Welcome to the CIMIC Handbook
Dear CIMIC Handbook users,
The CIMIC Centre of Excellence (CCOE) has launched the fully revised CIMIC Handbook (CHB) in a convenient online format that you can access from your computer, tablet, or smartphone wherever you are. You can easily access the CHB, keep up to date with the latest information and best practice in CIMIC, and use it online as usual.
We value and welcome your feedback and suggestions to help us improve the CHB. If you have any constructive recommendations, best practices, or new templates that may be useful to others, please contact us at handbook@cimic-coe.org.
Our website, www.cimic-coe.org, contains the latest version of this handbook. You are welcome to use it online or print it as a hard copy.
The purpose of the CHB is to provide guidance on tactical and operational command levels for all personnel involved in CIMIC. It is especially useful for those at the tactical echelon across the entire mission spectrum. The content of the handbook has been adjusted to the rapidly changing operational environment and is grounded in NATO doctrine and the procedural foundations of NATO Command and Force Structure.
Attention has been given to CIMIC's contribution to decision making, planning, and execution. The CHB focuses on the Tactical Planning Process and the role of CIMIC in every step of it. It also briefly introduces CIMIC contribution to the Operational Planning Process.
The CCOE has thoroughly reviewed, updated, and designed all the chapters of the CHB, with direct input from field experience, doctrine, and publications. It is important to note that the CHB is a one-of-a-kind product of the CCOE and not a NATO publication.