Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Ukraine join NATO’s Enhanced Science & Technology Partnership

Switzerland and Ukraine also joined the STO S&T Enhanced Partnership on the same day, becoming part of a growing group of non-member nations contributing to NATO’s scientific and technological agenda. Australia and Japan were the first to enter the programme in 2015 and 2020 respectively.

As Enhanced Partners, the new countries will participate in the NATO Science & Technology Board, which sets strategic direction for joint research and innovation. Their involvement aims to strengthen technological cooperation and promote interoperability through shared development and scientific expertise.

NATO Chief Scientist Dr Bryan Wells welcomed the development, highlighting the organisation’s longstanding commitment to collaboration with global partners. He described the inclusion of the three new countries as a “step change” in NATO’s scientific engagement and looked forward to their participation in the next S&T Board meeting in Brussels this April.