Samenvatting

The Dutch Government wishes to participate in peace enforcing missions and stabilizing missions. From the early 1990s onwards, the armed forces have taken part in several of such missions,examples of which are the execution of peace enforcing operations in the Gulf area and peacekeeping missions in former Yugoslavia, Cambodia, Iraq, Ethiopia and Eritrea. Generally, more than a thousand soldiers a year are being deployed. Currently, the armed forces participate in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Amongst others, this protracted deployment raises questions as to these troops performance, and whether there are any standards to measure effectiveness and efficiency during missions. The interviewers discussed these questions with Colonel Schaberg and Colonel Stumpers who are both working at Central Staff of the Dutch Ministry of Defense.