SHAPE? ACO?
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Michael Adubato, SHAPE Language Testing Centre
SHAPE, Belgium
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SHAPE-Allied Command Operations
• Everything you wanted to know about SHAPE
but…
– Were afraid to ask
– Didn’t know who to ask
– Forgot that you wanted to know something about
SHAPE!
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What is SHAPE?
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NATO Organization
NATO Headquarters
NAC
Military
Committee
Other
Committees
Committees
Committees
Secretary General
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
International
Military Staff
International Staff
Chairman
Military Committee
Admiral Di Paola
Strategic Commands
Allied Command Operations
Allied Command Transformation
SACT
General Stephane Abrial
SACEUR
Admiral Jim Stavridis
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NATO’s Strategic Commands
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Lead agency for transformation
Conducts analysis
Explores concepts and promotes
doctrine
Manages “Transformation”
programme
Training and education
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Provides military advice to NATO’s political
and military leadership
Develops
military
policy
within
the
framework of NATO
Plans for future NATO operations including
Force Generation
Directs and Monitors ongoing NATO
operations
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SHAPE – Mons, Belgium
 Develops military policy within the framework of NATO
 Provides military advice to the NATO’s political and military leadership at
Brussels
 Plans for future NATO operations including force generation
 Directs and monitors ongoing NATO operations
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Campus B-7010 SHAPE
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ALLIED COMMAND OPERATIONS (ACO)
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED POWERS EUROPE (SHAPE)
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National Military Representatives (NMR)/ National Support Elements (NSE)
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EU Cell at SHAPE (EUCS) (organizational element of the EU Military Staff as a permanent Liaison to SHAPE)
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EU Staff Group (EUSG) (supporting DSACEUR in his role as Commander EU Operation ALTHEA in BIH)
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NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force Command (NAEW&C FC)
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Allied Command Transformation, Staff Element Europe (ACT SEE)
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NATO Communication and Information Systems Services Agency (NCSA)
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NATO Special Operations Forces Coordination Centre (NSCC)
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SHAPE International School (SIS) with currently 11 national departments
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SHAPE: facts and figures
HQ SHAPE
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April 2, 1951 SHAPE was activated at the Hotel Astoria, Paris, FRA.
In Summer 1951 the HQ moved to its new locations in Rocquencourt,
west of Paris. In March 1967 SHAPE moved to Mons, BEL.
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ACO comprises of around 1.000 posts.
Campus B-7010 SHAPE
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The SHAPE area is about 200 ha and comprises of staff buildings, support facilities, school
buildings, shopping areas, sports, moral and welfare facilities as well as 2 housing areas
with 600 residential buildings of different size.
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More than 4.100 military and civilian personnel
from currently 48 Nations working at SHAPE. People from:
• 28 NATO Member Countries
• 17 Partnership for Peace Members
• 2 Mediterranean Dialog Country (Egypt, Morocco)
• 1 Contact Country (Australia)
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The whole SHAPE Community (personnel & dependents) consists currently of about 8,200
people.
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SHAPE – ‘village’
 “Rendezvous”
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SHAPE – ‘village’
 The SHAPE Club
 “Silver spoon” self-service restaurant
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SHAPE – ‘village’
 “Pizza Bowl”
 Sport equipment centre
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SHAPE – ‘village’
 Sport areas
SHAPE – ‘village’
 Entertaiment Centre
 Cinema
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SHAPE – ‘village’
 “Auto Skills Centre”
SHAPE – ‘village’
 Community Activity Centre
 Library and Trips & Tours
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SHAPE – ‘village’
 Youth Activities Centre
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SHAPE – ‘village’
 Kindergarten / pre-school playgroup
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SHAPE – ‘village’
 “Arts & Crafts”
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ACO Focus
 Plan & execute combined,
joint & effects based
operations.
 Address future
multidimensional threats.
 Evolve and improve through
transformation.
Admiral J. Stavridis
SACEUR
 Develop relationships with
partners and contact
countries.
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ACO HQ Structure
SPECIAL STAFF
• SACEUR Representative to MC (at NATO HQ)
• International Affairs Advisor
• Legal Advisor
• Financial Controller
• Medical Advisor
• ACO Organization, Development & Audit (ODA)
• Public Affairs Office
• Historical Office
• Director Special Operations Office
• Chief Strategic Communications
• ACO Provost Marshal
SACEUR
Director of
Management
COS
DSACEUR
Headquarters
Support Group
• Nat’l Military Representatives
DCOS Operations /
Intelligence
DCOS Capabilities
Plans / Policy
Readiness
Strat Plans
Ops/S
OC
DCOS Force
Readiness
Rqmt
CapMngt
Ops Spt
Intel
OPD
Strat Policy
DCOS Support
Progr
Comm &
Info Sys
Impl
Mil Coop
Logistics
Dev
Manpower
Mil Coop Ops
Spt
Ops
CIMIC
DCOS Military
Cooperation
Medical
WMD
Finance
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ACT
SHAPE Command Group
Supreme Allied Commander
Deputy Supreme Allied
SHAPE Chief of Staff
Europe (SACEUR)
Commander Europe (DSACEUR)
(COS)
Admiral
GENERAL
GENERAL
James STAVRIDIS
Sir Alexander Richard David SHIRREFF
Manfred LANGE
US Navy
British Army
German Air Force
02 July 2009
04 March 2011
23 September 2010
“dual-hatted” as
“dual-hatted” as
COMMANDER US European Command
OPERATIONAL COMMANDER EU Operation ALTHEA
ACO Command Structure
Allied Command Operations
Strategic
level
Mons/BEL
Joint Forces Command
Joint Headquarters
Joint Forces Command
Brunssum/ NLD
Lisbon/ PRT
Naples/ITA
Operational
level
Component Command
Component Command
Component Command
Component Command
Component Command
Component Command
Air
Ramstein/DEU
Maritime
Land
Land
Maritime
Air
Northwood/GBR
Heidelberg/DEU
Madrid/ESP
Naples/ITA
Izmir/TUR
Combined Air
Operation Centre
Udem/DEU
Combined Air
1000
900
Tactical or
Component
level
ca. 9.800 posts in ACO
Operation Centre
Poggio Renatico/ITA
800
700
Deployable
600
Combined Air
500
Combined Air
Operation Centre
400
Operation Centre
Udem/DEU
300
Poggio Rentaico/ITA
Deployable
200
Combined Air
Operation Centre
100
Combined Air
0
USA DEU GBR ITA ESP TUR NLD BEL GRC PRT POL DNK CAN NOR ROU CZE FRA SVK HUN BGR SVN EST LTU LVA
Finderup/DNK
Operation Centre
Larissa/GRC
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NATO Command Structure (NCS) Reform
C&I Agency
SHAPE
Mons/Various
AJHQ
Mons
ACT
950
Norfolk/Various
850
AJHQ
Brunssum
850
Naples
LAND
COMD HQ
MARITIME
COMD HQ
CIS GROUP
Northwood
300
1300
350
Izmir
AIR
COMD HQ
Ramstein
DCAOC
P Renatico
280
NAEW
CAOC
Uedem
500
185
CAOC
Torrejon
185
AGS
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C2 of NATO Operations
JFC Brunssum JFC Naples
AIR
POLICING/
AIR
SURVEILLANCE
INTERNATIONAL UNIFIED
PROTECTOR
SECURITY
ASSISTANCE FORCE
NTM-I
KOSOVO
FORCE
AIR
POLICING
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JFC Lisbon
OPERATION
OCEAN SHIELD
ACTIVE
ENDEAVOUR
SUPPORT TO
AFRICAN UNION
• And now for something completely different…
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@ the SLTC
Who passed their test?
• JUNE – 2 newcomers passed, 7 failed (77%
failed)
• JUNE – 1 re-test passed, 3 failed (75% failed)
• JULY – 1 newcomer passed, 1 failed (50% failed)
• JULY – 4 re-test passed, 0 failed (0% failed!!)
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@ the SLTC
Who passed their test?
• AUG – 4 newcomers passed, 15 failed (78%
failed)
• AUG – 1 re-test passed, 1 failed (50% failed)
• SEPT – 5 newcomers passed, 19 failed (79%
failed)
• SEPT – 0 re-test passed, 1 failed (100% failed!!)
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Tests vs. Certificates
• June – conducted 42 tests & received 7 certificates
from newcomers
• July – conducted 13 tests & received 24 certificates
• August – conducted 51 tests & received 38
certificates
• September – conducted 66 tests & received 9
certificates
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French L&R tests
• There are not many PE positions that require a
mandatory French SLP
• …but there are some, therefore those individuals
must be tested!
• So…………………..
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French L&R tests
Centre international
d’etudes pedagogiques
Created in 1945and a national state organisation
since 1987, CIEP is known in France and
internationally for its skills in assessment, training
and evaluation, and for its ideas in the field of
international cooperation in education.
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ENGLISH Listening & Reading tests…
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English Listening & Reading tests…
• Will develop a new battery of L&R tests for the
SHAPE Language Testing Centre
• Listening tests at Levels 2, 3 &4
• Reading tests at Levels 2, 3 &4
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QUESTIONS??
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