RSCC2 (refugee support coordination centre)

RSCC2 stands for refugee support coordination centre. It is an abbreviation recorded in AAP-15, the NATO Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations, which gives the French equivalent as centre de coordination du soutien aux réfugiés. The full entry is available in the NATO archives copy of AAP-15.

The numeral "2" is part of the abbreviation. It is not a version number or a count of centres. It separates RSCC2 from a different entry in the same glossary, RSCC1, which stands for rear support coordination centre. Anyone reading a NATO document that uses either abbreviation needs to read the final digit carefully.

What the AAP-15 entry for RSCC2 says

AAP-15 is a bilingual NATO glossary. Each entry pairs an abbreviation with its English expansion and its French equivalent. For RSCC2, the English expansion is "refugee support coordination centre" and the French is "centre de coordination du soutien aux réfugiés".

• Abbreviation: RSCC2
• English expansion: refugee support coordination centre
• French equivalent: centre de coordination du soutien aux réfugiés
• Source: AAP-15, NATO Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations

RSCC2 and RSCC1 are different terms

The same glossary lists RSCC1 as "rear support coordination centre". The two abbreviations share the letters RSCC and differ only in the final numeral and in the first word of the expansion. That numeral is how NATO keeps the two entries apart.

When you find RSCC in a document, check which numeral follows it. Reading RSCC1 as RSCC2, or the reverse, would attach a refugee-related meaning to a rear support term, or the other way round.

RSCC2 is not the EADRCC

RSCC2 should not be confused with NATO's Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre, or EADRCC. According to NATO's page on crisis management, NATO established the EADRCC in 1998 and describes it as its principal civil emergency response mechanism. NATO also states that the EADRCC has supported international responses to refugee crises, among other emergencies.

The EADRCC is a named NATO body with its own entry on NATO's website. RSCC2 is an abbreviation with a glossary entry. The two are separate items, and one should not be used as a substitute for the other.

Where to confirm NATO terminology

NATO's official terminology database is NATOTerm. It holds non-classified military terminology and non-military terminology relevant to NATO, and it is available through the NATOTerm home page. For abbreviations, AAP-15 remains the reference that lists RSCC2 and its French equivalent.

What RSCC2 means for a supplier bidding on Canadian public contracts

RSCC2 is a NATO glossary term. Its place in AAP-15 establishes what the abbreviation means. It does not, by itself, create a Canadian procurement obligation, and it is not a Canadian contract clause, standard or certification requirement.

If RSCC2 appears in a solicitation, read it according to the AAP-15 meaning and check the tender documents for any further definition. Published federal opportunities are listed on CanadaBuys tender opportunities, and wider federal data is available through CanadaBuys procurement and contracting data. Bid teams should confirm the numeral and the full expansion before they interpret any requirement that uses the abbreviation.