In May-June 2017, the NATO Command and Control Centre of Excellence (NATO C2CoE) participated as an observer of exercise Steadfast Cobalt 2017 (SFCT17) in Kaunas Lithuania. The exercise is the NCISG’s main C2 exercise designed to test and evaluate communication systems that will be used in future TRIDENT series exercises, as well as in...

The #C2Seminar is complete and the engagement was very high! Thank you for attending the NATO C2COE seminar NATO C2 in a civil environment. The seminar was informative and worthwhile. Our primary goal was to increase tur understanding of the C2 difficulties connecting civil and military organizations and introduce some technical solutions and concepts which...

The NATO C2COE annually organizes a C2 seminar. This year, the seminar “NATO C2 in a Civil Environment” is being conducted in Valencia, Spain, from 13 to 15 June, supported by Head­quarters NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Spain. The aim of the seminar is to understand Command and Control when working closely with civilian stakeholders in...

The NATO Command and Control Centre of Excellence (NATO C2COE), for the second year in a row, hosted visitors from the Baltic Defence College (BALTDEFCOL) on Friday, 19 May 2017. The aim was to contribute to the Joint Command and General Staff Course (JCGSC), a core activity of the BALTDEFCOL. The visit was organized...

Don't forget to register for the C2COE seminar! Last day is June 05,2017. We have finalized the agenda for the C2COE Seminar in Valencia, "NATO C2 in a Civil Environment," and here it is! Please join us for this exciting and engaging event.

SAS 110 “Operations Assessment in Complex Environment” Panel  Task Group Meeting at NATO C2COE 4th Meeting of SAS 110 Panel Task Group on “Operations Assessment in Complex Environment” (former “Operations Assessments in Irregular Warfare”) was hosted by NATO C2COE from 9th -11th May 2017.

NATO C2COE is pleased to publish the Seminar Review Document 2016. This seminar was held in cooperation with the Combined Joint Operation from the Sea and Allied Command Transformation at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel, Norfolk, Virginia, USA from 5-7 July 2016.

The NATO C2COE annually organizes a C2 seminar. This year, the seminar “NATO C2 in a Civil Environment” will be conducted in Valencia, Spain, from 13 to 15 June, supported by Head­quarters NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Spain. The aim of the seminar is to understand Command and Control when working closely with civilian stakeholders in...

Twenty One Defense Attachés representing seventeen countries visited the NATO Command and Control Centre of Excellence (C2COE) on April 6th at the Kromhout Barracks in Utrecht. Defense attachés are representatives of the senior military officials of their host nation.  They also develop military to military relationships with the armed forces in the nation they are...

The Netherlands Defence Material Command (DMO) located at the Frederik Barracks in The Hague; started a simple but innovative concept some time ago. On every Wednesday morning from 0830 – 0930 a so-called Pitch is organised. The topic varies from week to week, everybody (both DoD and external personnel) is welcome and people participate on...

NATO C2COE delivered keynote lecture at Command & Control (C2) Seminar in Multi National Joint Head Quarters (MN JHQ) located in Ulm, Germany. The Commander of the MN JHQ organised a 1 day C2 Seminar (“Command and Control in Present and Future”) on 28th March 2017, in order to improve and deepen operational level thinking...

NATO C2 COE joined the execution phase of exercise TRIDENT JAGUAR 2017 (TRJR17) for the Joint Task Force Headquarters (JTF HQ) Rapid Reaction Corps France (RRC FR) from 6 to 17 March 2017 in Novo Selo (US Army Base) Bulgaria. The Exercise aimed to evaluate and certify RRC FR to be a part of the...

A NATO-Ukraine Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4) Trust Fund delegation visited the NATO Command and Control Centre of Excellence (NATO C2COE) on 7 March at the Kromhout Barracks in Utrecht. The NATO-Ukraine C4 Trust Fund was established at the 2014 NATO Wales Summit. It aims to improve the C4 capabilities of Ukraine while at...

Deputy Commander Supreme Allied Command Transformation (DSACT), Admiral (DEU N) Manfred Nielson, paid a working visit to the NATO Command & Control Centre of Excellence (NATO C2COE) in Utrecht, on January 9. The aim of the visit was a renewed acquaintance and strengthening the cooperation between NATO C2COE and ACT. During his visit at the...

The Federated Mission Networking (FMN) Change and Implementation Coordination Working Group (CICWG), Capability Planning Working Group (CPWG) and Operational Coordination Working Group (OCWG) conducted a collocated meeting hosted by the NATO C2COE in the Kromhout Barracks in Utrecht, The Netherlands, from November 29th to December 2nd 2016. This meeting enabled the working groups...

On 29 November 2016, during the first day of NATO Lessons Learned Conference in Lisbon, the Signing Ceremony of the NATO Force Structure Joint Task Force HQ Handbook took place.

Utrecht - From 14-16 November, the Director of NATO Command and Control Centre of Excellence (NATO C2COE), CAPT (NLD N) Renée van Pamelen-Hollenberg and LtCol (NLD N MC) Frank Gubbels Section Head Expertise Management Branch, participated in the annual International Concept Development & Experimentation (CD&E) Conference. The Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of...

The NATO C2COE participated at the 28th Technology for Information, Decision and Execution Superiority (TIDE) Sprint Conference, hosted by Allied Command Transformation on 24-28 October 2016 in Virginia Beach, USA. This conference is held twice a year and is aiming to improve interoperability amongst Alliance and Partner Nation Command & Control (C2) capabilities. The NATO C2COE was...

NATO C2COE received Ms Magdalena Granåsen. Ms Granåsen works as a scientist for the Swedish Defence Research Agency. Ms Granåsen attended the NATO C2COE Seminar ”C2 in Emerging Warfare” in Norfolk earlier this year. She experienced the briefings there being highly informative and felt inspired to visit the NATO C2COE for a change of minds....

The castle of Vilnius From 4-6 October, the NATO Command and Control Centre of Excellence (NATO C2COE) participated in a conference of directors of all NATO’s Centres of Excellence (COEs). The Energy Security Centre of Excellence (ENSECCOE) in Vilnius, Lithuania hosted this annual Directors Conference, their director Colonel Gintaras Bagdonas being...