Defence Agreement 2010-2014 

The current Danish Defence Agreement covers the years 2010 through 2014. The agreement was made between seven of the eight political parties represented in the Danish parliament on June 24, 2009.

 
The agreement describes that the development of the armed forces is to be continued along the lines set down in the 2005-2009 defence agreement.
 

International and national operations
Thus, the transformation of the Danish armed forces towards more deployable and sustainable forces for international operations is continued in the years 2010-2014.

 
In this transformation process, special emphasis is put on improving the ability to participate in long during international operations – also referred to as  sustainability.

 
The armed forces will also maintain the ability to conduct operations on the national territory, notably surveillance of the airspace and waters throughout the kingdom – including Denmark proper, the Faroe Islands and Greenland – and support to other government agencies and the society as a whole.

 
Increase in defence budget
The defence agreement contains an increase in the defence budget. This additional funding is in part ear-marked for identified one-off expenditures. Another part of the additional appropriation is put in a special funding pool for protection measures for deployed personnel.

 
You can find a link to the full version of the defence agreement and a link to the previous defence agreement - which covered the years 2005-2009 - on this page.