Hungary Italy Latvia Netherlands Poland The Civil-Military Cooperation Centre of Excellence (CCOE) is an international military organization founded to support NATO's transformation program.

As part of the NATO Centres of Excellence programme the CCOE was established in 2001.

CIMIC (Civil-military co-operation) describes the cooperation of military and civilian actors in the different theatres, which is becoming more important after the end of the Cold War.

The Mission of the CCOE is, to collect and concentrate expertise concerning CIMIC from all parts inside NATO to find and implement new approaches.

The Concepts, Interoperability and Capabilities (CIC) Branch creates studies, analyses and advises in regard to NATO CIMIC, contributes to the further development of NATO CIMIC policy and delivers Subject Matter Expertise (SME).