From 10 to 21 May 2021, the Multinational CIMIC Group (MNCG), a joint and multinational unit specialized in civil-military cooperation, organized and conducted the NATO CIMIC Field and Staff Worker courses, held entirely in English.
The objective of both courses was to enable 27 participants, Italian and foreign, from the civilian world and from all the Armed Forces, to carry out the tasks related to the planning and conduct part of CIMIC activities in modern operational scenarios.
The structure of the course has been planned in full compliance with the provisions for the prevention of the spread of CoViD-19, allowing students to carry out the first two modules in e-learning followed by a residential phase in Motta di Livenza, at the “Mario Fiore” barracks.
The course, based on an in-depth analysis of the professional profile, objectives and responsibilities of the CIMIC Operator, was developed in a first common week, characterized by the explanation of the NATO doctrine, by the deepening of typical aspects of the civil environment, negotiation, communication and, finally, the sharing of experiences in the field and intercultural skills, topics, the latter, addressed by various guest speakers including Colonel Mattia Zuzzi, commander of the Multinational CIMIC Group, who gave a lecture on CIMIC centers and his experience during the operation Ancient Babylon in Iraq.
During the second week, however, the course was divided into two parts, one dedicated to operators on the ground (Field), the other reserved for personnel destined to work within a staff (Staff) and was developed on a role play and practical simulations of operational situations with increasing difficulty.
During the training modules, several guest speaker international, governmental and non-governmental organizations supported the courses by connecting from different parts of the world, from Canada to Greece, from Germany to Uganda.
The residential phase focused on an exercise based on the simulation of intervention in the Horn of Africa, one of the operational scenarios in which the operators of the Multinational CIMIC Group are unfolded.
The activity, based on a complex crisis of a failed state, involved civil authorities, religious and cultural associations of the Marca Trevigiana as actors and role players in order to have an educational output that is closer to the reality of operational uses.
