Establishment Process

On 25 March 2015, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the establishment of the NATO MW COE was signed in Washington D.C. Slovenia acts as the Framework Nation (FN) for the NATO MW COE, along with Croatia, Germany and Italy as Sponsoring Nations (SN). Austria participates as a Partner Nation.On 27 November 2015, under a silence procedure, the North Atlantic Council (NAC) approved the accreditation of the Mountain Warfare Centre as the twenty-second NATO Centre of Excellence and its activation as a NATO military body.

MOU Signing Ceremony in Washington D.C., 25 March 2015