NATO CIMIC Field Worker Course
About:
The NATO CIMIC Field Worker Course (NCFWC) enables officers and non-commissioned officers, appointed as CIMIC operators, to conduct CIMIC activities across the full spectrum of military engagement in peacetime, crisis and conflict. The course invites students up to and including corps/component command level, civilian equivalents and those who have a vested interest in CIMIC.
Supported by qualified and experienced NATO staff, CCOE staff, and representatives of non-military organisations, students will get introduced to essential NATO doctrines and processes. It teaches about CIMIC activities on the tactical level, non-military actors and the Civil Factors of the Operating Environment. Students will be challenged to test their knowledge in a practice-oriented multinational learning environment.
Preferably the NCFWC and the NCSWC are executed in parallel to allow interaction.
Subjects of the course:
- Introduction to the NATO CIMIC doctrinal framework
- CIMIC as a joint function, its principles and core activities and relation to other staff functions
- Cross-Cultural Competences and Intercultural Communication
- Communication and negotiation with non-military actors
- Use of a NATO CIMIC Liaison Matrix
- Reporting in accordance with NATO standards
- Contribution to CIMIC analysis, assessments and advice
- Contribution to the management and evaluation of CIMIC activities
- Introduction to Resilience through Civil Preparedness
Prerequisites:
- CIMIC personnel (OR-5 – OF-4) or civilian equivalents
- Language proficiency: Students must meet the following standards of proficiency in English
(as described in STANAG 6001):
Officers: listening – good/3, speaking – good/3, reading – good/3, writing – fair/2 or civilian equivalents
Non-commissioned officers: listening – good/2, speaking – good/2, reading – good/2, writing – fair/1 or civilian equivalents - Successful completion of the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) modules ADL 037, ADL 143 and ADL 169 is obligatory
Iterations:
The NCFWC is foreseen to be conducted multiple times per year at different locations in Europe. The course is two weeks long.
- 12 May – 23 May. The Hague, The Netherlands. FULLY BOOKED
- 07 July – 18 July. Ljubljana Ig, Slovenia.
- 22 September – 02 October. The Hague, The Netherlands.
- 24 November – 05 December. Kielce, Poland.
Tuition fee:
Students from Sponsoring Nations: 345.00 Euro
Students from Non-Sponsoring Nations: 695.00 Euro
NATO CIMIC Field Worker Course
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Point of Contact

Oliver Dyka
Captain
(OF-2 DEU AF)