Internship Call for Application
Date: (28-05-2021)
CMDR COE launched its Internship Programme in 2016 in order to enable capable and motivated young people to join the experts working in international organizations, to allow CMDR COE to benefit from the knowledge and skills of young professionals in their activities in various projects, as well as to familiarise the academic community with the nature, functions and activities of CMDR COE.
For the last years the experts from the CMDR COE have been working in different projects and specifically in the area of Resilience, Climate change and Modelling&Simulation.
Looking at the Resilience as a core element of collective defence NATO works in different directions to develop it. CMDR COE also gives its contribution by participating in some projects in the area. It participated in developing the Collaborative Resilience Concept. Also in cooperation with CIMIC COE the Centre created and conducts the Resilience through Civil Preparedness Course.
The CMDR COE has been working also in the area of Climate change since beginning of its existence. The Centre hosted and organized different workshops and seminars. Also under the auspices of European Security and Defence College it conducts Climate Change and Security Course. This course is supported also by the Diplomatic Institute to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria.
The CMDR COE is expecting the potential interns to contribute to the work of the Centre in the above mentioned areas and its projects in which it is involved.
The interns that are going to work in the area of Modelling&Simulation will be appointed in the OpsLab and could have tasks related with:
- modelling of natural events with significant impacts over the environment and society. Analyses of statistical data, development and verification of mathematical models. It includes disasters like flooding, wild-fire, landslides, etc. Later, the mathematical model is implemented in C# based application.
- process identification. Processes related with crisis. It faces mostly the strategic and operational level. The focus is on the multidimensional correlations.
- Python (Pytorch), OpenCV and other AI related instruments. The tasks are related with the usage of the AI at different levels, like object recognition for tactical level or decision-making support at operational and strategic.
- Theoretical and conceptual thinking. Researches on the impact of specific new technology over concrete social, industrial and military processes. How the newly generated capabilities could change the actual doctrines. Building of algorithms seeking synergy.
The selection of candidates for the next phase of the program starts from 01.07.2021. Students can submit their applications for participation on the CMDR COE website in the period 1-15 June 2021 at the following link:
https://www.cmdrcoe.org/menu.php?m_id=57
The internship program lasts from 3 to 6 months. The application for the programme is for the period 01.09.2021 - 28.02.2022.
News

A fruitful process concentrated to the outcome of the project concept
» read more
CMDR COE hosted the Initial Planning Conference of the exercise JACKAL STONE 2020.
» read more
Successful conduction of the last practical experiment of NMSG-147
» read more
The National Center for Security and Crisis Management in Amman, Jordan hosted a CMDR COE Mobile Education and Training Team which conducted the first of series event, part of NATO Defense Capability Building project for Jordan.
» read more
Deliberating on resilience in military contexts - the CMDR COE and the CCOE conducted a joint pilot course on RtCP
» read more
A challenging and constructive 2019 iteration
» read more
GIS Day is an annual event celebrating the technology of geographic information systems (GIS) that was initiated by spatial analytics world-leader Esri
» read more
From 14 to 18 October 2019 the CMDR Exercise Planners Training (CMDREPT) Course was conducted
» read more
The 7th meeting of CMDR COE Steering Committee (CMDR COE SC) was held in Sofia.
» read more
Collaboration Agreement has been signed between the War Studies University Warsaw and CMDR COE
» read more
Preparation of the Limited Object Experiment (LOE 3) is in progress
» read more
From October 7, 2019, a new Deputy Director has commenced term of service in the Centre.
» read more
Apparent participation of CMDR COE in the biggest multinational CAX for 2019
» read more
Formally collaboration with the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior
» read more
Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa, H.E. Mr Thabo Thage paid a visit to the Centre
» read more
CMDR COE conducted its resident Crisis Response Operations Planners Professional Development (CROPPD) Course.
» read more
CMDR COE Mobile Education and Training Team (METT) successfully conducted a Planning and Conducting Disaster Relief Operations Course at South-Eastern Europe Brigade (SEEBRIG) HQ
» read more
Our team participated in the Sofia Ekiden Relay Marathon
» read more
The Final Technical Conference (FTC) of the exercise was hosted by CMDR COE
» read more
CMDR COE METT in David Aghmashenebeli National Defence Academy, Georgia
» read more
CMDR COE welcomed a visitor team from the Tennessee National Guard (TN NG)
» read more
NATO HQ met represantatives of the 25 NATO-accredited Centres of Excelence (COEs), 15-16 July 2019 in Brussels
» read more
CMDR COE has earned Unconditional Accreditation and NATO Quality Assurance Certificate
» read more
Collaboration Framework Agreement was signed with the Capacity Building International Institute (Delaware, USA)
» read more
The Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence has concluded the 7th Annual Conference on Interagency Interaction in Crisis Management and Disaster Response on June 6, 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
» read more
The 2019 resident Disaster Management course was successfully conducted on the newly renovated CMDR COE premises on 13-17 May 2019, and parallel to the NATO Quality Assurance Process for the Centre.
» read more
HQ SACT Quality Assurance Team of Experts with a 2-day visit in Sofia as a part of the Quality Assurance accreditation process of the CMDR COE
» read more
Mr. Damir Krstičević, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Croatia visited the CMDR COE on May 3, 2019.
» read more
“One Day Round Table Discussion”, over the development of the new editions of the NATO Strategic Foresight Analysis (SFA) and Framework for Future Alliance Operations (FFAO) Reports
» read more