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NATO MILITARY POLICE CHIEFS CONFERENCE

The annual NATO Military Police Chiefs Conference (NATO-MPCC) is the principal Conference
of the Military Police Community in the NATO. Even though this conference is not an official
NATO body, it gives the guidance through their participants to the NATO Military Police
Panel (MPP).

Chiefs of NATO Nations, Military Police Partners, Gendarmerie-like and other similar Organizations
constitute the target audience.
This year the NATO MPCC has been hosted by Carabinieri in Rome, at the “Palidoro” Carabinieri
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Compound, from 19 to 22 September.
This event aimed to congregate all NATO MP Chiefs and give them a forum in order to discuss
common issues, as well as an unique opportunity for updating each other about the most recent
developments in the fields of common interest.
This year attendance at the Conference has probably been the largest ever: 32 States (22 Member
States, 7 EAPC, 1 ICI, 2 NATO Partners across the globe), ACT, ACO, 2 NATO COEs, ARRC, UN,
EGF. A total number of 81 high-ranking Officers have been attending the Conference, and a
conspicuous number of prestigious speakers
have taken the floor so far.
The Conference has been focused on military
police and stability policing topics, analyzed
from the different points of view of NATO,
United Nations and European Union, with
reference on peculiar policing issues, that may
be common to military police and stability
policing, such as the cultural heritage protection

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