Press Release (97)63 21 May 1997

CEP/CIMIC Course, Gudauri, Georgia From the 27th until 31st May 1997, a course on Civil Emergency Planning (CEP) and Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) will be held at a Conference Centre in Gudauri, Georgia. The course will be conducted jointly by the Civil Emergency Planning Directorate at NATO Headquarters, SHAPE, and the Department of Extremal Situations and Civil Defence of Georgia. This course is open to participants from Georgia and the neighbouring countries. More than 50 participants from the Ministry of Defence and various civil ministries are expected to attend the course. The course is the third ever to be conducted in a partner country. Its aim is to introduce participants to the organisation, role and functions of Civil Emergency Planning (CEP) and to the aim, basic principles and procedures of civil-military co-operation (CIMIC) within NATO's strategic concept and to exchange relevant information from the region, i.e. Georgia and neighbouring countries. The course will be opened by Mr. George Chechelashvili, Deputy Minister for Internal Affairs. For further information please contact Mr. R. Roepke, NATO Civil Emergency Planning Directorate, on Tel. 32-2-707.4137 or Fax. 32-2-707.7900.