Individual Partnership Action Plan



Individual Partnership Action Plans, or IPAPs, are plans developed between NATO and different countries which outline the objectives and the communication framework for dialogue and cooperation between both parties. NATO launched the IPAPs initiative at the 2002 Prague Summit.

IPAPs are in implementation with the following countries:


 * Georgia (29 October 2004)
 * 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (27 May 2005)
 * 🇦🇲 Armenia (16 December 2005)
 * 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan (31 January 2006)
 * 🇲🇩 Moldova (19 May 2006)
 * 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (10 January 2008)
 * 🇲🇪 Montenegro (June 2008)

In April 2011 Serbia's request for an IPAP was approved by NATO, and the agreement is currently under negotiations. Serbia submitted a draft IPAP in May 2013.

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Serbia have stated they have no current intention to join NATO. Georgia is currently undergoing Intensified Dialogue for NATO membership while Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina have Membership Action Plans and are actively working towards joining NATO.

Ukraine's relationship with NATO is governed by the NATO-Ukraine Action Plan, adopted on 22 November 2002. In April 2005, Ukraine entered into Intensified Dialogue with NATO, and during the 2008 Bucharest summit NATO declared that Ukraine could become a member of NATO when it wants to join and meets the criteria for accession. However, by 2010 Ukraine had announced that it no longer had NATO membership as a goal under the foreign policy of new President Viktor Yanukovych.