Visits
- 11 October 2024
ACFC 2024 finally ended with great success
The Annual CIMIC Foresight Conference 2024 took place from 07.10 to 11.10.2024 at the CIMIC Centre of Excellence (CCOE) in The Hague and ended with great success. Under the motto "CIMIC—Fit for Future," future-oriented approaches to civil-military [...]
» Read more - 03 October 2024
Welcome Mark Rutte
The Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence (CCOE) welcomes Mark Rutte as the new NATO Secretary General. We, as Centre of Excellence hosted by and in the Netherlands, are filled with pride and confidence in seeing him assuming this vital rol[...]
» Read more - 20 September 2024
On more time , CCOE supported the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
The CCOE has once again sent an instructor from the Training and Education Branch to Fort Liberty/North Carolina to the U.S. John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (SWCS), proving the long-lasting excellent working relationship between SWC[...]
» Read more - 07 August 2024
CCOE supported the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
Cooperation between the CCOE and the U.S. John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Centre and School (SWCS) in Fort Liberty – North Carolina led to a large exchange of instructors intensified in 2024. From 21st July to 3rd August 2024, LTC Francesco Di Giam[...]
» Read more - 01 July 2024
Visit to the 353rd Civil Affairs Command
Visiting friends - The CCOE visits the 353 Civil Affairs Command Between June 18 and June 22, 2024, members of three branches of the CCOE visited the 353rd Civil Affairs Command in Staten Island, USA. As part of this visit the CCOE hosted the third i[...]
» Read more - 25 April 2024
Teambuilding at the CCOE
Between April 23 and April 25, a delegation from the CIMIC branch (G9) of the 1 German Netherlands Corps (1 GNC), headed by Colonel Ove Staurset, visited the Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence (CCOE) in The Hague, The Netherlands.
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Colonel Andreas Eckel, the Director of CCOE, welcomed the 1 GNC team and initiated discussions on several contemporary themes:
- Recent NATO CIMIC doctrinal advancements
- NATO CIMIC's role in Combat Operations
- Enhancing Resilience through Civil Preparedness
- Developing CIMIC Analysis and Assessment Capabilities
- Extracting insights from the conflict in Ukraine
This visit combined with a teambuilding event facilitated a valuable exchange where the 1 GNC team could align CCOE's doctrinal perspectives with the operational realities faced at the corps level.
The event promoted mutual understanding, managed expectations, and advocated for more frequent exchanges between CCOE and NATO Force Structure headquarters and units, such as the 1 GNC. - 21 June 2023
The Co-Located Annual Discipline Conference 2023 in Helsinki, Finland
From 13-16 June 2023, the CIMIC Centre of Excellence (CCOE) and FINCENT (www.fincent.fi) successfully executed the Annual Discipline Conference (ADC) in a co-located manner. This conference serves as a vital annual event where each of the 28 NATO Dis[...]
» Read more - 13 June 2023
A successful conclusion of the of NATO Tailored CIMIC Liaison Course in Liepaja!
Last week marked the successful conclusion of the second iteration of NATO Tailored Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Liaison Course for NATO Troops under Article 4 and 5. This training took place at the Navy Training Centre in Liepaja, Latvia. Guid[...]
» Read more - 07 June 2023
International cooperation: CCOE and the Netherlands Defence College
Last night, the Netherlands Defence College organised an international event to give the students of the Netherlands International Military Cooperation Course (IMC Course) the opportunity to meet their military colleagues working for the CCOE. The CC[...]
» Read more - 24 May 2023
New Commander Multinational CIMIC Command visits the CCOE
On 23 and 24 May 2023, Colonel Armin Schaus, the recently appointed new Commander of the Multinational CIMIC Command (MN CIMIC Cmd) in Nienburg/ Germany since 24 March 2023, paid an introductory visit to the NATO Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of [...]
» 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 - 14 March 2023
USEUCOM Visit: Another step to improve the interoperability in NATO CIMIC
Today a US delegation from the United States European Command (USEUCOM) and the 21st Theater Sustainment Command visited the Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence (CCOE). This visit once again underscores the excellent relationship between [...]
» 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 - 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 - 12 January 2023
Countering Hybrid Threats Seminar
This week from 9-12 January the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC), Operational Environment (OE), Mobile Training Team (MTT) conducted the "Countering Hybrid Threats" seminar at the CCOE in the Hague. In addition to the CCOE staff members, m[...]
» Read more - 02 January 2023
Interim Report from 2022 Civil Affairs Symposium
The Civil Affairs Association has published its interim report on the annual web-based Symposium on “Civil Affairs: A Force for Winning without Fighting.” Click here to download the report.
» Read more - 05 December 2022
CCOE’s Mobile Training Team meets General Thompson at Fort Wadsworth, New York
On Sunday, Lieutenant Colonel Vogt and Captain Dyka from CCOE’s Mobile Training Team got to meet with Brigadier General Thompson at Fort Wadsworth, New York to discuss the upcoming course starting today at the 353rd Civil Affairs Command (CACOM). T[...]
» Read more - 19 October 2022
Visit US Delegation
The USAREUR-AF, 7th ATC and SWCS meets with CCOE? What is that all about? We had a very fruitful Interoperability Meeting with a delegation from the United States Army in Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) from Wiesbaden, the 7th Army Training Command (A[...]
» Read more - 30 September 2022
Observer Coach Trainer (OCT) training
On 27 - 30 September 2022, an Observer Coach Trainer (OCT) training took place at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany.
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For the first time in the existence of the OCT Academy, participants from the CCOE have gone thro[...] - 29 September 2022
Visit of an delegation from Lebanon
This week, a delegation of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Lebanese CIMIC Directorate visited the CCOE.
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The LAF is working on full integration of CIMIC in their Army structures. Although the focus of the LAF is on the so-called Homeland CIMIC[...] - 21 September 2022
Visit from NATO HQ Sarajevo
Two staff members of NATO HQ Sarajevo in Bosnia Herzegovina visited CCOE to explore possibilities for cooperation. Main theme was organizing training events for Bosnian military and civilian. LTC (US A) Raines Warford, current J2 and Ms. Lidra Zegali[...]
» Read more - 30 June 2022
Visit: Japanese Joint Advanced Staff Course
During their information tour through the Netherlands and the Dutch Armed Forces, a group from the Japanese Joint Advanced Staff Course visited the CCOE today. Supported by a colleague from our Training & Education Branch, the Director of the CCOE, C[...]
» Read more - 22 June 2022
Change of Command
On 22 June 2022, the CCOE welcomed several international guests to today’s Change of Command, from Colonel Frank van Boxmeer to Colonel Andreas Eckel. Together with the members of the CCOE Coordinating Committee, Colonel Mattia Zuzzi, as the Chair,[...]
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