Courses
- 31 January 2023
Apply to the MCMI Program
We reached out to former student and graduate Philipp to ask him about his experience during the MCMI programme. Here is what he had to say! Philipp, Graduate 2022 Why did you decided to enroll in the MCMI programme? I am a friend of "lifelong learni[...]
» Read more - 26 January 2023
Training Requirement Review 2023
On the 24th and 25th of January the CCOE hosted colleagues from SHAPE J9 for the Training Requirement Review (TRA). This formal process reviews the training requirements for all formal jobs within the CIMIC Discipline; both individual as collective. [...]
» Read more - 20 January 2023
United Nations Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination 2023
On January 20, 2023, the UNOCHA Civil-Military Coordination Service jointly with the NATO Civil-Military Cooperation Center for Excellence (CCOE) held its one-week United Nations Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination (UN-CMCoord) training course [...]
» Read more - 28 November 2022
Last NATO CIMIC HIGHER COMMAND Course of 2022 successfully completed
Last Friday, 28 students received their certificate of completion on the NATO CIMIC Higher Command Course. During two weeks, the students gain knowledge and skills on CIMIC processes and CIMIC inputs/outputs in NATO’s Operations Planning Process. O[...]
» Read more - 17 November 2022
The Second NATO CIMIC Higher Command Course has Started
This week we started our second iteration of the NATO CIMIC Higher Command Course in 2022! At the CCOE in The Hague 28 students from 15 nations have gathered to enrich themselves and each other on the COPD (Comprehensive Operations Planning Directive[...]
» Read more - 15 November 2022
NATO CIMIC Field Worker & Staff Worker Course
Last Friday marked the conclusion of the the 04/2022 NATO Field-and Staff Worker Course hosted by the CCOE at our facility in Den Haag. For 10 days 24 students from 10 different nations participated in a challenging and interesting scenario, working [...]
» Read more - 21 October 2022
NATO Tailored CIMIC Liaison Course for NATO Troops in ART 4 / 5 in Liepaja / Latvia
By presenting the course certificates, Course Director Major (OF-3 ITA A) F. Di Giampietro closed CCOE's CIMIC Liaison Course, executed from 17-21 October at the Naval Training Centre in Liepaja, Latvia.
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This course focused on CIMIC Liaison activitie[...] - 14 October 2022
NATO Tailored CIMIC Liaison Course for NATO Troops in ART 4 / 5 in Liepaja / Latvia
The preparation is finished to conduct the NATO tailored CIMIC liaison Course for NATO Troops in Art 4/5 at the Navy Training Centre in Liepaja / Latvia led by the CCOE Course Director Major Francesco Di Giampietro. As requested by Latvia as one of C[...]
» Read more - 09 September 2022
Job well done, Gunter!
Chief Warrant Officer Gunter Helsen, usually serving in the Belgian Civil-Military Engagement Group (Ci-MEG), is one of the lecturer in our currently conducted course. With his remarkable experience gained in 16 missions, international support as a c[...]
» Read more - 05 September 2022
NATO CIMIC Field and Staff Worker Course starts
The NATO CIMIC community just got richer with 23 students from 11 nations starting their NATO CIMIC Field and Staff Worker Course at the CCOE, welcomed by our Deputy Director Colonel Joachim Miller. Our Training & Education Team around Course Directo[...]
» Read more - 18 July 2022
Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Orientation Course
On 11 - 15 July 2022, the CCOE and the European Security and Defence College (ESDC) hosted the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Orientation Course in Brussels. As a member of the ESDC network, the CCOE was honoured to co-host this course by [...]
» Read more - 23 April 2021
Euro-NATO CIMIC Familiarisation Course
In April 2021, the second iteration of the Euro-NATO CIMIC Familiarisation Course as a virtual training for US Civil Affairs (CA) colleagues, was taking place in the CCOE. US CA personnel is given a basic understanding of NATO CIMIC procedures, doct[...]
» Read more - 01 June 2020
NATO CIMIC Awareness Course
Current measures to counter the COVID-19 pandemic have significantly impacted NATO’s Education & Individual Training, including the CIMIC & CMI (Civil-Military Cooperation & Civil-Military Interaction) training landscape. As a result, the CCOE i[...]
» Read more - 24 October 2019
UN-CMCoord Course
The second full United Nations civil-military coordination course (UN-CMCoord) took place at the CIMIC Centre of Excellence in The Hague. This course aims to promote appropriate and effective humanitarian civil-military interactions in humanitarian e[...]
» Read more - 29 September 2019
Field/Staff Worker Course: Live feed with daily updates
The CCOE offers a wide landscape of courses and in this arcticle you will find daily news to our Field and Staff Worker course. The NATO CIMIC Field Worker and Staff Worker courses are the foundation to achieve a succesfull carreer in the wide field [...]
» Read more - 23 September 2019
OCHA Preparedness and Response Effectiveness Programme (PREP) Course
PREP is a foundational learning program on humanitarian response. The course brings together humanitarian and development organizations including NGOs, UN agencies, OCHA staff and surge roster members, regional organizations, the military, civil defe[...]
» Read more - 22 July 2019
CIMIC Mozaic: teaming-up for the challenges of NATO Functional Specialist Course
During the last NATO CIMIC Functional Specialist Course in the Hague, Training and Education Branch provided a new teaching method for the students: the CIMIC Mozaic. The introduction game has focused on creating cooperative teams for the challenges[...]
» Read more - 06 June 2018
Budapest: A great place for CIMIC-Training
From the 7th– 18thMay 2018 the CCOE dispatched a Training Team to run this year’s NATO CIMIC Field Worker / Staff Worker Course at the Hungarian Defence Forces Civil-Military Cooperation and Psychological Operation Centre (HDF CMCPOC) in Budapest[...]
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