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Brussels - The press service of NATO has said that the Military Career Management Trust Fund, launched on Dec. 2, which is aimed at meeting the needs of psychological and social adaptation of servicemen, will work not only with the military returning from the anti-terrorist operation zone, but with all personnel leaving military service.

The program will apply to all military personnel, who may return to civilian careers for a number of reasons such as resignation or dismissal as a result of a military reform, Interfax-Ukraine learned at the press service of NATO.

The press service said that this Trust Fund will assist the Defense Ministry and the Armed Forces of Ukraine in acquiring the knowledge and experience in the field of human resources, hiring and firing, training and social support for improving human resource management.

This will include the implementation of new systems and best practices of allies, as well as the provisions of the training and education of officers who will be responsible for developing, implementing and managing the transition of the military to civilian life, the press service said.

According to the press service, the Trust Fund for medical rehabilitation of the wounded soldiers will be in charge of not only the matters of prosthetics care, but also of the provision of other health services, including physical therapy and psychological therapy. This fund has just been created and has not started its activities yet.

The press service of NATO also noted that Turkey had not yet confirmed its financial contribution to the Cyber Defense Trust Fund.

As reported, the Ukraine-NATO Commission at a meeting in Brussels on Dec. 2 made a decision to launch four trust funds for Ukraine and set up one more for the rehabilitation of the wounded.

The funds are aimed at modernization of communications and automation systems, reform of logistics systems, the fight against cyber crime, and programs of training of servicemen and medical rehabilitation.

According to Ukrainian Ambassador to NATO Ihor Dolhov, the first three funds intended for the military reform are each worth 1 million euro.

About 700,000 euro has been provided to the fund for the medical rehabilitation and prosthetic care of the wounded, he said.