CIVIL-MILITARY EXERCISE

3-day table-top exercise with the aim of providing the participants skills to act as a CIMIC Officer as part of a NATO tabletop exercise simulating NATO HQ or on formal deployment; build awareness of the role of the CIMIC Officer in Civil Preparedness (Civil Emergency Planning) and how it is implemented across NATO.

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Since 2012


CIOR has run CIMIC desktop exercises and developed CIMIC officers across CIOR and CIOMR membership. Scenarios such as severe flooding, mass migration and cyber-attacks have all been run with increasing sophistication and specialist input to both train and develop CIMIC expertise within member nations.

Run over 3-4 days the scenarios are detailed and provide for multinational input whilst being umpired and taught by recognised CIMIC experts. Former Partnership for Peace (PfP) countries in particular have benefitted from the opportunities and recognise the value of these CIOR organised events. 

 
CIMEX enables Reserve Officers to share experiences and best practices in Civil-Military Cooperation including in: Humanitarian Aid Missions; Aid to Civil Authorities; Aid to Civil Communities; Civil Affairs and Civil Emergency Planning.
 

The overriding principles of CIMEX are

  • Demonstrating civil-military liaison skills
  • Collaboration and Information-sharing on emerging NATO challenges
  • Promoting best practices and professional development within in the CIMIC community
The exercise is tailored for approximately 50 participants each year.

CIMIC is a Reservist’s Job

Reservists value as a CIMIC officer is knowing how to work with people in the civil environment. Reservists have extensive civil life conections and a large database with valuable contacts in adition to the military know how and the battlefield expiriance. CIMEX helps to widen that the network even further and form international relationships between CIMIC officers. Practises and approaches are different country by country and for mission or defence oriented CIMIC.

Testimonials

Tell us about your experience

It is very helpful to network with other CIOR CIMIC officers and attend the annual tabletop exercise CIMEX. Even though (or perhaps because) the practises and approaches are different country by country and for mission or defence oriented CIMIC, there is always room to learn from one another either formally or informally where our emblem is the “Mustachio” (It’s a long story!).

1st Lieutenant Taavi Rõivas (EST)

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Scholarship

Conditions for applying for the scholarship

The participant who has met the individual nations criteria and picked by their reserve assosiation, will have priority for scholarship award, unless the student is the beneficiary of a specifically designated Individual scholarship in which case it will normally be awarded.
Scholarships will not be awarded to participants in active duty.

Sponsorship

Support professional development

CIOR is encouraging capable donors to provide for scholarships to the participants of our activities.

CIOR is supporting the training of reserve leaders, and collecting and sharing best practices, especially developing skillsets.
CIOR has 8 activities with partisipants from 27 different countries.
 

Funds may be donated to:

  • Support participants from a particular Nation
  • Support a particular individual
  • Support a particular activity 
  • Support CIOR in general
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