After the summer period, the pace of activity at the Multinational CIMIC Group is set to increase again.
The final months of 2026 will see MNCG personnel engaged in training, multinational exercises, support to operations, doctrinal development and coordination with NATO and Allied headquarters.
These activities take place in different environments and involve different levels of responsibility. They are, however, closely connected.
Training develops individual and collective skills. Exercises test procedures and the ability of multinational teams to work together. Operational experience keeps preparation connected to real requirements. Doctrine turns experience and lessons identified into a common professional language.
Together, these lines of effort contribute to the development of a CIMIC capability able to support commanders with a clearer understanding of the civil environment.
Training and exercises
Education and training remain a central part of MNCG activity.
Courses provide military and civilian personnel with the foundations needed to understand CIMIC principles, analyse the civil environment, interact with relevant actors and contribute to military planning.
Exercises then place those skills in more demanding conditions. They allow personnel, teams and headquarters to test procedures, identify gaps and improve interoperability before capabilities are required in an operational setting.
Operational support
MNCG personnel continue to contribute to national and multinational operations and missions.
This experience is important not only for the activities conducted in theatre. It also feeds back into training, doctrine and preparation, ensuring that lessons from the field are not separated from the development of future capabilities.
Doctrine and multinational cooperation
CIMIC must be based on shared concepts, common procedures and a clear understanding of its contribution to military planning.
For this reason, doctrinal development and cooperation with NATO commands, Allied headquarters, partner units and specialist organisations remain an essential part of MNCG’s work.
The ability to bring together different perspectives is one of the defining characteristics of the Group. MNCG operates across tactical and operational levels, connecting national and multinational experience with the wider development of the NATO CIMIC community.
A demanding final part of the year
The coming months will not be defined by one single activity.
They will be shaped by a sequence of training events, exercises, operational commitments, workshops and doctrinal work.
Different activities, with one common purpose: making CIMIC capabilities more prepared, more interoperable and more useful to commanders.
During the final part of 2026, the MNCG website and social media channels will continue to show how these different areas of work contribute to the same objective.
