Ј-5 Military Planning & Force Structure

Mission and Tasks of J-5/GS

Mission:

To ensure the execution of the competencies that the General Staff of the Army has in relation to strategic planning, equipping and use of forces and planning of the resources of the Army.

Determines and proposes the needs and priorities for planning of organizational-formation structure (establishment, maintenance, adaptation and transformation), capacities and military capabilities, integration, interoperability, development and modernization for achieving military capabilities of the Army to achieve the constitutional function of defence of the Republic, as well as participation in support of other state institutions.

Tasks:

Holder and Chief Coordinator in the NATO Military Planning Process;
Preparation of draft documents for long-term, medium-term and short-term plans and strategic documents for the work and functioning of the Army;
Implementation of defence development policy by developing and establishing an Army development policy;
Preparation of a Proposed Military Strategy of the Republic;
In order to prepare plans for the use of the Army as an integral part of the defence plan of the Republic proposes the necessary structure of forces (active and reserve composition);
Determining the needs and priorities for planning the forces, capacities and capabilities and elaborating the organizational-formation structure and the formations of the General Staff and the commands and units of the Army;
For strategic analysis of the organizational-formation structure and formations of the General Staff and the commands and units of the Army elaborates long-term, medium-term and short-term plans and strategic documents for the work and functioning of the Army and their impact on military planning and development of Defence Strategy, doctrine and Army concepts as well as interoperability and compatibility with NATO;
Identifies needs and shortcomings related to modernization and integration in the structure and equipment of the Army;
Prepares a proposal for equipping and modernization of the Army;
Preparation of reviews of defence capabilities, analysis and reporting;
Planning coordination and integration of projects defined by the plan for modernization and equipping, DPROS, SPROS and are under the competence of the General Staff of the Army;
Management (coordination) with the elaboration of plans for the development of military capabilities of the force structure;
Management (coordination) of the execution of activities in the Army for standardization with NATO;
Cooperates with the competent structures in the Ministry of Defence and other state bodies for preparation of strategic documents in the field of defence.