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Article 7Network#
1.The ESDC shall be organised as a network bringing together providers of relevant training and education activities, namely civilian and military institutes, colleges, academies, universities, institutions, centres of excellence and other actors dealing with security and defence policy issues within the Union, as identified by Member States.
2.The ESDC shall establish close links and cooperate with the relevant Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, in particular the European Union Institute for Security Studies.
3.The ESDC shall draw on the expertise of international, governmental or non-governmental organisations and other relevant actors, such as the national training and education institutes of third countries, as appropriate and in line with the Union institutional framework, which may obtain the status of ‘associate network partners’, the detailed arrangements for which shall be agreed by the Steering Committee.
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