Read more: 19th JCBRN Defence COE Steering Committee MeetingRead more: 19th JCBRN Defence COE Steering Committee MeetingRead more: 19th JCBRN Defence COE Steering Committee MeetingOn 13 – 14 October 2015 the 19th JCBRN Defence COE Steering Committee (SC) Meeting took place in Vyškov with participation of the Sponsoring Nations’ representatives from Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the United States of America.  Representatives of ACT, SHAPE, the WMD Centre and the International Military Staff (IMS) as well as representatives from Austria were present in an observer role.

Read more: Physical Protection Panel meetingThe JCBRN Defence COE has organized Physical Protection Panel (PPP) meeting from 12th to 16th October 2015.  The PPP is a subgroup of the Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological And Nuclear (CBRN) Defence Capability Development Group (JCDG).

Read more: CBRN Units Evaluators Course 2015_22015 iteration of CBRN Units Evaluators Course was conducted during the period 7 – 11 September.

The aim of the course was to prepare officers to achieve common standards in CBRN certification for evaluation of CBRN Defence units assigned to NATO Response Force Combined Joint Chemical Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence Task Force (NRF CJ CBRND TF). Although the CJ CBRND TF consists of CBRN Battalion (CBRN Bn) and CBRN Joint Assessment Team (CBRN JAT) the focus of the course were CBRN units (Recon, Decon, Bio, Lab). In addition, the aim of the course was to learn how to evaluate the CBRN units.