Confédération Interalliée des Officiers de Réserve
The Confédération Interalliée des Officiers de Réserve (CIOR) or Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers is an association of reserve officers' associations in NATO and beyond, founded in 1948 . CIOR has 34 participating countries, representing 1.3 million reservists .
history
Even before the Second World War there were contacts between the reserve officers' associations in Belgium, France and the Netherlands, which revived in 1946 after the end of the war. On November 20, 1948, they led to the first congress and the formal establishment of the "Conféderation Interalliée des Officiers de Réserve" . Gradually added: Luxembourg (1952), Denmark (1956), Greece (1956), the United States (1958), Italy (1960), Germany (1961), Great Britain (1963), Canada (1964), Norway ( 1966) and Spain (1992).
structure
The governing and decision-making body is the Council. The national delegations are each represented by a CIOR vice-president, who is also the head of the delegation, and up to five members in the commissions. The chairman of the executive committee is the respective CIOR president, who is elected in a fixed cycle for two years. The Council collects and implements the recommendations of the five “Universal Access Committees” (UACs) and four “Non Universal Access Committees” (NUACs) for presentations to NATO. The council decides which orders are given to the subordinate committees, about the admission or exclusion of member associations, which country takes over the presidency, where the congresses are held.
The members of the delegation work before and during the congresses in the CIOR committees Defense Attitudes and Security Issues (DEFSEC), Civil-military co-operation (CIMIC), Public Affairs (PA), Military Competitions (MILCOMP), Legal, Partnership for Peace (PfP) and the Young Reserve Officers (YROW) with content and technical contributions from their national delegation. The Language Academy promotes language training in the NATO languages English and French, while the winter seminar prepares and conducts security policy seminars on current defense and security policy issues.
tasks
CIOR is politically independent. Today it represents well over 1,200,000 reserve officers. CIOR promotes and organizes advanced and advanced training measures, international seminars and working meetings for reserve officers.
Experts from the fields of diplomacy, the military, politics and public relations are engaged as speakers. The largest event is the annual congress, at which the council, committees, delegates and guests as well as the CIOR competition gather over 1,000 reserve officers. The YROW (Young Reserve Officers Workshop) has been a part of the congress since the German-Danish initiative was founded in 1987, primarily for academic youth, according to their own admission, "The unrest factor". YROW develops its own, tailor-made topics which - like the reports of the other committees - are presented to the plenary assembly at the end of the congress. The contents of the workshop are specified annually by the YROW Committee, a NUAC in which Germany is represented.
At the same time, the competition, which has a particularly high sporting level and is respected by the armed forces, is held. Top athletes among the reserve officers of all member states fight in national and international teams for victory in the military-sport comparative competitions Military Pentathlon .
activities
Military and professional training
CIOR is an organization that is committed to military and professional training. She deals with current issues relating to military reserves and the promotion of interoperability and cooperation.
Some of the most important programs in military and professional development are the following:
MILCOMP
Over 250 athletes take part in the military competitions within the framework of CIOR every year. MILCOMP was founded in 1957 and has been an internationally recognized competition ever since, which focuses on military skills (physical fitness, teamwork, orientation, weapon handling, first aid and knowledge of international humanitarian law) and demonstrates leadership and physical performance.
Young Reserve Officers Workshop (YROW)
Every year around 60 young reserve officers take part in this week-long workshop. The focus is on current security policy issues related to the reserve forces of the NATO countries and their partners. The aim is to give the participating reserve officers the opportunity to get to know each other and to exchange ideas with comrades from other NATO countries and their partners.
CIOR Language Academy (CLA)
The CIOR Language Academy teaches English and French as a foreign language with an emphasis on military vocabulary. Participants are reserve officers of the NATO countries and their partners from Eastern and Central Europe and the Mediterranean region. It was founded in 2000 - every year up to 100 reserve officers are trained and advanced.
Winter seminar
In cooperation with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung , around 70 reservists take part in a four-day event every year that sheds light on current security issues.
Partnership for Peace Seminar (PfP)
CIOR's Partnership for Peace Committee is an annual seminar for NATO partners and is held by them. The aim of the seminar is to impart knowledge and understanding of the alliance as well as a better understanding of the structure and organization of the reserves and units within NATO. The seminar is in line with NATO's goals of cooperation, partnership and inclusion.