Civil Military Co-operation Centre of Excellence

Requirement for the E&IT Review and Course Development

Based on the recommendations of the NATO CIMIC Community of Interest participating in the NATO Education & Individual Training (E&IT) Review Workshops in Enschede 2010/2011, the CCOE was encouraged to develop new and to adjust its current CIMIC Courses.
The new and adjusted courses

• NATO CIMIC/CMI HIGHER COMMAND COURSE (NCHCC),
• NATO CIMIC STAFF WORKER COURSE (NCSWC),
• NATO CIMIC FIELD WORKER COURSE (NCFWC),
• NATO CIMIC FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIST COURSE (NCFSC),
• NATO CIMIC LIAISON COURSE (NCLC) and the
• NATO CIMIC AWARENESS COURSE (Advanced Distributed Learning/ADL)

were developed by following the target audience training needs. These training needs indicated specific training requirements for CIMIC/CMI personnel working from tactical level up to higher operational and strategic level. Therefore the overall course design development is customer oriented and demand driven and providing a maximum of flexibility by using the Competence Based Education and Training Approach (CBET) model. The new courses are assumed to support Strategic, Joint Force, Component Command and Tactical Level CIMIC E&IT needs and encourage interoperability within NATO and beyond (EU, UN). Taking into account that the Civil Dimension is a crucial part of each course curriculum, the course participation of Civil Organisations working on the respective level is most appreciated.

Modular NATO CIMIC/CMI Course Landscape at CCOE

The new Course Landscape has been designed as a modular system. This allows CCOE to meet the customer requirements in a most flexible and efficient way:

• Tailor made courses can be generated for individual demands on short notice and little effort. No matter whether they may be residential, exported or ADL courses.
• Some of the modules are interchangeable, e.g. course participants from the NCFWC (or former NCBC) meet the pre-requisites to attend the NCSWC entering in the second week. This safes one week in time and reduces the course fee to 150,- Euro for participants from our Sponsoring Nations and 250,- Euro for all other customers.

Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL)

ADL is the product of an initiative, established in 1997 to standardize and modernize training and education management and delivery. The vision of the ADL Initiative is to provide access to the highest-quality learning and performance aiding that can be tailored to individual needs and delivered cost-effectively, at the right time and in the right place.
ADL is used to provide on-demand training for individuals and units worldwide.
Source: Wikipedia
In the new CCOE E&IT course landscape, ADL is integrated in each course! In order to achieve optimum E&IT effects in the residential part of the courses, CCOE would encourage you to invest an appropriate level of your time into conducting the ADL modules. You decide yourself when and where to follow this web-based learning portion. The content can be processed within a day or split in several sections. Please be aware, that the completion of the ADL modules is mandatory before conducting resident courses at CCOE! Detailed technical instructions on how to proceed will be delivered with your course registration package.

NATO CIMIC Awareness Course (ADL)

The NCAC is a complete web-based course with free access! It provides a basic knowledge on NATO CIMIC like current doctrines, definitions, procedures and developments. No course registration, no tuition fee, no limitation! The NCAC brings you up to speed instantly, wherever you are, whenever you have time!

Reasonable tuition fees and low per diem costs

Own CIMIC/CMI expertise, training facilities, accommodation, catering service and a broad network of external supporters allows CCOE to run all courses for reasonable prices. Actually, you won’t find any lower costs in the entire NATO CIMIC training and education landscape! Some figures? Course fees between 150,- and 375,- Euro, comfortable accommodation for 10,- Euro per day, full board for less than 15,- Euro per day, modular course system with the potential to save up to 50% of the course cost and for partner nations listed in ePRIME up to 100% refund of all fees, incl. travel costs.
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Job Descriptions

CCOE highly recommends all NATO CIMIC/CMI Higher Commands, Headquarters and other entities to adapt their staff personnel’s job descriptions according to our new course landscape. This ensures proper training and education of CIMIC/CMI personnel and discharges own budgets. Be prepared for the advancement!