Współpraca cywilno-wojskowa w NATO – zasady i zadania
Civil-military Cooperation in NATO – Rules and Tasks

Summary/Abstract: Today, NATO, apart from the continuation of tasks related to the collective defense of the Alliance member states, takes active part in crisis response operations in many regions of the world, contributing to the strengthening and stabilization of international security. NATO’s crisis response operations carried out outside the Member States, in areas lacking fully operational institutions and effective infrastructure, force close cooperation between civil and military authorities and institutions. For civil-military cooperation to be effective, it must be implemented in accordance with the principles and tasks set out in the normative documents that facilitate this cooperation and ensure the commanders of NATO and civil institutions the conditions necessary to achieve the objectives of the operations. The principles and tasks of civil-military cooperation have evolved with the change of normative documents in NATO after 1991. Therefore, the basic question arises: how have changed and what are the rules and tasks ofcivil-military cooperation (CIMIC) in NATO at present? This article is an attempt to answer this rather complex question, based on the analysis of available publications and normative documents as well as own reflections on this subject.

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