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Chapter 3: The Opening Up of the Alliance Partnership for Peace   Political-Military Steering Committee on Partnership for Peace (PMSC/PfP) The Political-Military Steering Committee on Partnership for Peace is the basic working body with responsibility for PfP matters. It meets in various configurations, either with Allies only or with Allies and Partners. The main responsibilities of the PMSC include advising the North Atlantic Council with respect to PfP questions; being responsible for the overall coordination of the Partnership Work Programme; developing political-military guidelines for use by the NATO Military Authorities for the preparation of their input to the Partnership Work Programme with respect to military exercises and activities; providing guidance for the preparation of the Individual Partnership Programmes, and for submitting them to the Council for approval; and developing and coordinating work in relation to the Partnership Planning and Review Process (PARP) (see below). The military aspects of cooperation in PfP are developed by the NATO Military Authorities on the basis of guidance proposed by the PMSC and agreed by the Council. The PfP working forum on the military side is the Military Committee Working Group on Cooperation (MCWG(COOP)), which acts as a consultative body for the Military Committee. The MCWG(COOP) meets either with Allies only or with Allies and Partner countries. The Military Committee also meets with Partners to discuss military aspects of cooperation in PfP.