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The Operations Command (MOPS) of the Defence General Staff manages donations for humanitarian purposes in the Operations Zone through the Civic-Military Cooperation Units (CIMIC). The purpose of these units is to secure local support for the mission through cooperation and coordination between the military command and civilian communities.

During these weeks of confinement, computer and medical materials donated by Isdefe were delivered to the international missions of the Spanish Armed Forces stationed in Gabon, Lebanon, Mali and Senegal.

Organised by the Ministry of Defence’s Directorate General for Armament and Materiel (DGAM), in concert with Isdefe, a Virtual Information Workshop will be held on the 19^th at 10:00 on the European Defence Plan (EDIDP-EDF).

At this workshop, the DGAM will report on the result of the call for the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) 2019, and provide its vision and key guidelines for EDIDP 2020, as well as a general outline of the Ministry’s support for the national initiatives in the future European Defence Fund.

The workshop will

The Monitoring Commission for Collective Bargaining of State-Owned Companies (CSNCEP) has decided to endorse the proposal presented by ISDEFE involving the allocation of the salary increase for 2019 laid out in Royal Decree 24/2018 of 21 December, which approves urgent measures in the area of salaries in public-sector companies; specifically, a salary increase of 2.25% (from 1 January to 30 June 2019) and of 2.50% (from 1 July to 31 December 2019).

Current salaried staff at the company will receive the increase and any back pay on the payment date reported by Management.

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), a national research organisation in the United States that provides support for robotic space missions and Earth sciences missions, and that is operated by NASA under contract with Caltech, thanked the staff of the MDSCC (Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex) located in Robledo de Chavela, Madrid, for their leadership, technical skills and dedication to the mission entrusted to them during this extremely difficult COVID-19 pandemic, the likes of which is without precedent in history.

During this period of confinement, Isdefe has launched “various initiatives to gather ideas and insights for application in the future”.

With these words Isdefe CEO Francisco Quereda began the online seminar about the Express Tele-iNNOVATION Contest organised by Isdefe. The seminar was broadcast on Isdefe’s YouTube channel on 30 April to present the results from Stage 1 of this brainstorming contest, the innovation management tools used, the processes to follow with the ideas submitted and explanations from the winners of the selected innovation ideas.