The Crisis Response Operations Planners Professional Development Course concludes

The CMDR COE organized and conducted the first five-day iteration of Crisis Response Operations Planners Professional Development Course from 26 to 30 September 2016 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The event aimed at providing comprehensive knowledge related to NATO Crisis Management, functioning of NATO Crisis Response System with emphasis on NATO Crisis Response Planning at operational level.

The Course audience represented a balanced mixture of multinational military and civilian experts from very diverse fields of expertise, representing NATO HQ, NATO Joint Warfare Centrе, Multinational Joint Headquarters Ulm, Canadian Department of National Defence, Bulgarian Ministry of Defence, Directorate General Fire Safety and Civil Protection of the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior.

Such diversity contributed to the extremely lively, productive and thought-provoking group works, cherished by the attendees.

The assigned learning objectives were fully covered, backing the achievement of the course aim, which was proved by a 20% increase in the initial and the outgoing tests results comparison.

Registration for CMDR COE’s next course - Strategic Decision Making for Crisis Response Operations Course - is now open.

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