Concepts, Interoperability, Capabilities News
- 12 March 2024
NATO CIMIC Liaison Course 01-2024
This week, under the direction of Major F. Di Giampietro, the NATO CIMIC Liaison Course started at CCOE, involving participants from 9 different countries - CAN, CZE, ESP, ITA, NLD, SGP, UK, UKR, USA. Two qualified syndicate coaches from AUT and th[...]
» Read more - 08 March 2024
International Women's Day
CCOE is celebrating International Women’s Day! The women of CIMIC Centre of Excellence (CCOE) visited the iconic Vredespaleis (Peace Palace) in The Hague. We are inspired by great women who devoted themselves to realising women’s rights and mor[...]
» Read more - 08 March 2024
NATO CIMIC Liaison Course Deterrence & Defense 2024
An exciting opportunity is coming up to enrol in the upcoming NATO CIMIC Liaison Deterrence & Defence Course taking place in Kielce, Poland. This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to Article 4/5 scenarios and their impact on internatio[...]
» Read more - 28 February 2024
Second CIMIC Handbook working group
It is said that "Content is king", and for this purpose the second session of the working group for the revision of the CIMIC-Handbook took place at the CCOE this week. The team, made up of members from the CCOE, the MNCG, Landcom, DEU MN CIMIC Cmd, [...]
» Read more - 16 February 2024
Deputy Commanding Officer of 353rd Civil Affairs Command, COL Kelly J PAJAK, visited the Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence.
The Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence (CCOE) has another visitor from the United States of America. COL Kelly J PAJAK, Deputy Commanding Officer (DCO) of 353rd Civil Affairs Command in Staten Island, New York, visited the CCOE this week[...]
» Read more - 13 February 2024
Successful Conclusion of Resilience through Civil Preparedness Course 2024
From 05th to 09th February 2024, the CCOE’s Satellite Course, “Resilience through the Civil Preparedness 01/2024, ’’ occurred at the Multinational CIMIC Group in Italy. Twenty-four students representing 5 different countries took th[...]
» Read more - 08 February 2024
Announcement ! Join the CIMIC Doctrine Roadshow Briefings!
Looking ahead to the highly anticipated CCOE Conference in October 2024, the CCOE CIC Department is pleased to announce the upcoming CIMIC Doctrine Roadshow Briefings. These exciting sessions will examine in depth the operationalization of the CIMIC [...]
» Read more - 02 May 2023
Humanitarian Networks & Partnerships Weeks
The CCOE Deputy Director, Colonel Henk Paape, accompanied by two staff officers from the cross-cutting topic team of the Concepts, Interoperability, Capabilities (CIC) Branch, attended the Humanitarian Networks Partnerships Week (HNPW) 2023 from 24 t[...]
» Read more - 07 February 2023
Fourth Writing Team: Allied Joint Publication 3.19
From January 31 to February 02 the CIMIC Centre of Excellence conducted the fourth writing team in the process of revising NATO’s doctrine for CIMIC: AJP-3.19 Allied Joint Publication 3.19: “Allied Joint doctrine for Civil-Military Cooperation”[...]
» Read more - 24 November 2022
CCOE Participates in ACT’s Strategic Foresight New Realities Workshop
On the 14th to 16th of November the CCOE participated in ACT’s Strategic Foresight New Realities Workshop. More than 150 participants from the academic world, governmental scientific organisations, national military as well as NATO Command and F[...]
» Read more - 21 November 2022
CCOE Contributes to the annual US Civil Affairs Association Symposium
On 14 and 15 Nov the CCOE contributed virtually to the annual US Civil Affairs Association Symposium. This year’s motto was “Civil Affairs – a force for winning without fighting!” Branch Chief Concepts, Interoperability, Capabilities, Lieuten[...]
» Read more - 06 October 2022
Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) conducted a 2 days seminar to discuss CIMIC issues in the Maritime Domain
Between 04-05 October 2022, the Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) hosted a two-day seminar on CIMIC issues in the Maritime Domain in Oeiras, Portugal. The CCOE was represented by the Branch Chief of our Concepts, Interoperability[...]
» Read more - 12 August 2022
New definitions for CIMIC and for CMI
As of 4 August 2022, NATO’s Military Council Joint Standardization Board (MCJSB) approved the new definition for Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) as: A military joint function that integrates the understanding of the civil factors of the operatin[...]
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