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NATO CIMIC Basic Course
The NATO CIMIC Basic Course is the course for all CIMIC personnel at tactical level. Its aim is to provide the individual student with a thorough understanding of the definition, aim, components, principle tasks, function and organization of Civil Military Cooperation (CIMIC) at the tactical level and a basic understanding at the operational level. After receiving additional mission-orientated training the students will be able to deploy and assume duties within CIMIC formations: CIMIC Support Units (CSUs), headquarters and liaison agencies with the focus on battalion and brigade level.
Subjects of the course
- Basic CIMIC documents
- CIMIC experiences
- Cultural awareness
- Legal aspects
- Interaction with media
Organizations and concepts
- NATO, UN
- CSU
- Non-governmental and governmental organizations
- International organizations
Tactics, techniques and procedures
- Staff work, organization and relations
- Planning
- Civil assessments, analysis and estimates
- Reporting
- Liaison
- Negotiation and working with Interpreters
- Project development
- Support to restoration of civil administration and institutions
Length of the course
The NATO CIMIC Basic Course is a two-week course that runs from Monday to Friday. The first Friday lessons will end at approximately
15 pm. During the weekend there will be no lessons. Leisure time activities are all at your own expense. Information about leisure
time activities is available at the CCOE SPT Branch, events Coordinator Office.
The graduation ends the course at around 12 pm. on the second Friday.
Preparations for the NATO CIMIC Basic Course
In the two weeks course proximally 55% of the time will be spent on practical CIMIC work and the final Course Exercise. Students are
tasked to evaluate the given CIMIC tasks and present their product individually or as group-work in the classroom. Familiarsation
prior to the course of the main CIMIC documents, the practical work and final Course Exercise scenario documents is in the benefit
of the students success of the course.
Tuition Fee for 2011
Students from Sponsoring Nations: 240.00 EUR
Students from Non-sponsoring Nations: 320.00 EUR
The NATO CIMIC Basic Course meets the requirements to get a POTI Certificate
The NCBC counts like a resident course and together with some distance learning modules and a written thesis you can get a Certificate from the Peace Support Operations Training Institute!
The Peace Operations Training Institute
trains peacekeepers, humanitarian workers, United Nations staff, and other persons interested in
global peace and security. They offer several courses
, allowing anyone to study peacekeeping topics from anywhere in the world at any time.
Students at POTI, concluding a classroom instruction (the CCOE NCBC can be computed), a distance
education in twelve correspondent courses and a written thesis will receive a
Certificate of Training in United
Nations Peace Support Operations (COTIPSO).
Military and civilian staff may take courses in preparation for deployment at a peacekeeping mission,
or they can add to their knowledge while on mission. Thousands of students from over 182 nations have
enrolled in correspondence courses from Peace Operations Training Institute so far.
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