The Crisis Management and Disaster Response Centre of Excellence (CMDR COE) earned status as the 21st NATO`s Centre of Excellence and was activated as a NATO Military Body with a granted international status under Article XIV of the Paris Protocols, on March 31, 2015. CMDR COE is not an operational entity. CMDR COE is a multi-nationally sponsored entity, which offers recognized expertise and experience to the benefit of the Alliance, especially in support of transformation. CMDR COE is part of NATO COE′s Network but outside the Command Structure (NCS), while forms a part of the wider NATO Command Arrangements (NCA). CMDR COE gained in 2019 an Unconditional Accreditation and NATO Quality Assurance Certificate (No. ACT/JFD/HCEIT/TT+1548/Ser:NU). As a result, the certified courses delivered by CMDR COE will maintain ‘NATO Approved’ status as they respond to the Alliance’s requirements. CMDR COE takes responsibility to continue to strive for improvements of the way it influences, interacts and develops in the sphere of crisis management and disaster response as scoped in its vision to become an internationally recognized and respected NATO body.