PRAGUE, Czech Republic — The Multinational Logistics Coordination Centre located here held its first MLCC seminar March 16-17, 2010. The theme for the seminar was “Logistics Lessons Learned from Forces development and Coalition operations” and 16 nations contributed through formal sessions and discussions. A total of 92 participants attended the seminar and were able to see the virtual MLCC application demonstrated.
The aim of the Multinational Logistics Seminar was to share and openly discuss experience from forces and logistics capabilities development; experience from planning and execution of logistics support; and logistics lessons learned from coalition operations.
Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Slovakia, United Kingdom, United States; NATO International Staff; NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA); Athens Multinational Sealift Coordination Centre (AMSCC); Movement Coordination Centre Europe (MCCE); Contracting Firms and the Czech Republic University of Defence all presented during the seminar.
Participants indicated the seminar was well organized; briefings and speakers were of high quality; the information exchange and open discussions were very effective.
In order to prove the usefulness and to validate the MLCC project, European Command logistics directorate is preparing an organization of live logistics standardization and interoperability exercise, where they can test the MLCC coordinating capabilities, validate existing NATO logistics Standardization Agreements(STANAGs) and also test Operational Logistics Chain Management Concept currently being developed by ACT.
Various logistics functional areas will be tested and possible cooperation evaluated. Furthermore, this field exercise will be combined with U.S. LOGEX 12 exercise. First meeting, pre-IPC, including reconnaissance of exercise area will be organized in September 2010 in Slovakia, in order to cover a two year planning cycle including all planning conferences, and to give interested nations sufficient time for planning and preparation.
