Multilateral Interoperability Programme The Multilateral Interoperability Programme ( MIP ) is an effort to deliver an assured capability for interoperability of information to support multinational , combined and joint operations . The MIP goal is to support all levels from corps to battalion . MIP ' s focus is on command and control systems . MIP is a consortium of 29 NATO and Non - NATO nations that meet quarterly to define interoperability specifications for the exchange information between their national Command and Control systems . So what is MIP ? The Multilateral Interoperability Programme referred to as MIP , is an interoperability organisation established by national Command and Control Information Systems ( C2IS ) developers with a requirement to share relevant Command and Control information in a multinational or coalition environment . As a result of collaboration within the programme , MIP produces a set of specifications which when implemented by the nations , provide the required interoperability capability . MIP provides a venue for system level interoperability testing of national MIP implementations as well as providing a forum for exchanging information relevant to national implementation and fielding plans to enable synchronization . MIP is NOT empowered to direct how nations develop their own C2IS . MIP Vision : The vision for the Multilateral Interoperability Programme ( MIP ) is to become the principal operator - led multinational forum to promote international interoperability of Command and Control Information Systems ( C2IS ) at all levels of command . MIP Mission : MIP is to further develop and improve interface specifications in order to reduce the interoperability gap between different C2IS . MIP Scope : The MIP scope is to deliver a command and control ( C2 ) interoperability solution in a net - centric environment focused initially on the Land operational user in a Joint environment , with a growing emphasis on the requirements of Maritime and Air communities in future baselines . The MIP meetings are held in Greding , Bavaria , Germany . The NATO Data Administration Group ( NDAG ) cooperates with the MIP in building the Joint Consultation , Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model ( JC3IEDM ) . C2IEDM . The C2IEDM ( the predecessor to the JC3IEDM ) , or Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model , is a data model that is managed by the Multilateral Interoperability Programme ( MIP ) . It originated with experts from various NATO partners and from the Partnership for Peace nations . This data model is in the process of being submitted to Object Management Group ( OMG ) for consideration as the standard for Information exchange . It falls under the shared operational picture exchange service . JC3IEDM . The Joint Command , Control and Consultation Information Exchange Data Model is first and foremost an information exchange data model . The model can also serve as a coherent basis for other information exchange mechanisms , such as message formats , currently lacking a unified information structure . It is the most current evolution in a long line of data model as far back as the Generic Hub GH . JC3IEDM is intended to represent the core of the data identified for exchange across multiple functional areas and multiple views of the requirements . Toward that end , it lays down a common approach to describing the information to be exchanged in a command and control ( C2 ) environment . The JC3IEDM has recently been updated to include Improvised Explosive Devices ( IED ) and Irregular Actors ( IA ) . MIP Full and Associated Members . The active nations and HQs in the MIP programme are : Australia , Austria , Belgium , Canada , Croatia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Italy , Lithuania , Netherlands , New Zealand , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Slovak Republic , Slovenia , South Africa , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States and Allied Command Transformation ( ACT )