analyzed the parameters for future contractor produced CAT and Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) programmes. In 2004 the NATO CIS Services Agency (NCSA) was established with the mission to ensure the provision of secure "end-to-end" information exchange services required for NATO Consultation, Command, and Control (NC3) functions, using fielded communications and information systems in the most cost-effective manner, and the School was put under its organisation. School organization NCISS Commandant - This post is assigned to an Italian Air Force Colonel. However, in the past it was covered also by Officers from other Nations. The name Commandant was first adopted when Mr Robert J. Pinoteau, a contractor first and then a NATO civilian who was a former French Navy Commandant, was appointed as the first Training Facility Director, in 1964. Since then, also when in 1971 the School was under the responsibility of the first military Colonel (Col. RNLA Theodore De Bie) the name has remained, also because, being the School hosted on an Italian Air Force Base, in Italian language the appointment of the Head of a Military Body is pronounced "Comandànte". Chief of staff and command group - They are responsible of the coordination of the activities assigned to the two Branches of the School, and take care of the planning and policy, either for works and for the training aspects. Additionally they also manage the System Approach to Training (SAT) methodology. Training branch - Core business of the School, the Training Branch is responsible for all training aspects at NCISS. It is composed of a Training Management office, responsible for the student administration, and the instructors are divided into some specific Subject Matter Expert Pools. Support branch - Its area of responsibility covers mainly financial, logistics, security, Information Technology and Personnel aspects. Training NCISS provides advanced formal training to military and civilian personnel from the NATO Nations and PfP/MD/ICI to operate and maintain NATO Communications and Information Systems on NATO CIS. Additionally, it conducts orientation courses and management training on NATO CIS for selected (Staff) personnel and contributes to NATO projects for training related matters. Recently, with the introduction of e-learning methodology, the School has also expanded the way training is delivered, associating the newly born Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) to the traditional theoretical training in the classrooms and the practical hands-on in the laboratories. Furthermore, even more requested is the off-site training, especially in Theatre of Operations,