Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention (GIPP) is a nonproliferation program of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) at the U.S. Department of Energy. The GIPP program operates through the Global Security Engagement and Cooperation division of the Office of Nonproliferation and International Security (NA-24), in the Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation at NNSA.
The GIPP mission is to enhance national security by engaging international scientists, engineers, and technicians currently or previously involved with weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in peaceful commercial pursuits.
GIPP uses the unique technical know-how and experience of the U.S. Department of Energy, under the management of the National Nuclear Security Administration, to redirect WMD personnel to sustainable, nonmilitary activity, thus preventing the migration of expertise that would allow terrorists and rogue states to acquire WMD capabilities.
Since 1994, GIPP has focused on the WMD expertise resident in the former Soviet Union. Today, while these weapons personnel remain the primary target of the program, the GIPP model is applicable to emerging proliferation risks in other regions or nations.
USIC has worked with over 150 US companies involved in 250 GIPP projects at over 110 institutes and production facilities in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Armenia, and Georgia. Many GIPP projects have taken place at nuclear facilities, both inside and outside Russia’s closed nuclear cities, as well as at biological, chemical, and strategic delivery systems institutes.
Major GIPP Accomplishments, 1994 to 2008:
In ideal conditions, an average of five to eight years is needed to bring a new technology to market. Despite a challenging and uncertain environment, the early commercial success of some GIPP projects is a significant indicator of the program’s contribution to high-technology development.