NATO Office of Security (NOS)

The NATO Office of Security coordinates, monitors and implements NATO security policy. The Director of Security is the Secretary General’s principal adviser on security issues and is Chairman of the NATO Security Committee.

The NATO Office of Security is the competent NATO body for cooperation with the Directorate for Security of Classified Information (DSCI) in the area of the exchange and protection of classified information between the Republic of Macedonia and NATO. Office representatives perform regular inspection visits to the DSCI Central Registry and the registries located in the ministries and other state organs, as well as in the diplomatic and consular representation offices of the Republic of Macedonia where NATO classified information is kept and handled.

The cooperation is at a very high professional level, which is also confirmed by the constant communication with the experts of the NATO Office of Security in the context of the ANP Chapter IV – Security Related Issues that the Directorate for Security of Classified Information is responsible for. Furthermore, another indicator for the good cooperation is the fair number of successfully organized seminars and international conferences on topics of interest to the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia and users of classified information, where the NOS representatives also take active part as lecturers.