Military Planning and Conduct Capability

50°50′43″N 4°23′25″E / 50.84528°N 4.39028°E / 50.84528; 4.39028

Military Planning and Conduct Capability
Active8 June 2017–present[1]
Allegiance European Union
TypeOperational headquarters
RoleCommands CSDP operations
Size154 personnel (prospective)[2]
Part ofEuropean Union Military Staff of the European External Action Service
LocationKortenberg building, Brussels, Belgium
Websiteeuropa.eu
Commanders
High Repr.Josep Borrell
DirectorVice Admiral Hervé Bléjean
Deputy Director and Chief of StaffMajor General Teodoro Hermínio Maio

The Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) is a permanent operational headquarters (OHQ) at the military strategic level for military operations of up to 2,500 troops (i.e. the size of one battle group) deployed as part of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of the European Union (EU) by the end of 2020. Since its inception in 2017, the MPCC has commanded three non-executive training missions in Somalia, Mali and the Central African Republic, and will organise the training of Ukrainian forces on EU soil.

The MPCC is part of the EU Military Staff (EUMS), a directorate-general of the European External Action Service (EEAS). The Director General of the EUMS also serves as Director of the MPCC - exercising command and control over the operations.

Through the Joint Support Coordination Cell (JSCC), the MPCC cooperates with its civilian counterpart, the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC).[3]

The MPCC is situated in the Kortenberg building in Brussels, Belgium, along with a number of other CSDP bodies.

  1. ^ "Timeline: EU cooperation on security and defence - Consilium". www.consilium.europa.eu.
  2. ^ "Janes | Latest defence and security news".
  3. ^ https://cdn4-eeas.fpfis.tech.ec.europa.eu/cdn/farfuture/aGKF41zrLDLuNeg8csm24scxmjEwj4JBvrRbaLeaY4M/mtime:1542656575/sites/eeas/files/mpcc_factsheet_november_2018.pdf [bare URL PDF]