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Recognizing Supportive Employers

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Major general (R) Jan Norgaard

Director of InterForce Secretariat

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Danish Armed Forces in short – 1As of march 2013

• Active Armed Forces (a cut of up to 2000 is to be expected)– Army Command 7.728 (239 civilians)– Navy Command 3.013 (451 civilians)– Air Force Command 3.251 (142 civilians)– Arctic Command 89 (6 civilians)– Joins Service 7.159 (4.575 civilians)– Total 21.240 (7.159 civilians)

• Deployment and stationing– Deployment 894– NATO stationing 281– UN stationing 33

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Danish Armed Forces - in short – 2As of march 2013

Home Guard• 16.000 active structure• 31.000 back up structure• 12,000 Total Defence Forces (Conscripts with 4 month compulsory

service)

Reserve Forces - Officers (mainly) and other ranks with contractual obligations

• Army 1.336• Navy 296• Air Force 373• Joint Service 367• Total strength 2.372

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Definition

InterForce is a co-operation between civilian companies – private as well as public – and the Danish Armed Forces on personnel matters

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InterForce Purpose

InterForce develops and effects the co-operation between the Armed Forces and the civil sector on matters derived from the Armed Forces use of personnel employed within the civil sector.

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InterForce Visions

InterForce is well known and recognized as the most important link between the Armed Forces and private as well as public companies.

InterForce contribute to that personnel of the reserve and voluntaries in the Home Guard

– can maintain their affiliation to the Armed Forces– retain their jobs while employed in INTOPS– are given the opportunity and time to participate in military

education, training, exercises and national as well as international operations

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Support Declaration

An InterForce Support Company signs a declaration:

”The Company recognizes and supports the need of the society to get the Armed Forces´ voluntary personnel and reserve personnel released for military education, national assignments and international missions”

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Preconditions

Membership of InterForce does not enjoin any legal or financial obligations on the company!

The company has nothing but a moral obligation to accept employees participation in Armed Forces education, training or International and national operations.

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InterForce National Secretariat

InterForce Regional Committee

InterForce Regional Secretariat

InterForce Organization

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InterForce Regions - Geography

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StatisticsAs of July 2013

• 1600 private support companies• 170 public support companies• 0.9 million employees

(Total Danish working force: 2.7 million)

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Company benefits - 1• Opportunity to demonstrate Cooperate Social

Responsibility (CSR)• More experienced and mature employees • Certificate for InterForce Support signed by

CHOD DEN and InterForce Chairman• A quarterly InterForce news magazine• An electronic newsletter – (starting this autumn)

• Opportunity to participate in military and social

arrangements• Access to InterForce Job Bank for military

personnel leaving or recently have left the Armed Forces

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Company benefits - 2Military arrangement – VIP treatment• Attend exercises, live firing, air shows, regimental

open house arrangements etc.• Visit to airbases, naval bases, national or NATO

headquarters, special forces, ships in harbour or at sea

• Accompany CHOD DEN or other high ranking officers during visits to Danish units deployed i international missions

• Participate in small arms shooting competitions• Briefings by Minister of Defence, CHOD DEN etc.

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Company benefits - 3

Social events• Participation in InterForce activities with Royal

participation (concert and buffet in a Royal Palace in September 2013 in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen)

• Concerts with military bands, special exhibitions• Company visits - networking• Participate in hunting (sporting guns and rifles) on

military training and shooting areas

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ReflectionsWhat works and what does not – in Denmark? - 1

What Works• InterForce organisation – but not manned sufficiently especially at

the regional level • Number of supporting companies and the working places they

represent • Guarantee/preservation of civilian employment – without being fixed

by law• Membership register and Internet homepage• Quarterly “InterForce News” magazine • Co-operation with labour unions

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ReflectionsWhat works and what does not – in Denmark? - 2

What does not work• Knowledge about InterForce in public• Knowledge about InterForce – the purpose – their membership and

thereby the supportive attitude of the management of the supportive companies in the HR divisions

• Feed back for companies on communication, information etc.• Feed back on InterForce Job bank

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Reflections - 3If we should start all over again?

• Same overall organisation (but manned sufficiently), definition and purpose

• Ensure dual way and equally weighted information between the Armed Forces and civil sector

• Focus should be to make society, companies and individuals to take ownership of Danish soldiers, veterans, missions etc.

• InterForce target group should from the very beginning include HR managers in supportive companies

• InterForce budget should enable country wide public information using all medias to include television and Internet

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