and was staffed by fifteen persons in 2018 with international expert networks to support them.^[5]^[2]^[6]^[4]

References edit

^ "Laki Euroopan hybridiuhkien torjunnan osaamiskeskuksesta 417/2017" [Act on the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats 417/2017]. www.finlex.fi (in Finnish). 2017-06-28. Archived from the original on 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
^ ^a ^b Standish, Reid (2018-01-18). "Inside a European Center to Combat Russia's Hybrid Warfare". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-01-22. Located in an unassuming office building filled with boardrooms, lecture halls, and projectors in the Finnish capital, a new entity under the joint auspices of the European Union and NATO was founded with a herculean mission. [...] In this vein, the hybrid center is more of an in-house think tank than a task force dedicated to debunking propaganda or tracking hackers in cyberspace.
^ Standish, Reid (2017-10-03). "Finland opens a new center to fight 'hybrid threats' from Russia and beyond". Public Radio International. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
^ ^a ^b Lähteenmäki, Pekka (2017-11-19). "Sörnäisiin syntyi hybridiuhkien osaamiskeskus – "Pitää katsoa Venäjän yli"" [A centre of excellence on hybrid threats emerged in Sörnäinen – "We have to look beyond Russia"]. Talouselämä (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
^ "Laki Euroopan hybridiuhkien torjunnan osaamiskeskuksesta 417/2017" [Act on the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats 417/2017]. www.finlex.fi (in Finnish). 2017-06-28. Archived from the original on 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
^ Standish, Reid (2017-10-03). "Finland opens a new center to fight 'hybrid threats' from Russia and beyond". Public Radio International. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-01-22.