Civil Military Co-operation Centre of Excellence

What is it?

It is an experimental organisation designed to NATO Forces and civil actors working in the same engagement space.

What does it do?

It works closely with NATO forces and interested civil actors (i.e. local government, Non-NATO Organisations, etc.) to gather, fuse, organise and disseminate via the Civil-Military Overview all relevant information on a crisis (Darfur and Afghanistan in the present setting) available to participants in order to enhance Shared Situational Awareness (SSA).
Specific tasks include:

• engage with interested civil actors in order to improve information sharing;
• help de-conflict the engagement space in order to facilitate the achievement of the end state;
• information and knowledge management;

What does it look like?

It looks like a network enabled organisation with domain focused cells designed to manage all the relevant information regarding the crisis.

What is it?

It is a prototype of a NATO Civil-Military tool. It is the main product of the CFC and the focus of organisations’ Info Knowledge Management.

What does it do?

It provides a venue for information sharing among all actors within an engagement space. Specifically, a primary source of engagement space information for CMO participants that provides at least:

• a comprehensive representation of the situation on the ground;
• the highlighting of issues to de-conflict;
• the vailability of resources (transportation, relief supplies, etc.);
• a user-friendly and intuitive Document Handling System that acts as repository for all shared information.

What does it look like?

It looks like a linked website displaying the result of the CFC’s collection and fusion of all relevant information available to the interested participants on the ongoing situation.

How to apply for an account to access the website:

On the website homepage you will find “new user” and the button to “request an account”. You are than invited to fill in a form. Important to know is a sponsor’s name, a current CMO user that they can contact to validate the request. If you do not know any CMO user, feel free to contact the CCOE to explain why CFC/CMO is important for you to make use of.