The Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) will hold the joint CIOR/CIOMR/CISOR Summer Congress (SC23) of the Estonian Presidency in Helsinki (FIN) during the period June 25-30, 2023. The physical events and meetings will be held at Helsinki Congress Paasitorni and Santahamina Military Island. Virtual participation will be supported in some working sessions. The event website is available at https://cior23.fi/

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REGISTRATION

This year, all registrations must be done directly through the event website. Register no later than April 30, 2023 for the regular fee, after which late fees will apply. DAL registration tickets will not be available until May 26.

Click here to register. Use must code sisu2023.

• CIOR delegate 720€
• YROW participant 600€ 
• MILCOMP participant 650€
• CIMEX participant 420€
• CIMIC committee member (Congress + CIMEX exercise) 720€
• CIOMR delegate (720€)
• JMROS participant (TBA)
• CISOR delegates (450€)
• Symposium (1day) 45€ 
• Delegate at Large package (DAL) 180€

LODGING

The US Delegation will stay at The Hotel Hilton Helsinki Strand
Use booking code G1RESA to get the group rate of 155€. Click here to book your room now.
Phone: +358 9 39351   Email: helsinkistrand@hilton.com

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT TO WEAR UNIFORM!

According to the Finnish territorial surveillance act 755/2000, wearing a uniform at any time during a visit to Finland requires permission granted by the Defence Command Finland. The form currently used is the APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT FOR A MILITARY PERSON OR UNIT FOR ENTERING FINNISH TERRITORY." You can download the form here.

This application should come via diplomatic channels, your embassy or the military attaché office. For each country, the commanding officer of the visiting unit must send assembled applications. All the items of the application must be filled in. The commanding officer is to be named, and the total number of personnel in the unit/travel group is marked in item 3. Other participants may be listed in a separate document. On entering and leaving Finland, planned points for crossing the national border must be mentioned. Without this permit, the reservists of a visiting country are not allowed to wear any military uniforms in Finland.

Please ensure the application is delivered to the Finnish Defence Forces, to the address mentioned on the application form, by your embassy or military attaché office by Thursday, 8 June at the latest.