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Chapter 13: Key to the Principal NATO Committees and to Institutions of Cooperation, Partnership and Dialogue
Key to the Principal NATO Committees
  NATO Consultation, Command and Control Board (NC3B)

Members All member countries.
Chairman Deputy Secretary General.
Permanent Chairman

Co- Vice Chairmen
Assistant Secretary General for Defence Support.

Director, NATO Headquarters C3 Staff and an elected Co-Vice Chairman.
Role Senior multinational body acting on behalf of and responsible to the North Atlantic Council and Defence Planning Committee on all matters relating to Consultation, Command and Control (C3) throughout the Organisation.
Levels The C3 Board brings together 2 senior representatives from each nation involved in management and policy of Communication and Information Systems (CIS) in support of C3, able to take into account the wide ranging functional responsibilities of the Board; 1 representative from the Military Committee; 1 representative from each Strategic Command; 1 representative from the following NATO committees: CNAD, SCEPC/CCPC, COEC, NADC, NACMO BOD, NAPMO BOD, NSC, SRB, PMSC, NCS and RTB; the General Manager, NC3A and the Controller, NACOSA.
Principal Subordinate Committees Group of National C3 Representatives acting as the Board in permanent session, working groups and subcommittees + 8 sub-committees with their sub-structure of working groups, ad hoc working groups, sub-groups and ad hoc groups (Joint C3 Requirements and Concepts (JRCSC-SC/1); Interoperability (ISC-SC/2); Frequency Management (FMSC-SC/3); INFOSEC (INFOSECSC-SC/4); Information Systems (ISSC-SC/5); Communications Network (CNSC-SC/6); Identification (IDENTSC-SC/7); and Navigation (NAVSC-SC/8)).
International Staff Support NATO Headquarters C3 Staff (NHQC3S); Executive Secretariat.

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