On 30 June 2022, just as NATO’s Madrid Summit was drawing to a close, ATA UK launched an exciting new project titled ‘NATO Across Communities’.
The outreach programme, supported by NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division, was held in Leicester and consisted of an education programme which worked with sixth form college students plus a roundtable discussion with local community stakeholders.
To begin with, over 50 A-level Politics students at Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College participated in two seminars which explored NATO’s origins and founding principles before discussing NATO’s functions today. The seminars looked behind the headlines at how NATO adapted after the end of Cold War and how it continues to evolve in order to address the security challenges of today and tomorrow.
