NATO_Mountain_Warfare_Centre_of_Excellence

NATO Mountain Warfare Centre of Excellence

NATO Mountain Warfare Centre of Excellence

Military unit

NATO Mountain Warfare Centre of Excellence (NATO MW CoE) is one of NATO Centres of Excellence, located in Poljče, 27, 4275, Begunje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia. It assists NATO member countries, partners, other countries and international organizations, in order to enhance mountain warfare capabilities.[1][2][3]

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Italian Alpini from the 7th Alpini Regiment during an exercise

MW CoE was fully accredited in 2015.[4] MW CoE activities with NATO are coordinated through HQ Allied Command Transformation. The structure of MW CoE has four branches:[1]

  • Doctrine and standardization branch;
  • Training and education branch;
  • Support branch;
  • Concept development, experimentation and lessons learned branch.

Mission and task

As a hub of knowledge, MW CoE develops or provides contributions to doctrines, concepts and procedures, the conduction of experiments and analyses, the provision of competence for NATO initiatives, projects, exercises and operations.[5]

The work of the MW CoE is usually initiated through a Request for Support by a NATO entity or a participating nation.[6] The annual Programme of Work contains various 'Projects', which have a customer and defined product with a clear end date and end state, and a number of 'Activities', which cover the permanent support to NATO Transformation. Furthermore, the MW CoE plans and conducts work related events like conferences and workshops [7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "NATO Mountain Warfare Centre of Excellence" (PDF).
  2. [2]
    "Erster NATO Mountain Warfare Kongress des Centre of Excellence MW" (PDF).
  3. [3]
    "The Future of Military Cooperation in Central Europe".
  4. [4]
    "Centres of Excellence".
  5. [5]
    NATO Military Committee memorandum 236-03 "MC Concept for COEs" 4 December 2003
  6. [6]
    Schievelkamp, Ronny. "Master Thesis: Germany and NATO Centres of Excellence" (pdf). Norwegian Defence University College. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  7. [7]
    NATO Mountain Warfare CoE Curse Catalogue 2021
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