NATO Consultation, Command
and Control Board (NC3B)
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.
| Members |
All member countries |
| Chairman |
Deputy Secretary General |
| Permanent chairman |
Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment |
| Co-vice-chairmen |
Director, NATO Headquarters C3 Staff and an elected national co-vice-chairman |
| 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 Director, NATO CIS Services Agency (NCSA) |
| 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 regular and ad hoc working groups |
| International Staff support |
NATO Headquarters C3 Staff (NHQC3S) |
This information has been drawn from the 2006 edition of the NATO Handbook (.pdf/~1500kb).