Movement Coordination Centre Europe
multi-national European coordinating body for military air lift and surface movement
The Movement Coordination Centre Europe (MCCE) is a multinational military movement brokerage centre located on the Eindhoven Airbase at Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands. Its 30 participating nations are predominantly drawn from NATO and the European Union (EU) but also has nations outside of Europe and outside of NATO. The centre is staffed by military and civilian personnel from the participating countries. The main purpose of the MCCE is coordinating and optimising the usage of military and charter airlift, sealift and land movement assets of the armed forces of the member countries.
History
The genesis of the MCCE began in 1999 when the EU and NATO identified shortfalls in military capability as the world emerged from a cold war environment into a more dynamic expeditionary operational era. The two main findings that led to the founding of the MCCE were a shortage of both strategic airlift and sealift capabilities and the absence of a coordinating body to optimise strategic lift efficiency. At the same time, projects were created to generate additional capacity: Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) and Strategic Air Lift International Solution (SALIS) (its centre is co-located in the MCCE) for airlift, and Multinational Sealift Steering Committee (MSCC) for sealift.
The MCCE was officially established on 1 July 2007 as the merger of the earlier European Airlift Coordination Cell (EACC) and the Sealift Coordination Centre (SCC). On this date, the initial 15 signatory countries became official members. The MCCE has since been through several cycles of expansion.
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MCCE is a non-NATO/non-European Union military organization.
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