Cooperation
- 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,[...]
» Read more - 17 May 2022
CIMIC A&A TNA Workshop
From requirements to solutions On the 10th and 11th of May, the CCOE hosted an operational level Training Needs Analysis (TNA) Workshop in The Hague, welcoming participants from twelve organisations working on Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) and C[...]
» Read more - 23 February 2022
Maurice Stette - Internship experience
Each year, several interns are supporting the CCOE within our main branches. Alongside their studies, the students can gather valuable information and experience to use in their thesis work. And, of course, we appreciate their input and efforts as we[...]
» Read more - 10 December 2021
CCOE Seminar Series - A platform for Civil-Military dialogue
By blurring the line between war and peace, Hybrid Threats have become a growing challenge in recent years. Therefore, the CCOE dedicates two webinars of its well-established seminar series to the pressing topic of Hybrid Threats. The seminars ‘A [...]
» 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 - 19 March 2018
Visit of Hybrid COE: Synchronising common activities
Juha Mustonen – Director of International Relations of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats in Helsinki/ Finland– visited today the CCOE. He was accompanied by partners and colleagues from NATO’s Special Operation[...]
» Read more - 12 December 2017
Make Sense: Staff Member Jos Hekking in Norfolk
It is unique for a NATO Centre of Excellence to have a full staff member abroad in the United States. The Allied Command Transformation (ACT) located in Norfolk/ Virginia promotes and leads many initiatives designed to transform NATO’s military st[...]
» Read more - 17 February 2017
Prospects for a J 11 Function in NATO?
There might well be yet another NATO staff function in the works. And it does have the potential to shape operational and strategic decision
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making in the future.
Following the establishment of J 9 (CIMIC) in the 1990s, which introduced the humanita[...]