Overview
- Registrations will be handled through the mObywatel mobile app, after which volunteers will be assigned to one of 132 regional sites run by the Territorial Defense Forces or the Operational Command.
- The government plans to train about 100,000 people by year-end and 400,000 in 2026, targeting roughly half a million participants across the initial rollout.
- The curriculum includes first aid, survival and basic combat for adults, while minors learn emergency behavior, how to read alarms and where to find shelters, with guidance that also addresses cyberattack scenarios.
- The Defense Ministry says it has spent six months preparing instructors and will activate the program’s first phase on Nov. 22.
- Officials present the initiative as strengthening societal readiness on NATO’s eastern flank, alongside proposed benefit cards for military families and reservists that are advancing in parliament.