PIMS Management sets the strategic direction for the program in consultation with stakeholders and to make sure the program meets its objectives on time and on budget. PIMS liaises with US and NATO country desk officers, the PfP Partner representatives, and Event and Exercise Coordinators.
The Research and Development team designs and manages the implementation of collaborative and communication capabilities utilized by Partners to improve interoperability and access information on priority topics.
Based at the Network Operations Center (NOC), PIMS network technicians maintain the servers and monitor the connectivity. On the ground at each Partner node, a local national technical In Country Coordinator (ICC) maintains the local network and provides help desk support.
Starting with stakeholder guidance and the PfP Partner requirements, the Content Team facilitates the development of Communities of Interest on priority topics. This includes identifying potential participants, introducing the collaborative capabilities and tools, seeding the community with new information, and harvesting relevant information from network sites to prevent knowledge stovepipes from forming.
Content In Country Coordinators (ICCs) marry the technology with the cooperative topics in order to moderate communities on priority topics and build partner capacities by training participants on new technologies and how to retrieve information and participate in discussions.