The NATO-Georgia Professional Development Programme (PDP) is a trust fund supported by Allied nations and partners, dedicated to the professional development of civil servants in the Wider Security Sector. NATO supports the wide-ranging democratic and institutional reform processes underway in Georgia. Strengthening civilian control over security and defence structures, and improving the capacity of these structures is of fundamental importance to these countries’ democratic development. As of 2011, PDP has included support to the civil service reform as one of priority areas.