The ceremony was opened with the speeches of H.E. Mr. Juraj Chmiel, Ambassador of the Czech Republic, and Colonel Borut Flajšman, Director of  the NATO MW COE, who took the opportunity to congratulate the new Sponsoring Nation.

After that Lieutenant Colonel Petr Kříž, the Czech Representative at the NATO MW COE, solemnly handed over the National flag of the Czech Republic to the Ambassador, who together with the Colonel Flajšman raised it up.

The Centre has been in existence in Slovenia for 7 years and its one of 28 NATO Centres of Excellence around other NATO member states.