Our Role

The AC/250/CPG undertakes activities related to its mission and guiding principles and delivers products through a sub-structure of sub-groups and working parties. Activities (not in order of priority) for which AC/250/CPG is responsible include:

• Define NATO policy in the pursuance of an integrated systems approach to quality through the whole life cycle;
• Provide leadership in the development and implementation of Quality Management/Quality Assurance concepts within NATO;
• Support NATO initiatives on PfP;
• Provide a forum for the harmonization of Quality Management/Quality Assurance concepts;
• Establish and maintain a framework for mutual GQA within NATO;
• Establish and maintain communications with other NATO groups to harmonize actions related to quality;
• Anticipate the future needs of NATO with respect to quality;
• Obtain and share information on state-of-the-art quality practices employed by other organisations;
• Provide advice and guidance to and seek feedback from NATO Agencies, Commands, Groups (including NIAG) and collaborative projects; and
• Define NATO policy for reliability and maintainability.

Our Guiding Principles

AC/250/CPG applies the following basic principles in pursuit of its mission:

• Maximize use of international, commercial standards where appropriate;
• Rationalize and simplify, for all users, all AC/250/CPG related documents i.e. STANAGs, AQAPs, ARMPs, etc.;
• Maximize use of host nation, cost-effective reciprocal Government Quality Assurance (GQA) in accordance with the
• NATO Standardization Agreement;
• Pursue an integrated, systems approach to quality through the whole life cycle;
• Influence the evolution of international standards to the benefit of NATO;
• Promote continual improvement of quality;
• Remain abreast of the state-of-the-art developments/thinking in Quality Management and related disciplines;
• Develop and maintain formal interfaces with other related NATO groups/organizations;
• Consider industry’s perspective represented by NATO Industrial Advisory Group(NIAG) in the development of
• NATO QA policies and processes; and
• Promote the use of best practices by the exchange of information on national/NATO practices.