VI. HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT Management of Human Resources is implemented through four areas: Admission, Professional Development, Personnel Support, Transition and Separation of Personnel. Situation in the Area of Human Resources Table 3: Total personnel strength as of January 1, 2014 One of the main characteristics of the area of Human Potentials is harmonization of the personnel structure aimed to create an optimal ratio of officers, NCOs and Soldiers/Seamen in addition to downsizing the number of civil employees. Planned admission provides for gradual improvement of the age structure of the Active Duty military personnel. Obligatory conscription has been suspended since the year 2008 and Voluntary conscription has been established. However, the annual number of voluntary conscripts (from 500 to 800) is significantly smaller compared to the planned (2000), primarily due to the insufficient funds. CAF Croatian MoD Beyond MoD and CAF TOTAL ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL 15,358 346 5 15,709 CIVIL EMPLOYEES 2,092 1040 0 3,132 TOTAL: 17,450 1,386 5 18,841 A new personnel category of Military Specialists has been introduced through the system in early 2014 whereas Contract and Mobilization Reserve are being established. The system of Deployment to International Operations and appointments to duties abroad has been established at satisfactory level. The portion of female officers in Active Duty military composition has reached the targeted strength of 10% (on June 1, 2014 a total of 10.34%, female officers 15.66%, female NCOs 11.27%, and female Soldiers 5.71% respectively). Designated strength of the Armed forces amounts to a total of 17,504 Active Duty military personnel and 1,905 civil employees. The real strength as of January 1, 2014 is shown in the following table. Direction of Human Resources Development Targeted Personnel Strength and Structure Total targeted strength of the Armed Forces is 15,000 employees (Active Duty military personnel and Civil employees) and up to 400 Cadets by the end 2017. Of the stated number there will be 14,380 Active Duty military personnel and 620 civil employees. By the end of the year 2020 a ratio from 1: 3 to 1: 5 should be T H E C R O AT I A N A R M E D F O R C E S L O N G − T E R M D E V E L O P M E N T P L A N 2 0 1 5 − 2 0 2 4