NATO CALS Management Board

Internal Roles

There are two internal roles to accomplish. The first role becomes apparent when considering NATO bodies, responsible for NATO infrastructure, standards, policy and regulatory considerations. In order to achieve NATO CALS standardisation, as a first step towards international standardisation, these bodies' advise and endorsement will be sought whenever deemed necessary.
To ensure internal NATO harmonisation, the important role of CALS standards 'creator' is to be performed. Several NATO Organisations and Agencies have been established and tasked with the acquisition and in-service support for multinational equipment projects. Therefore, within NATO, CALS implementation is to be ensured by clear directives and thus NATO will act as a CALS standards 'enforcer' within the Alliance and a CALS standards 'promoter' to the individual nations.