Civil-Military Interaction
- 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 - 15 November 2018
Allied Joint Publication for civil-military cooperation handed over to the Director CCOE
The first copy of the new NATO doctrine on CIMIC, Allied Joint Publication for civil-military cooperation (AJP-3.19) was handed over by the custodian to the Director of the CCOE Colonel Wolfgang Paulik. The AJP-3.19 was promulgated on the 9th of[...]
» Read more - 15 February 2018
Geneva: CCOE participating Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week
As a key player within the civil-military environment the CCOE attended the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW) in Geneva/ Switzerland. The HNPW is the annual event of the Leading Edge Programme. This week-long event brings together ex[...]
» Read more - 13 February 2018
Denmark: First CIMIC Satellite Courses from CCOE in Varde
Staff members from the CCOE conducted the first NATO CIMIC Field Worker Course (NCFWC) and NATO CIMIC Staff Worker Course (NCSWC) in Denmark. The courses took place at the barracks of the Army Intelligence Center in Varde a town in the southern part [...]
» Read more - 21 June 2017
CCOE Academic Outreach to Slovenia
It is one of the stated goals of the CIMIC Centre of Excellence to establish academic relationships with Dutch, as well as international universities. In this context, CCOE was visited by Dr. Iztok Prezelj, Associate Professor at the University of [...]
» Read more - 23 March 2017
Hard work: The book finally taking shape
It is one of the first warm days in The Hague. Yet a team of the two responsible editors, different CIMIC experts and graduate students from Leiden University shun sun and daylight to keep one of the most ambitious projects of the CCOE on track. Th[...]
» Read more - 04 July 2016
Accredited – Master of Arts Civil-Military Interaction
Last June week 2016, the Master of Civil-Military Interaction (M-CMI) was formally endorsed by the accreditation commission ACQUIN (Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute). Herewith the CCOE has been granted the highest qualit[...]
» Read more - 01 June 2016
CCOE at World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey
Picture: Cultural presentation with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Turkish president Recep Erdogan as part of the closing ceremony / Source: CCOE/ Kerkkamp-de Rijcke This summit was intended as a call to action by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Mo[...]
» Read more - 15 April 2016
A high-level seminar on the Middle East post-conflict strategy hosted at CCOE
The CIMIC Community of Interest is getting ready «To be ready when the call comes. Are we ready?». With this provocation, the director of the Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence, Colonel Roel Been, opened the CIMIC Community of Interest[...]
» Read more - 24 November 2015
“HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE LEFT?” – SHAPING FUTURE CIVIL-MILITARY INTERACTION
In order to achieve a broad consensus on how to operationalize the Military Committee (MC) Policy on CIMIC and CMI, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) and the CCOE are conducting the Civil-Military Interaction (CMI) workshop at The[...]
» Read more - 06 August 2015
“Readiness and the Reserves in CIMIC” Speech DIR CCOE (COL Roel Been, NLD)
CIOR Symposium, Sofia, Bulgaria, August 6th, 2015 Dear CIOR members, delegates, ladies and gentlemen, When I was asked to present to this special audience the opening “Readiness” address, I was thrilled beyond recognition. And I still am. Both [...]
» Read more - 19 June 2015
The first Master of Civil-Military Interaction
CCOE Director Colonel Roel Been agrees on further cooperation with Prof. Dr. Wilfried Seidel, the president of the Helmut-Schmidt-University, University of the German Armed Forces, Hamburg. The CCOE and the Helmut-Schmidt-University are further foste[...]
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