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Membership

Membership of the MIP may be as Full Members or Associate Members.

Only nations are eligible to become Full Members of the MIP.

Full Members are nations that commit to support the collaborative development of succeeding versions of the MIP interoperability solution suitable for fielding. To be a Full Member, a nation must agree to meet the requirements listed in the MIP Programme Management Plan. In addition a Full Member must express an intention to field the MIP solution.

Full Members undertake to be represented in all WGs and must be prepared to expend the resources required. Full Members have voting and access rights at all meetings.

Associate Members include nations and non-nation entities showing an interest in this programme that have been granted Associate Member status by the MSG. Associate Members are entitled to have the same rights and privileges as Full Members but do not have the right to vote on decisions within the Programme.

Application

The official request to become a member shall be made by formal written proposal that must be endorsed by a current MIP Full Member.

This Full Member becomes the sponsoring member and assumes the responsibility for forwarding the endorsed application to all other Full Member MSG HoDs.

The application must include a statement on the status of involvement in a C2IS, the nature of interest in the MIP, and an agreement to abide by MSG/PMG decisions.

The PMG as an empowered body will, at the next available opportunity consider the application for membership as presented by the sponsoring member. On unanimous agreement, the PMG will issue direction to the host member to extend an invitation to the applicant to attend the next MSG.

MIP & NATO

NATO Force Goals (EL2802, Land & ER2802, Marine Forces) calls for the implementation of the MIP solution by NATO Nations.

The JC3IEDM is already the STANAG 5525 currently under ratification. The NATO Corporate Data Model (STANAG 5523 / ADatP-32) does not exist any longer.
*STANAG (Standard Agreement)

MIP liaises closely with NATO, and NATO has a Policy on MIP that allows MIP to easily conveys its specifications into NATO.

The MIP specification is included in the NATO C3 Technical Architecture.

The NATO Military Criteria for High Readiness Forces (Land) Headquarters requires the use of an MIP (ATCCIS) conformant land information system.

Many national C2 information systems implement MIP specifications.

The Bi-SC Automated Information System will use the MIP solution in its Land Functional Services to interface to national C2IS, either in HRF/LRF, CJTF, NRF or other crisis response operation or exercise.

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The MIP Organization.

The MIP programme is not a formal NATO programme. It is rather a voluntary and independent activity by the participating nations and organisations.

Find in this page more details on its organization, membership and liaison with external bodies sharing similar goals.

About the MIP Organization.

The MIP Working Group. Find here the MIP organization chart.

The MIP Members. Two different ways of participation in the MIP initiative.

MIP and NATO. Although MIP is not a NATO Organization, NATO has tight tides with.

The MIP Working Groups.

MIP has a three-tiered structure: two Management levels and one Task-Execution level. The Management levels consist of a steering group and a management group. There are five Working Groups on the Task-Execution one.

At the working group level, the Multidisciplinary Working Parties (MDWP) with experts from the various Working Groups, is the paradigm. These MDWPs can be created at the behest of either the PMG or the MSG for particular tasks and will draw their resources from the existing working groups.

Steering level.
	MIP Steering Group (MSG)
Management level.
	Programme Management Group (PMG)
Execution level.
Operational WG (OWG)	System Engineering WG (SEAWG)	Data Modeling WG (DMWG)	Test & Evaluation WG (TEWG)	Configuration Control WG (CCWG)
The WGs usually conduct work at the Working Party (WP) level. A WP is composed of individuals with specific expertise from different WGs brought together to address a specific subject or group of subjects usually requiring a multidisciplinary approach.
	Multidisciplinary Working Partied MDWP

* Click on the the boxes to get more information on every WG.

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MIP Full and Associated Members.

The active nations and HQs in the MIP programme are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and Allied Command Transformation (ACT)

The MIP consists of Full Members (nations only) and Associate Members (nation and non-nation entities).

Full Members.

Associated Members.

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MIP and NATO.

NATO take its part in the MIP venture through three different entities:

		ACT (Allied Command for Transformation) , SEE (Staff Element Europe) DPC (Defence Planning Command & Control) attends the MSG and the PMG meetings.
		NDAG (NATO Data Administration Group) cooperates with the DMWG in building a DM called JC3IEDM (Joint Command, Control and Consultation Exchange Data Model) honouring the agreement signed with MIP in February 2004. This new JC3IEDM is already the NATO STANAG 5525, currently under ratification process. NDAG is under the NC3S, Subcommittee 5 (Information Systems) know as ISSC. Find the NC3B organization chart by following the hyperlink.
		NC3A (NATO Command, Control and Consultation) implements the MIP specifications in the framework of the LC2IS development (Land Command, Control Information System).

Close cooperation with the NATO Data Administration Group is maintained through the MIP/NDAG Management Board, which is an specific body born to deal with their common businesses.

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The MIP Organization.
The MIP Working Group. The MIP Members. MIP and NATO.