Military Engineering Center of Excellence

Military Engineering Center of Excellence (MILENG COE)
Lineup	March 27, 2009
Country	Germany; Belgium Denmark France Greece Italy Canada Netherlands Norway Spain Poland Romania Czech Republic Turkey Hungary United Kingdom United States; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
organization	NATO
Type	COE
Strength	40
Location	Pioneer barracks on the Schanz , Ingolstadt
Origin of the soldiers	17 nations
commander
Director	Colonel Thorsten Ludwig

The Military Engineering Center of Excellence (MILENG COE) (German: Kompetenzzentrum für Pionierwesen) is a multinational pioneer organization with the status of an International Military Organization (IMO) according to Article XIV of the Paris Protocol of August 28, 1952 and supports the transformation of NATO . As part of NATO COE program the MILENG COE was on 9 July 2008 by the Supreme Allied Command Transformation (SACT), US General James Mattis , and the Ministry of Defense (MoD) - represented by Minister Franz Josef Jung , by a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the NATO-accredited Centers of Excellence (COEs) with Germany as Framework Nation , confirmed and officially accepted on March 27, 2009 after the relocation in January 2009 to the pioneer barracks at the Schanz in Ingolstadt in Germany Work on. The Military Engineering Center of Excellence emerged from the Euro NATO Training Engineer Center (ENTEC) founded in 1977 and based in Munich.

NATO-COE program

Centers of Excellence of NATO are, in individual cases, nationally or otherwise multinationally supported or financed agencies with the legal status of an international military organization (basis: Paris Protocol of 1952). The purpose of these competence centers is to support the transformation of NATO . They are assigned to the Allied Command Transformation (ACT), but not part of the NATO command structure . Your work packages are coordinated with the Allied Command Transformation and are based on the procedures and guidelines of NATO. A Center of Excellence works in at least three of the following fields (COE Pillars):

Doctrine Development and Standardization
Concept development and testing
Evaluation and implementation of knowledge
Training and exercises

Mission and tasks

Contributing multinational expert knowledge to support the transformation of NATO in the field of pioneering is the essential task of the MILENG COE with representatives from 17 nations. The aim is to reduce or concentrate on military core capabilities with regard to the requirements for developing or further developing the doctrines for the NATO Response Force (NRF) and for promoting the interoperability of the alliance forces .

Every year around 300 participants, from sergeants to general, from all NATO and friendly nations take part in courses, seminars, workshops and expert discussions in Ingolstadt. The following courses are held annually:

NATO Tactical Military Engineering Course (NTMEC),
NATO Operational Military Engineering Course (NOMEC),
Military Engineering Multinational Advisory Course (MEMAC),
Military Engineering Multinational Basic Course (MEMBC),
NATO Military Environmental Protection, Practices & Procedures Course (NMEPPPC),
International Bridge Assessment Course (IBAC),
Infra Assessement Course.

In addition, the MILENG COE, as a think tank, takes the lead in the development of NATO pioneer policy documents and concepts (Allied Joint Publications (AJP) and Allied Tactical Publications (ATP)). NATO studies are also being carried out on pioneering capabilities in operations or in alliance defense . After the end of the Cold War , due to the changed situation on the eastern NATO border, knowledge about the construction of barriers and mine-laying is again more in the focus of NATO, also for deterrence.

The MILENG COE also regularly organizes various events, including the so-called Industry Day every year , which is intended to facilitate the exchange between the military and business, and the Information Exchange Seminar. The target group of this event includes non-governmental organizations, international organizations, the United Nations, civil-military cooperation (CIMIC), industry and the academic world.

The MILENG COE also works closely with the relevant NATO working groups such as the Military Committee Land Standardization Board (MCLSB), the Military Engineer Working Group (MEWG) or the NATO Standardization Office (NSO).

Member States

As a Framework Nation, Germany provides the infrastructure, the basic equipment, a considerable part of the financial contributions and administrative support with 15 posts (12 military and three civilian posts). In terms of troops, the German part is subordinate to the Pioneers Training Center (AusbZPi) in the same barracks.

At the start of MILENG COE in July 2008, 10 nations were involved. On March 26, 2010, five nations were added. Spain was added on January 1, 2012. In 2018 17 nations are involved. NATO COEs are also open to NATO partner countries (Sponsoring Nations), which can contribute financially and with experts.

structure

The supervisory body of the COE CSW is the Steering Committee . The steering committee consists of the chairman (provided by the Framework Nation , without voting rights) and one representative from each member state (each with one vote). The Steering Committee makes all fundamental decisions with regard to the MILENG COE; For example, it approves the work package (Program of Work), monitors its implementation and approves the annual budget.

The MILENG COE is run by a Director with the rank of Colonel . The Executive Director leads the day-to-day business .

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