NATO CIMIC FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIST COURSE

Aim

The Military Functional Specialists have a vast experience in their civilian area of expertise. The aim of the NATO CIMIC FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIST COURSE is to raise their knowledge about NATO CIMIC and to indicate the interconnection between CIMIC and the different areas of civil expertise. This expertise is the ‘Condito sine qua non’ where all the CIMIC content of this course is building onto. At the conclusion of this course the student is able to understand the implications of his or her work for the CIMIC environment as well as the contribution of CIMIC to the overall mission as vital part of a comprehensive approach in mission areas.

Subjects of the course

- CIMIC assessments with functional aspects
- Cultural aspects and its functional analysis
- Functional advice to the commander
- Operational environment and civil companies
- CIMIC activities (e.g. Project execution)
- CIMIC Liaison
- Interpersonal communication techniques

Pre-requisites

- Language proficiency: Students must have the following standards of proficiency
  in English (as described in STANAG 6001): listening – good/3, speaking – good/3,
  reading – good/3, writing – fair/2
- NATO CIMIC AWARENESS COURSE (ADL) is desired

Iterations

The NATO CIMIC FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIST COURSE will be conducted in 3 iterations per year. The duration is 1 week. Maximum 28 seats are available.

16.04. – 20.04.2012
21.05. – 25.05.2012
05.11. – 09.11.2012

Tuition Fee 2012

- Sponsoring Nations: 150,- €
- Non-Sponsoring Nations: 250,- €