Control Organisation (NC3O) NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A), reporting to the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Organization (NC3O). This agency was formed when the SHAPE Technical Centre (STC) in The Hague (Netherlands) merged in 1996 with the NATO Communications and Information Systems Operating and Support Agency (NACISA) based in Brussels (Belgium). The agency comprises around 650 staff, of which around 400 are located in The Hague and 250 in Brussels. NATO Communications and Information Systems Services Agency (NCSA), based in Mons (BEL), was established in August 2004 from the former NATO Communications and Information Systems Operating and Support Agency (NACISA). NATO Headquarters C3 Staff (NHQC3S), which supports the North Atlantic Council, Military Committee, International Staff, and the International Military Staff. NATO Electronic Warfare Advisory Committee (NEWAC) Military Committee Meteorological Group (MCMG) The Military Oceanography Group (MILOC) NATO Research and Technology Organisation (RTO), Education and Training college, schools and group Project Steering Committees and Project Offices, including: Alliance Ground Surveillance Capability Provisional Project Office (AGS/PPO) Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation System (BICES) NATO Continuous Acquisition and Life Cycle Support Office (CALS) NATO FORACS Office Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC) Committee of Chiefs of Military Medical Services in NATO (COMEDS) Civilian structure today In the twenty-first century NATO has an extensive civilian structure, including: Public Diplomacy Division NATO Office of Security (NOS) Executive Management Division of Political Affairs and Security Policy Division of Operations Division of Defence Policy and Planning Division of Defence Investment NATO Office of Resources (NOR) NATO Headquarters Consultation, Command and Control Staff (NHQC3S) Office of the Financial Controller (FinCon) Office of the Chairman of the Senior Resource Board (SRB) Office of the Chairman of the Civil and Military Budget Committees (CBC/MBC) International Board of Auditors for NATO (IBAN) NATO Production and Logistics Organizations (NPLO) The Defence Planning Committee (DPC) is normally composed of Permanent Representatives, but meets at the level of Defence Ministers at least twice a year. It deals with most defence matters and subjects related to collective defence planning. In this it serves as a coordinating body between the Civilian and Military organizational bureaucracies of NATO. The Defence Planning Committee was a former senior decision-making body on matters relating to the integrated military structure of the Alliance. It was dissolved following a major committee review in June 2010 and its responsibilities absorbed by the North Atlantic Council and the Defence Policy and Planning