Summer Congresses
Summer Congresses

Late Summer Congress concludes
The most challenging circumstances that a CIOR Summer Congress ever faced were overcome with a successful week’s outcomes in Tallinn, Estonia. Delegates from a reduced number of countries attended in person due to the Covid-19 crisis but meetings continued...
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Limited Numbers but still a Great YROW Experience
This year’s late summer congress was not a normal one due to the Covid-19 crisis, as fewer nations understandably decided to attend in person. Despite this, the organisers of the YROW (Young Reserve Officer Workshop) and ROW (the new Reserve Officer Workshop for...
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Late Summer Congress kicked off
The ‘CIOR Late Summer Congress 2020’ was kicked off with an opening ceremony in Tallinn’s ‘Freedom Square’ Sunday afternoon, and Monday morning the Executive Council and various committees started their work. By: Sqn Ldr (R) Michael Cairns, Royal Air Force/ CIOR...
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CIMEX started in Tallinn: Sixteen online participants
There’s another first for CIOR, as the 2020 CIOR CIMEX (civil-military cooperation exercise) has 16 online participants from North America and Europe along with 18 in Tallinn. A distinguished panel of speakers are due over the three days, discussing a variety of...
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CIOR partnering with distinguished Defence Institution
In place of the normal Summer Congress Symposium, CIOR is in Tallinn co-sponsoring with the International Centre for Defence & Security its internationally recognised ’Annual Baltic Conference on Defence’. This is a one-day event – this year entitled...
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The ’Late Summer Congress’ is confirmed
The CIOR ’Late Summer Congress’ is confirmed to go ahead as initially planned, in Tallinn, Estonia, from 27 September to 01 October 2020. Due to the COVID-19 situation, the virtual IBM held last July agreed to make a final decision by the third week of August. By:...
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– The Millennial is the Reservist of tomorrow
– In character, Russia and terrorist groups are different, but both want the same thing – from order, through disorder to new order that is more to their advantage. So, who is going to compete on our behalf? Our Reservists. The Millennials. By: Roy Thorvaldsen,...
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DSACEUR speaks warmly about Reserves, CIOR
– I like the Reserves. My Father was a Reservist in the UK Territorial Army for 21 years. I also like Reservists because Reservists win wars. Small Regular Armies need reinforcements and regeneration. With these words, NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander...
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Germany best nation in military competition
The military skills competition that took place Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of last week, was yet another success for one of the most tangible outputs of the interallied confederation of reserve officers (CIOR), namely MILCOMP. Athletes from the CIOR member and...
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YROW brings young reserve officers together
The Young Reserve Officer Workshop (YROW) is a platform for younger officers to gain knowledge and to build mutual understanding between reserve officers from different NATO and partner nations. Reserve officers usually the age 30 or younger come together every CIOR...
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CIOR and CISOR sign Memorandum of Understanding
*LE FRANÇAIS SUIT* The Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) president Colonel Chris Argent, and the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Non-Commissioned Officers (CISOR) president Master Sergeant Michel d’Alessandro formalize the cooperation between...
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Succesful symposium on the “Millennial Reserve Officer”
*LE FRANÇAIS SUIT* On August 7, 2019, at the Summer Congress in Tallinn, Estonia, the CIOR delegates had the honour to listen to outstanding presentations on the annual theme: “Millennial Reserve Officers: New Challenges – New SKills – New...
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CIOR Medal of Merit to Rear Admiral Berggrav
Rear Admiral (Retd.) Jørgen Berggrav, Secretary General of the Norwegian Reserve Officer Association and Assistant Secretary General to CIOR, was today awarded the CIOR Medal of Merit. The presentation was made by Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Sir...
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Brand new obstacle course for MILCOMP 2019
When Estonia stepped up to the challenge of hosting a CIOR summer congress, there were no NATO compatible obstacle courses in Estonia. Through massive co-operation from the Estonian Defence League Kaitseliit, the Ministry of Defence and a great number of volunteers, a...
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– No better location for the CIOR Summer Congress
– There can be no better location to remind us all of the obligations of our various nations of total support within the Alliance of NATO than here in Tallinn, Estonia. A very real threat to peace, to the stability and national safety which endures here. With...
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CIOR Language Academy precursor to Summer Congress
The CIOR Summer Congress takes place 4-10 August in Tallinn, Estonia. The forerunner has been the CIOR Language Academy (CLA). The CLA held classes in French and English from July 20 to August 4, at the Estonian Academy of Security Sciences in Tallinn. The CIOR...
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CIOR Summer Congress 2019
The largest annual meeting of CIOR and CIOMR (medical reserve officers) is jointly held each summer in a different country and is organized by a separate member of CIOR/CIOMR each year. In 2019 Estonia will be hosting the congress in its capital of Tallinn and...
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CIOR President attends NRFC Summer Plenary: Warm reception and praise for MOU implementation
CIOR President Colonel (R) Chris Argent (UK) attended the National Reserve Forces Committee (NRFC) Summer Plenary Meeting in Warsaw on 10 and 11 July. The President was warmly welcomed as a ‘special guest’. Brussels, 11 July 2019: The Chairman of NATO’s National...
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CIOR-CIOMR Summer Congress 2019 in Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn, Estonia, host city for the 2019 CIOR and CIOMR Summer Congresses. The largest annual meeting of these two organizations is jointly held each summer in a different country and is organized by a separate member of CIOR/CIOMR each year; in 2017, the Congress was...
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UK takes over Presidency at Summer Congress in Quebec City
August 10, 2018 – Quebec, CIOR Public Affairs. By: U.S. Air Force Reserve Senior Airman Justin Fuchs. Canada hosted the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) and Interallied Confederation of Medical Reserve Officers (CIOMR) annual Summer Congress from...
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Technology and cyber top-of-mind during civil-military cooperation exercise
Canadian Army·Thursday, August 23, 2018 By Second Lieutenant Natalia Flynn, Army Public Affairs Quebec City, Quebec — Reservist civil-military affairs specialists from 14 nations came together in early August 2018 for the seventh annual CIMEX (Civil-Military...
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CIOR/CIOMR Summer Congress 2018
CIOR & CIOMR Summer Congress 2018 Start: 2018-08-05 | End: 2018-08-10 Location: Quebec City CANADA The Quebec City Summer Congress registration website can be found here. We wish to welcome you and all CIOR and CIOMR members to Quebec City for what promises to be...
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CIOR & CIOMR Summer Congress 2017
CIOR & CIOMR Summer Congress 2017 Start: 2018-02-08 | End: 2018-02-10 Location: NATO HQ, Brussels Summer Congress: 30JULY-05AUGUST 2017, Prague, Czech Republic The 70th International CIOR & CIOMR Summer Congress will take place in Prague from July 30th to...
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The CIOR 2016 Madrid Summer Congress is underway
The CIOR 2016 Madrid Summer Congress is underway Start: 2016-08-01 | End: 2016-08-08 Location: Spain The 69th CIOR/CIOMR Summer Congress will be held in Spain, in the first week of august. Exact dates and times on cior.es “This link does NOT apply to US CIOR...
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