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Purpose

The primary purpose of Allied Administrative Publication (AAP)-47 'Allied Joint Doctrine Development' is to describe and recognize formal procedures for the development and institutionalization of the Allied Joint Doctrine Development Process (AJDDP). The procedures and methods described supplement existing documents associated with this process, as appropriate.

The document covers the development of Allied Joint Publications (AJPs) depicted as Level 1 and Level 2 publications on the Allied Joint Doctrine Hierarchy (AJDH) (See Annex A). Only those publications approved by the Tasking Authorities (TAs) and agreed by the Military Committee Joint Standardization Board (MCJSB) are referred to as 'Joint publications'. They are developed in coordination with the Nations, Allied Command Operations (ACO), Allied Command Transformation (ACT), Centres of Excellence (COEs), Joint Force Commands (JFCs) and Component Commands (CCs).

This publication will provide detailed guidance for use by the Allied Joint Doctrine Development Community (AJDDC) to standardize the development process. The roles and functions of the working groups (WGs), their chairs, publication custodians and authors are also discussed.