Executive Summary
National Critical Skills Database: 100,000+ registered civilians with defense-critical skills. Priority categories: medical (doctors, nurses, paramedics), technical (engineers, IT, mechanics), linguistic (Russian, Belarusian, Chinese translators), logistics (HGV drivers, pilots, mariners), communications (ham radio operators). Partnership with professional associations for outreach. Voluntary registration with annual verification. Crisis alert and mobilization system. Target: 100,000 registered, skill-matched mobilization within 48 hours, 10+ professional association partnerships.
In short: 100,000 critical-skill civilians registered; 10+ professional association partnerships; 48-hour skill-matched mobilization capability
The Problem
Ukrainian mobilization lesson: finding the right skills took weeks. Hospitals searched for surgeons, units searched for Russian speakers, logistics searched for truck drivers. Finland knows exactly where every doctor, engineer, and translator is—can mobilize precisely. Lithuania has unknown skill distribution: estimated 15,000 doctors/nurses, 50,000 engineers, 5,000 Russian translators, 30,000 HGV drivers—but no systematic registry. In crisis, ad-hoc recruitment wastes critical time. Army needs 500 trauma surgeons day one; how many exist and where? Defense needs 1,000 IT specialists for cyber; who has the skills? Without registry, mobilization is chaos.