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Individual Partnership Action Plan |
Individual Partnership Action Plans (IPAP) are plans developed betweenNATO and different countries which outline the objectives and the communication framework for dialogue and cooperation between both parties. NATO launched the IPAPs initiative at the2002 Prague Summit. In 2021, NATO established a new framework for relations with partner states, which it refers to asIndividually Tailored Partnership Programmes (ITPP). As a result, all IPAPs are to transition to ITPPs by 2024.[needs update][1]
Individual Partnership Action Plans (IPAPs) are in implementation with the following countries:[2]
Georgia (29 October 2004)
Azerbaijan (27 May 2005)
Armenia (16 December 2005)
Kazakhstan (31 January 2006)
Moldova (19 May 2006)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (10 September 2008)
Serbia (15 January 2015)[3]Armenia,[4][5] Azerbaijan,[6] Kazakhstan,[7] Moldova[8] and Serbia[9][10] have stated they have no current intention to join NATO, but all of them participate in NATO'sPartnership for Peace program. Georgia and Ukraine are currently undergoingIntensified Dialogue for NATO membership[11] and Ukraine applied for membership in 2022, while Bosnia and Herzegovina has aMembership Action Plan and is actively working towardsjoining NATO.[12]
Montenegro had an IPAP with NATO from 20 June 2008 until itacceded to NATO on 5 June 2017.[13]
Ukraine's relationship with NATO is governed by the NATO–Ukraine Action Plan, adopted on 22 November 2002.[14][15] In April 2005, Ukraine entered into Intensified Dialogue with NATO,[16] and during the2008 Bucharest summit NATO declared that Ukraine could become a member of NATO when it wants to join and meets the criteria for accession.[17] However, under the foreign policy of new PresidentViktor Yanukovych in 2010, Ukraine announced that it no longer had NATO membership as a goal,[18][19] and passed a law stipulating the country's non-aligned status.[20] Following months ofEuromaidan street protests that began because of his refusal to sign anAssociation Agreement with the European Union in favor of deals from Russia, President Yanukovych was overthrown. In response to theAnnexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the deployment of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine in theWar in Donbas, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk announced his intentions to resume the bid for NATO membership in August 2014.[21] In December 2014, Ukraine's parliament voted to drop non-aligned status.[22] On 30 September 2022, Ukraine formally applied to join NATO, followingRussia's annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine.[23][24]
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