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| Updated: 31-May-2002 | NATO Press Releases |
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Press Release (2002)070 31 May 2002 |
Regional
CEP/CIMIC Course,
From 3 to 7 June 2002, a Regional Course on Civil Emergency Planning (CEP) and Civil-Military Co-operation (CIMIC) is being held in Poljce, Slovenia.
The course is conducted jointly by the Civil Emergency Planning Directorate at NATO Headquarters, SHAPE, CIMIC Section and the Ministry of Defence.
This course is open to participants from Slovenia, neighbouring PfP countries and other interested countries. More than 50 participants from Slovenian Civil Protection Organisations, the Ministry of Defence and various civil ministries as well as from neighbouring countries, such as Albania, Croatia, Hungary, Italy and Romania, are attending this course. In addition, participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Uzbekistan have signed up for this course. 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 in the framework of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership, and to exchange relevant information from the region. It will include items for discussion dealing with protecting populations against the consequences from the use of chemical, biological and radiological agents.
This course is the fourteenth to be conducted in a Partner country. Previous courses were conducted in Central Asia, i.e. in Kazakhstan, Kirgystan and Uzbekistan, in the Caucasus, i.e. in Azerbaijan and Georgia, and in other Partner countries, such as Bulgaria, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and Ukraine. Future courses of this kind are scheduled to be held in Turkmenistan (Fall 2002) and Finland and Sweden (2003).
For further information please contact Mr. R. Roepke, NATO Civil Emergency Planning Directorate, (Int’l +) 32 2 707.4137/4972. |
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