The Corps Committee (CC) is a Supervising Authority of the Corps and a kind of multinational coordination forum for the Corps in times of peace, crisis and war. The Committee advises the Framework Nations – Denmark, Germany and Poland – through the appropriate channels on legal, financial and other issues concerning the Corps. The Corps Committee also supervises and gives advice to the Corps Commander in all areas that NATO or national authorities do not deal with. This includes planning, preparation and execution of the Corps’ tasks and missions, but also common training exercises, organisation and logistics.
The Corps Committee is composed of representatives of Denmark, Germany and Poland acting on behalf of their Army Chiefs of Staff (or equivalent). There is always a chairman of the Corps Committee, two co-chairmen and their secretaries. The chairmanship rotates on an annual basis between the Framework Nations. During the last Corps Committee Meeting, which took place in April 2010 in Szczecin, a Pole, Colonel Kazimierz Wójcik, acted as the Chairman, whereas a Dane, Lieutenant Colonel Tommy Kjær and a German, Colonel (GS) Alfons Mais, served as Co-Chairmen of the Committee.
Since the Corps Committee decides on the most important Corps-related issues, the Corps Commander is also invited to attend the meetings, as are other Corps representatives.
The work of the Corps Committee is supported by multinational sub-working groups providing expert opinions on given issues.
The course of the meeting is usually divided into three main parts; in the first part the members of the Corps Committee meet with the Corps Command Group and other Corps representatives in order to be updated on the Corps´ matters. In the second part of the session, the discussion takes place without the presence of the Command Group – only ACOS G-5 as the Corps representative to the CC is in attendance. During the last part, the final agreements are presented to the Command Group.
The next Corps Committee Meeting is going to take place in September 2010.
The picture was taken in April 2010 during the 38th Corps Committee Meeting. In the photo (from the left): Lieutenant Colonel Krzysztof Komorowski, the Polish Secretary, Lieutenant Colonel Tommy Kjær, the Danish Co-Chairman, Colonel Kazimierz Wójcik, the Polish Chairman, Colonel (GS) Alfons Mais, the German Co-Chairman, Captain Michael Aakjær, the Danish Secreatry and Lieutenant Colonel (GS) Ingo Reershemius, the German Secretary.
