CWO Concept development Kick off
Centre of Excellence Cold Weather Operations (COE-CWO) leads concept development project for NATO
On the 5th of October 2021 COE-CWO arranged a virtual kick-off meeting with participants from the Alliance. This was the first meeting in the CWO Concept development Community of Interest (COI), a group of allies with an interest in cold weather operations capability development.
The kick-off had 34 registered participants. Six from NATO Command and force structure, six COEs, six different entities from allied nations and entities have reported an interest in participating as the project moves forward.
The project follows methodology for concept development according to NATO CD&E handbook.
On the basis of being a Centre of Excellence, COE-CWO has access to NATO Command and Force Structure and utilizes different allied activities and arenas to develop the concept.
The development project has a 3-year time frame and is scheduled to deliver a final draft to Allied Command Transformation in December 2023.