Movement Coordination Centre Europe

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The Movement Coordination Centre Europe is a 28-state multi-national military movement control centre at Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands whose members are predominantly drawn from NATO and the EU. The centre is staffed by 32 military and civilian personnel from the participating countries.[1] The main purpose of the MCCE is coordinating and optimising the use of airlift, sealift and land movement assets of the armed forces of the member countries.[2]

History

The genesis of the MCCE was in 1999 when the EU and NATO identified shortfalls in military capability as the world emerged from a cold war environment into a more dynamic expeditionary operational era. The two main findings that led to the founding of the MCCE were a shortage of both strategic airlift and sealift capabilities and the absence of a coordinating body to optimise strategic lift efficiency.

The MCCE was officially established on 1 July 2007 as the merger of the earlier European Airlift Centre (EAC) and the Sealift Co-ordination Centre (SCC).[3] On this date, the initial 15 signatory countries became official members. The MCCE has since been through several cycles of expansion:[4]

Map with Movement Coordination Centre Europe members in order of joining from dark to light
Date Country Expansion
13 June 2007  Belgium Founding
 Canada
 Denmark
 France
 Germany
 Hungary
 Italy
 Latvia
 Netherlands
 Norway
 Slovenia
 Spain
 Sweden
 Turkey
 United Kingdom
Autumn 2007  Luxembourg First
 Estonia
 Finland
2008  Poland Second
 Romania
 United States
2010  Austria Third
 Portugal
 Czech Republic
2011  Croatia Fourth
2015  Lithuania Fifth
 Slovakia
2017  Bulgaria Sixth

See also

The participation in European defence organisations

References

  1. ↑ "Movement Coordination Centre Europe". Netherlands Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Organizational Standard - Movement Coordination Centre Europe". Royal Air Force. 7 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Borch, Gunnar (1 July 2007). "New strategic lift coordination centre created". North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Movement Coordination Centre Europe. Eindhoven, Netherlands http://archive.is/3vJ0L. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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